Walter Kolm-Veltée

Walter Kolm-Veltée (27 December 1910 – 8 March 1999) was an Austrian film director.

He was the son of Austrian film director Luise Fleck from her first marriage.

He became a respected film director, producer and screenwriter.

After his earlier career in which he often worked with his mother and stepfather, he founded in 1952 the first film academy in Austria, at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna.

His film on the life of Beethoven, Eroica, released in 1949, with Ewald Balser, Oskar Werner and Judith Holzmeister in the leads, is counted as one of the most successful Austrian films ever.