- Walter Kolm-Veltée was born on December 27, 1910 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a director and writer, known for Eroica (1949), Panoptikum 59 (1959) and Don Juan (1955). He died on March 8, 1999 in Vienna, Austria.
- 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 1959 film Panoptikum 59 was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.
- He was the son of Austrian film director Luise Fleck from her first marriage.
- 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.
- He became a respected film director, producer and screenwriter.
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