Helmut Köpping (born in 1967) is the artistic director of the "Theater im Bahnhof" (Graz, Austria), director, actor, and performer in Austrian cinema and theatre productions. He participated in the cinema productions: "Nacktschnecken", "Vaterspiel", "Contact High“.
He directed numerous plays, such as "Die Ahnfrau“ (Grillparzer, Markart), "Der jüngste Tag“ (Ödon von Horvath), "Wallisch Wandern" (Gregor Stadlober, for the Wiener Festwochen 2004) and "Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei“ (Staatstheater Mainz, 2008).
Additionally he directed the Nestroygala 2003 with Schallbert Gilet and Mia Zutz, as well as the film "Kotsch“ in 2006. He has won the Nestroy Award in 2000 for the best direction of an off-production.