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Fredi M. Murer | |
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| Born | Alfred Melchior Murer 1 October 1940 |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
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| Website | fredi-murer |
Fredi M. Murer (born 1 October 1940) is a Swiss filmmaker.
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Fredi M. Murer | |
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| Born | Alfred Melchior Murer 1 October 1940 |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
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| Website | fredi-murer |
Fredi M. Murer (born 1 October 1940) is a Swiss filmmaker.
Murer was born Alfred Melchior Murer in Beckenried, Switzerland. He grew up in Altdorf and went to university in Zurich, where he studied drawing and photography.
He began making films in the mid-1960s. His most famous works are the films Alpine Fire (1985) and Vitus (2006).
From 1992 to 1996, he was president of the Swiss Film-Makers Association. As an innovative and independent filmmaker, Murer has made a major contribution to the renaissance of Swiss cinema. Winner of the City of Zurich Arts Prize in 1995 and the Central Swiss Cultural Prize in 1997, in 2005 he was honoured by the Zurich Foundation for Western Ethics and Culture with a lifetime achievement award. This was the first time the prize had been conferred on a filmmaker, the position of his work in the world of the Swiss cinema being described as "exemplary for the power of its message". [1]
The film industry based in Switzerland dates to the 1930s. It is influenced by the neighboring countries of France, Germany and Italy, with which it shares languages. Before the mid-1960s Swiss films were often sentimental, but the French New Wave led to more experimental cinema.
Vitus is a drama film written and directed by Fredi M. Murer. It was released on 2 February 2006 in Switzerland. It stars real-life piano prodigy Teo Gheorghiu, Bruno Ganz, Julika Jenkins, and Urs Jucker.
Franz Bucher is a Swiss artist. He has produced paintings, drawings, woodcuts, etchings, sculptural objects, reliefs, murals, and stained glass.
Steff Gruber is a film director, photographer, author, entrepreneur and telecommunications and internet pioneer.
Teo Gheorghiu is a Swiss-Canadian pianist and actor.
The Solothurn Film Festival (SFT) is the most important festival for Swiss film productions. Founded in 1966 in the Swiss city of Solothurn, the annual festival presents a representative selection of Swiss feature, documentary, and short film productions. In a series of public talks and panel discussions, the audience meets with members of the film industry to discuss the screened films and the culture of film in Switzerland. With over 60,000 visitors every year, the Solothurn Film Festival ranks among the most renowned cultural events in the country.
The 11th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4 and September 13, 1986. The Decline of the American Empire by Denys Arcand was selected as the opening film. It won People's Choice Award at the festival and later got nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at Oscars.
Alpine Fire is a 1985 Swiss drama film directed by Fredi M. Murer. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1985 Locarno International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Lang Film is a film and TV production company based in Freienstein, Switzerland. The company produces documentary films, feature films and TV films. Lang Film is one of the most well-known Swiss film production companies. The company also includes Langfilm Distribution and the cinema neues KINO in Freienstein.
Jacqueline Veuve was a Swiss filmmaker known for "ethnographical cinema". She has been referred to as the "great lady of the Swiss documentary film." She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the 2013 Swiss Film Prize.
Thomas Imbach is an independent filmmaker based in Zürich, Switzerland. With his production company Bachim Films, Imbach produced his own work until 2007. He then founded Okofilm Productions together with director/producer Andrea Staka. All of his films have been released theatrically and Imbach has won numerous awards for his work, both in Switzerland and abroad. With Well Done (1994) and Ghetto (1997) Imbach established his trademark audio-visual style, which is based on a combination of cinema- verité camera-work and fast-paced editing. His fiction features Happiness is a Warm Gun, as well as Lenz (2006), I Was a Swiss Banker (2007) and the fictive autobiography Day is Done (2011) all premiered at the Berlinale. His latest feature film Mary Queen of Scots celebrated its premiere in Locarno and at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013. His latest documentary Nemesis celebrated its international premiere at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2020, where it received the Prize for Best Cinematography. Thomas Imbach is currently considered one of the most unconventional and consistent Swiss filmmakers.
Christian Schocher is a Swiss independent filmmaker and cinema operator best known for his monumental odyssey Reisender Krieger.
Samir Jamal al Din, known professionally as Samir, is a Swiss filmmaker, film producer and director.
Jörg Schneider was a Swiss stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German-language cinema and television and stage productions. He gained great renownedness in the German-speaking area by numerous Kasperle, Pumuckl and fairytale-radio plays records and also adapted plays for the Swiss German language.
Marcel Vaid is a Swiss-German composer of music for television and film.
Julika Jenkins is a German actress. She lives in Berlin with her partner, actor Arnd Klawitter. She has appeared in stage, television, and film productions in Switzerland and Germany. She is best known for her role as Claudia Tiedemann in the German Netflix original series Dark.
Full Moon is a 1998 Swiss-German film directed by Fredi M. Murer. It jointly won Grand Prix des Amériques, the main prize at the Montreal World Film Festival ex aequo with a Belgian entry La faille. The film was financed by the Swiss government.
Fosco Dubini is a Swiss director and documentary filmmaker. He directs his films in close collaboration with his brother Donatello Dubini.
Donatello Dubini was a Swiss director and documentary filmmaker. He directed his films in close collaboration with his brother Fosco Dubini.
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