Marcel Gisler (born 18 March 1960) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter.

Marcel Gisler
Born (1960-03-18) 18 March 1960 (age 64)
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1985-present

Life

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Marcel Gisler was raised in the Canton of St. Gallen. Since 1981 he lives in Berlin [1] and studied Theatre studies and Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin when he founded the «cinéma copain» Filmgroup.

Marcel Gisler is also lecturer at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin and member of the European Film Academy

Film

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As writer/director [2]

Awards

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  • Locarno: Silver Leopard (Pardo d'Argento) for Day Thieves (1985)
  • Locarno: Bronze Leopard for Sleepless Nights (1988)
  • Max Ophüls Prize for The Blue Hour (1993)
  • Swiss Film Prize for Fögi Is a Bastard (1998)
  • Zurich Film Prize for Rosie (2013)
  • Zurich Film Prize for Electroboy (2014) [6]
  • Swiss Film Award for Electroboy: Best Documentary (2015) [7]
  • International Documentary Film Festival Munich: Audience Award for Electroboy (2015) [8]

References

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  1. ^ "Swiss Films".
  2. ^ "Celebrities Archives". 5 April 2022.
  3. ^ Canby, Vincent (11 April 1986). "Gisler's 'Tagediebe'". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "BAM/PFA - Film Programs". www.bampfa.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Die blaue Stunde (1991)". www.filmdienst.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  6. ^ "Zürcher Filmpreise 2014 - Stadt Zürich".
  7. ^ "Winners 2015 :: Swiss Film Award". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  8. ^ Rundfunk, Bayerischer (17 May 2015). "30. DOK.fest München: Ausgezeichnet beim Dokumentarfilmfestival".
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