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

Life

Marcel Gisler was raised in the

Canton of St. Gallen The canton of St. Gallen, also canton of St Gall (german: link=no, Kanton St. Gallen ; rm, Chantun Son Gagl; french: Canton de Saint-Gall; it, Canton San Gallo), is a canton of Switzerland. The capital is St. Gallen. Located in northeaster ...

. Since 1981 he lives in Berlin and studied

Theatre studies Theatre studies (sometimes referred to as theatrology or dramatics) is the study of theatrical performance in relation to its literary, physical, psychobiological, sociological, and historical contexts. It is an interdisciplinary field which also e ...

and Philosophy at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in poli ...

when he founded the «cinéma copain» Filmgroup. Marcel Gisler is also lecturer at the

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin The Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB, German Film and Television Academy Berlin) is a film school in Berlin, Germany. In the German film school ranking of FOCUS (Issue 22/2006), the dffb - together with the Academy of Media Arts C ...

and member of the

European Film Academy The European Film Academy is an initiative of a group of European filmmakers who came together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988. The Academy—under the name of European Cinema Soc ...

Film

As writer/director * ''Day Thieves'' (1985) * ''Sleepless Nights'' (1988) * ''The Blue Hour'' (1991) * ''

Fögi Is a Bastard ''F. est un salaud'' (English title ''F. Is a Bastard'' or ''Fögi Is a Bastard'', released in German as ''De Fögi isch en Souhund'') is a 1998 French/Swiss film based upon the novel ''ter fögi isch e souhung'' by Martin Frank. It was filmed in ...

'' (1998) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Electroboy'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2018)

Awards

* 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 ''

'' (1998) * Zurich Film Prize for ''

'' (2013) * Zurich Film Prize for '' Electroboy'' (2014) * Swiss Film Award for '' Electroboy'': Best Documentary (2015) * International Documentary Film Festival Munich: Audience Award for '' Electroboy'' (2015)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gisler, Marcel German-language film directors Living people Swiss screenwriters Male screenwriters Swiss film directors 1960 births People from Altstätten