Marcel Gisler

Marcel Gisler
Born	(1960-03-18) 18 March 1960 Altstätten, Switzerland
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1985-present

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

Life

Marcel Gisler was raised in the Canton of St. Gallen. Since 1981 he lives in Berlin 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

As writer/director

• Tagediebe (1985)
• Sleepless Nights (1988)
• The blue hour (1993)
• F. est un salaud (1998)
• Rosie (2013)
• Electroboy (2014)

Awards

• Locarno: Silver Leopard (Pardo d'Argento) for Tagediebe (1985)
• Locarno: Bronze Leopard for Sleepless Nights (1988)
• Max Ophüls Prize for The blue hour (1993)
• Swiss Film Prize for F. est un salaud (1998)
• Zurich Film Prize for Rosie (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)