Marcel Gisler Explained

Marcel Gisler
Birth Date:	18 March 1960
Birth Place:	Altstätten, Switzerland
Occupation:	Film director Screenwriter
Yearsactive:	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 ^[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

As writer/director ^[2]

• Day Thieves (1985) ^[3]
• Sleepless Nights (1988) ^[4]
• The Blue Hour (1991) ^[5]
• Fögi Is a Bastard (1998)
• Rosie (2013)
• Electroboy (2014)
• Mario (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 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swiss Films.
2. Web site: Celebrities Archives. 5 April 2022.
3. News: Gisler's 'Tagediebe'. The New York Times. 11 April 1986. Canby. Vincent.
4. Web site: BAM/PFA - Film Programs . www.bampfa.berkeley.edu . 22 May 2022 . https://archive.today/20140924224456/http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/film/FN7237 . 24 September 2014 . dead.
5. Web site: Die blaue Stunde (1991). 2021-03-17. www.filmdienst.de. de.
6. Web site: Zürcher Filmpreise 2014 - Stadt Zürich.
7. Web site: Winners 2015 :: Swiss Film Award . 2015-03-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113042/http://www.schweizerfilmpreis.ch/en/winners-2015/ . 2015-04-02 .
8. Web site: 30. DOK.fest München: Ausgezeichnet beim Dokumentarfilmfestival. 17 May 2015. Rundfunk. Bayerischer.