Marcel Gisler

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

Marcel Gisler
Born	(1960-03-18) 18 March 1960 (age 64) Altstätten, Switzerland
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1985-present

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]