Christian Frei
Director, Editor, Screenwriter, Producer
- Website
- www.christian-frei.info
Born in 1959. He is one of Switzerland’s most internationally renowned and acclaimed directors. WAR PHOTOGRAPHER (2001) was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 74th Academy Awards. THE GIANT BUDDHAS (2005), SPACE TOURISTS (2009), and GENESIS 2.0 (2018) were screened in competition at the Sundance Film Festival, where he won the World Cinema Directing Award in 2010. His films are humanistic and universal, as much as subtle and insistent.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2025
- Blame by Christian Frei
- 2018
- Genesis 2.0 by Christian Frei, Maxim Arbugaev
- 2016
- Heidi beim Geräuschemacher by Christian Frei
- 2014
- Sleepless In New York by Christian Frei
- 2009
- Space Tourists by Christian Frei
- 2007
- Mythos Gotthard: Gotthardpost by Christian Frei
- 2005
- The Giant Buddhas by Christian Frei
- 2001
- War Photographer by Christian Frei
- 2000
- Bollywood im Alpenrausch by Christian Frei
- 1998
- Kluge Köpfe by Christian Frei
- 1997
- Ricardo, Miriam y Fidel by Christian Frei
- 1984
- Der Radwechsel by Christian Frei
- 1982
- Fortfahren by Christian Frei
- 1981
- Die Stellvertreterin by Christian Frei
Screenwriter
- 2025
- Blame by Christian Frei
- 2018
- Genesis 2.0 by Christian Frei, Maxim Arbugaev
- 2016
- Heidi beim Geräuschemacher by Christian Frei
- 2014
- Sleepless In New York by Christian Frei
- 2009
- Space Tourists by Christian Frei
- 2005
- The Giant Buddhas by Christian Frei
- 2001
- War Photographer by Christian Frei
- 2000
- Bollywood im Alpenrausch by Christian Frei
- 1997
- Ricardo, Miriam y Fidel by Christian Frei
Editor
- 2025
- Blame by Christian Frei
- 2020
- Saudi Runaway by Susanne Regina Meures
- 2018
- Genesis 2.0 by Christian Frei, Maxim Arbugaev
- 2016
- Heidi beim Geräuschemacher by Christian Frei
- 2014
- Sleepless In New York by Christian Frei
- 2009
- Space Tourists by Christian Frei
- 2005
- The Giant Buddhas by Christian Frei
- 2001
- War Photographer by Christian Frei
- 1997
- Ricardo, Miriam y Fidel by Christian Frei
Producer
- 2025
- Blame by Christian Frei
- 2022
- Girl Gang by Susanne Regina Meures
- 2020
- Saudi Runaway by Susanne Regina Meures
- 2018
- Genesis 2.0 by Christian Frei, Maxim Arbugaev
- 2016
- Raving Iran by Susanne Regina Meures
- 2014
- Sleepless In New York by Christian Frei
- 2009
- Space Tourists by Christian Frei
Awards
(a selection)
- Park City, Sundance Film Festival, World Cinema Directing Award (Winner) in Space Tourists