Edgar Hagen

Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Editor

Website
www.edgarhagen.com
Copyright: Daniel Spehr

Born 1958 in Basel, Switzerland. 1987 Master of Arts in Philosophy from the Freien Universität Berlin documentary filmmaker since 1989. His first cinema documentary MARKUS JURA SUISSE (1996) premiered in Locarno, his last WHO ARE WE? (2019) at the IDFA, honoured with the Inclús Barcelona 2020 as well as the Zürcher Filmpreis 2020 (editing) and the Innerschweizer Filmpreis 2020 (sound design). In 2016 he founded the production company Vollbild Film GmbH. THE ROOTS OF MADNESS took part in dok.incubator international 2024 and is currently in production.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2025
The Roots of Madness by Edgar Hagen
2019
Wer sind wir? by Edgar Hagen
2013
Die Reise zum sichersten Ort der Erde by Edgar Hagen
2007
Someone Beside You by Edgar Hagen
2001
Zeit der Titanen by Edgar Hagen
1998
Dorothea Buck – Vom Wahn zum Sinn by Edgar Hagen
1996
Markus Jura Suisse by Edgar Hagen
1994
Gewitter im Gehirn by Edgar Hagen
1993
Faxenmacher by Edgar Hagen
1991
Kleine Lieben by Edgar Hagen

Screenwriter

2025
The Roots of Madness by Edgar Hagen
2019
Wer sind wir? by Edgar Hagen
2013
Die Reise zum sichersten Ort der Erde by Edgar Hagen
2007
Someone Beside You by Edgar Hagen
2001
Zeit der Titanen by Edgar Hagen
1996
Markus Jura Suisse by Edgar Hagen

Editor

1996
Markus Jura Suisse by Edgar Hagen

Producer

2025
The Roots of Madness by Edgar Hagen
2025
Nebelkinder by Corinne Kuenzli
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