Filip Zumbrunn

Cinematographer

Born in 1969 in Zurich, Switzerland. From a very early age, he was fascinated by cameras and photography. After his Matura in 1989, he opted for a career in the film industry. From 1992 on, he worked as a first camera assistant and focus puller on countless commercials, corporate films, documentaries and feature films. Since 2001 he works as a freelance cinematographer and has won several Swiss Film Awards, including Best Cinematography for MY LITTLE SISTER by S. Chuat and V. Reymond. He has also received international recognition for his work. He is a member of the European Film Academy and the Swiss Film Academy.

Filmography
(a selection)

Cinematographer

2026
Siri Hustvedt – The Blazing World by Sabine Lidl
2025
Ein Haus für Lars – Eine Reise mit Cortis & Sonderegger by Barbara B. Peter
2025
Blame by Christian Frei
2024
7 Fois by Christine Wiederkehr
2024
Misty – The Erroll Garner Story by Georges Gachot
2024
Winter Palace by Pierre Monnard, Christine Wiederkehr
2023
Las Toreras by Jackie Brutsche
2023
Die Mittagsfrau by Barbara Albert
2021
Und morgen seid ihr tot by Michael Steiner
2020
Schwesterlein by Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
2017
Mind & Life – Early Dialogues by Franz Reichle, Juliette Forster
2016
The Chinese Lives Of Uli Sigg by Michael Schindhelm
2016
Miséricorde by Fulvio Bernasconi
2013
Sitting Next To Zoe by Ivana Lalovic
2013
Night Train To Lisbon by Bille August
2013
Montauk by Vinz Feller
2012
Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari by Xavier Koller
2011
One Way Trip (3D) by Markus Welter
2011
The Guantanamo Trap by Thomas Selim Wallner
2010
Sonntagsvierer by Sabine Boss
2010
Daniel Schmid – Le chat qui pense by Benny Jaberg, Pascal Hofmann
2010
Bad Boy Kummer by Miklós Gimes
2009
Fix Me by Raed Andoni
2009
Giulias Verschwinden by Christoph Schaub
2008
Mission Eternity by Andrea Reiter
2008
Marcello Marcello by Denis Rabaglia
2007
Telling Strings by Anne-Marie Haller
2007
Fuori dalle corde by Fulvio Bernasconi
2006
Grounding by Michael Steiner, Tobias Fueter
2005
Angry Monk by Luc Schaedler
2005
Unser America by Kristina Konrad
2005
Floh! by Christine Wiederkehr
2004
Strähl by Manuel Flurin Hendry
2004
Höllentour by Pepe Danquart, Werner Swiss Schweizer
2004
Downtown Switzerland by Christian Davi, Stefan Haupt, Kaspar Kasics, Fredi M. Murer
2004
Stephan@Nadelöhr.Zürich by Gaby Schädler
2004
Dimitri – Clown by Friedrich Kappeler
2001
Gopf in Africa by Christian Davi

Awards

(a selection)

2022
Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2022, Best Cinematography (Nomination) in Und morgen seid ihr tot
2021
Genève, Swiss Film Award 2021, Swiss Film Award, Best Cinematography (Winner) in Schwesterlein
2017
Genève, Swiss Film Award 2017, Swiss Film Award, Best Cinematography (Nomination) in Miséricorde
2009
Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2009, Zürcher Filmpreis (Spezialpreis für besondere Verdienste im Schweizer Film) (Winner)
Brooklyn, Brooklyn International Film Festival, Certificate for Outstanding Achievement - Best Cinematography (Winner) in Fuori dalle corde
2005
Solothurn, Swiss Film Award 2005, Swiss Film Award, Special Jury Prize (Winner) in Strähl
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