Lisa Gerig
Screenwriter, Director, Editor, Cinematographer
Born in 1990. She studied film with a focus on editing in Zurich and Geneva and completed a Master in documentary film directing at the KHM (Academy of Media Arts) in Cologne. Her first feature-length documentary THE HEARING (2023) enjoyed a successful international festival run and won the Prix Soleure, the Zurich Film Award and the Swiss Film Award for Best Documentary. The film was also nominated for the European Film Award. She works as a freelance filmmaker in Zurich. Since 2023, she teaches at the ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts) in the Master's programme in Cultural Journalism and in the Film department.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2023
- Die Anhörung by Lisa Gerig
- 2014
- Zaungespräche by Lisa Gerig
Screenwriter
- 2023
- Die Anhörung by Lisa Gerig
- 2014
- Zaungespräche by Lisa Gerig
Cinematographer
- 2014
- Zaungespräche by Lisa Gerig
Editor
- 2014
- Zaungespräche by Lisa Gerig
Awards
(a selection)
- 2024
- Köln, Schnitt Preise 2024, Schnitt Preis Dokumentarfilm (Winner) in Die Anhörung