Stascha Bader
Director, Screenwriter, Editor
He studied Art History, German and English Literature at the University of Zurich and completed his doctorate with a dissertation entitled “Electro-Oral Poetry in Jamaica and England”. Postgraduate studies in music and directing took him to Berlin, New York and Los Angeles. Since 1987 author and director of reports and documentary films for SRF, as well as music videos and commissioned films. His cinema documentary ROCKSTEADY: THE ROOTS OF REGGAE (2009), a Swiss-Canadian coproduction, was awarded the Zurich Film Prize and nominated for Best Swiss Documentary Film.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2025
- Das Geheimnis von Bern by Stascha Bader
- 2009
- Rocksteady by Stascha Bader
- 2006
- DJ Tatana - Unterwegs mit der Technokönigin der Schweiz by Stascha Bader
- 2004
- Unheilbar krank und voller Mut – Drei Kinder gehen ihren Weg by Stascha Bader
- 2004
- Schewapschi by Stascha Bader
- 2004
- Kinder im Koma by Stascha Bader, Anne Rüffer
- 2002
- Endstation Hoffnung: Wege aus der Magersucht und Bulimie by Stascha Bader
- 2000
- Wir und die anderen by Stascha Bader
- 2000
- Benis letzte Fahrt by Stascha Bader, Anne Rüffer
- 1999
- Die sex Leben der Elizabeth Carson by Stascha Bader
- 1998
- S.O.S. Leukämie – wer rettet Marco Nese? by Stascha Bader
- 1996
- Stop That Train by Stascha Bader
- 1996
- Ich bin ein Jenischer by Stascha Bader
- 1996
- Irina's Lovers by Stascha Bader
- 1995
- Zwischen Göttern und Dämonen by Stascha Bader
- 1995
- Black Blanc Beur by Stascha Bader
- 1987
- Fein raus by Stascha Bader
Screenwriter
- 2025
- Das Geheimnis von Bern by Stascha Bader
- 2009
- Rocksteady by Stascha Bader
- 2004
- Kinder im Koma by Stascha Bader, Anne Rüffer
- 2000
- Benis letzte Fahrt by Stascha Bader, Anne Rüffer
Editor
- 2025
- Das Geheimnis von Bern by Stascha Bader
- 2004
- Kinder im Koma by Stascha Bader, Anne Rüffer