Stefan Haupt
Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Casting
- Website
- www.fontanafilm.ch
Born in 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland. Since 1989 he works as an independent film and theatre director. In 1998 he founded his own production company, Fontana Film, in Zurich. His feature film debut UTOPIA BLUES (2001) was honoured with the Zurich Film Prize and the Swiss Film Award. ELISABETH KÜBLER-ROSS (2003) is one of the most successful Swiss documentary films to date, with some 300,000 viewers throughout Europe. THE CIRCLE (2014) won the Panorama Audience Award and the Teddy Award at the Berlinale, and in 2015 the Swiss Film Award, Best Feature Film. ZURICH DIARY celebrates its world premiere at the ZFF 2020.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2025
- Stiller by Stefan Haupt
- 2023
- Margreet Honig – Der freie Ton by Stefan Haupt
- 2020
- Zürcher Tagebuch by Stefan Haupt
- 2019
- Zwingli by Stefan Haupt
- 2016
- Finsteres Glück by Stefan Haupt
- 2015
- Mare Nostrum - Ein Konzert. Eine Reise. by Michelle Brun, Stefan Haupt
- 2014
- Der Kreis by Stefan Haupt
- 2012
- Sagrada by Stefan Haupt
- 2010
- How About Love by Stefan Haupt
- 2006
- Ein Lied für Argyris by Stefan Haupt
- 2004
- Downtown Switzerland by Christian Davi, Stefan Haupt, Kaspar Kasics, Fredi M. Murer
- 2003
- Moritz by Stefan Haupt
- 2003
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross by Stefan Haupt
- 2001
- Utopia Blues by Stefan Haupt
- 2001
- Increschantüm (Heimweh) by Stefan Haupt
- 1998
- I'm Just a Simple Person by Stefan Haupt
- 1992
- Andras – Kein Mann fällt vom Himmel by Stefan Haupt
Screenwriter
- 2025
- Stiller by Stefan Haupt
- 2023
- Margreet Honig – Der freie Ton by Stefan Haupt
- 2020
- Zürcher Tagebuch by Stefan Haupt
- 2016
- Finsteres Glück by Stefan Haupt
- 2015
- Mare Nostrum - Ein Konzert. Eine Reise. by Michelle Brun, Stefan Haupt
- 2014
- Der Kreis by Stefan Haupt
- 2012
- Sagrada by Stefan Haupt
- 2012
- Child's Dream – Zwei Banker auf Sinnsuche by Urs Frey
- 2010
- How About Love by Stefan Haupt
- 2006
- Ein Lied für Argyris by Stefan Haupt
- 2004
- Downtown Switzerland by Christian Davi, Stefan Haupt, Kaspar Kasics, Fredi M. Murer
- 2003
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross by Stefan Haupt
- 2003
- Moritz by Stefan Haupt
- 2001
- Utopia Blues by Stefan Haupt
- 2001
- Increschantüm (Heimweh) by Stefan Haupt
- 1998
- I'm Just a Simple Person by Stefan Haupt
Producer
- 2023
- Margreet Honig – Der freie Ton by Stefan Haupt
- 2020
- Zürcher Tagebuch by Stefan Haupt
- 2012
- Sagrada by Stefan Haupt
- 2003
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross by Stefan Haupt
Casting
- 2019
- Zwingli by Stefan Haupt
Awards
(a selection)
- 2002
- Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Drehbuchpreis (Winner) in Utopia Blues
- 2015
- Genève, Swiss Film Award 2015, Swiss Film Award, Best Screenplay (Winner) in Der Kreis