Urs Egger

Director

1953-2020. Born in Switzerland. Worked as film correspondent in Los Angeles for Neue Zürcher Zeitung and other papers. Assistant director for John Frankenheimer, Denis Lewiston, John Glen, Nicolas Gessner and Yves Boisset, among others. 1976-77 Director Fellow at AFI (American Film Institute), Center for Advanced Film Studies in Los Angeles. Since 1994 lived in Berlin. His films have won numerous awards, among them New York TV Festival, Monte-Carlo TV festival, Grimme Award.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2016
Gotthard by Urs Egger
2007
An die Grenze by Urs Egger
2006
Der Keiler by Urs Egger
2002
Epsteins Nacht by Urs Egger
1998
Opernball by Urs Egger
1997
Die Halbstarken by Urs Egger
1992
Kinder der Landstrasse by Urs Egger
1989
Tatort – Howald’s Fall by Urs Egger
1988
Peter Strohm: Die Mondscheinmänner by Urs Egger
1987
Eiskalte Vögel by Urs Egger
1987
Disler – Picture Of A Painter by Urs Egger
1987
Chaos am Gotthard by Urs Egger
1986
Motten im Licht by Urs Egger
1985
The Vyllies: Whispers In The Shadow by Urs Egger
1982
Atelier 5 by Urs Egger
1980
Go West, Young Man by Urs Egger
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