Lisa Gerig

Screenwriter, Director, Editor, Production Designer, Cinematographer

Lisa Gerig (*1990) studied film in Zurich and Geneva, majoring in editing. Her thesis film ZAUNGESPRÄCHE is a radically subjective look at the situation of people held in Zurich’s deportation detention center. Since graduating from the Zurich University of the Arts in 2015, she has been working as a freelance filmmaker. THE HEARING is her first feature-length documentary.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2023
Die Anhörung by Lisa Gerig
2015
Volé by Lisa Gerig
2014
Zaungespräche by Lisa Gerig
2013
Hanna by Lisa Gerig
2013
Le début du débit by Lisa Gerig
2012
Go West by Lisa Gerig
2011
Synchroniker 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

Production Designer

2013
Paradox by Moris Freiburghaus

Awards

(a selection)

2024
Köln, Schnitt Preise 2024, Schnitt Preis Dokumentarfilm (Winner) in Die Anhörung
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