Sabine Gisiger

Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Actor

Born in 1959 in Zurich, Switzerland. Sabine Gisiger studied history in Zurich and Pisa. She worked as a reporter for Swiss Television and has been making documentaries as a freelance filmmaker since 1988. DO IT (2000) received the Swiss Film Award for Best Documentary, followed by GAMBIT (2005) and YALOM’S CURE (2014) and a nomination for WELCOME TO SWITZERLAND (2017). She is a professor for documentaries at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2024
Jelmoli – Biografie eines Warenhauses by Sabine Gisiger
2023
The Mies van der Rohes by Sabine Gisiger
2017
Willkommen in der Schweiz by Sabine Gisiger
2015
Friedrich Dürrenmatt im Labyrinth by Sabine Gisiger
2015
Dürrenmatt – Eine Liebesgeschichte by Sabine Gisiger
2014
Yalom's Cure by Sabine Gisiger
2011
La voce in Bellezza by Sabine Gisiger
2010
GURU by Sabine Gisiger, Beat Häner
2008
Ya Sharr Mout by Sabine Gisiger
2005
Gambit by Sabine Gisiger
2003
Homeland by Sabine Gisiger
2000
Do It by Sabine Gisiger, Marcel Zwingli
1998
Moskau – ein Gedicht by Sabine Gisiger
1997
Die Farben der Hoffnung by Sabine Gisiger
1996
Leben im Hip Hop by Sabine Gisiger
1995
Motor Nasch by Sabine Gisiger, Marcel Zwingli
1992
+ Alles Andere by Sabine Gisiger
1990
Die letzte Jagd by Sabine Gisiger, Andreas Hoessli

Screenwriter

2024
Jelmoli – Biografie eines Warenhauses by Sabine Gisiger
2023
The Mies van der Rohes by Sabine Gisiger
2017
Willkommen in der Schweiz by Sabine Gisiger
2015
Friedrich Dürrenmatt im Labyrinth by Sabine Gisiger
2015
Dürrenmatt – Eine Liebesgeschichte by Sabine Gisiger
2014
Yalom's Cure by Sabine Gisiger
2011
La voce in Bellezza by Sabine Gisiger
2010
GURU by Sabine Gisiger, Beat Häner
2008
Ya Sharr Mout by Sabine Gisiger
2005
Gambit by Sabine Gisiger
2003
Homeland by Sabine Gisiger
2000
Do It by Sabine Gisiger, Marcel Zwingli

Actor

2019
Dampfnudel by Lars Mulle

Producer

2019
Isola by Aurelio Buchwalder
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