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