Edgar Hagen
Screenwriter, Director, Editor
- Website
- www.edgarhagen.com
Born in 1958 in Basel, Switzerland. Edgar Hagen Studied Philosophy and German at the University of Basel and at the Free University Berlin. 1987 MA from the Free University Berlin. He works as an independent documentary filmmaker and author as well as lecturer of cinematic and documentary storytelling. His film JOURNEY TO THE SAFEST PLACE ON EARTH (2013) on the global search for nuclear waste repositories was screened at DOK Leipzig, CPH:DOX and many more international film festivals.
Since 2010 he is a Board member of Swiss Filmmakers Association. Since 2013 Head of documentary film directing department at FOCAL (Foundation for professional training in cinema and audiovisual media).
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2025
- The Roots of Madness by Edgar Hagen
- 2019
- Wer sind wir? by Edgar Hagen
- 2013
- Die Reise zum sichersten Ort der Erde by Edgar Hagen
- 2007
- Someone Beside You by Edgar Hagen
- 2001
- Zeit der Titanen by Edgar Hagen
- 1998
- Dorothea Buck – Vom Wahn zum Sinn by Edgar Hagen
- 1996
- Markus Jura Suisse by Edgar Hagen
- 1994
- Gewitter im Gehirn by Edgar Hagen
- 1993
- Faxenmacher by Edgar Hagen
- 1991
- Kleine Lieben by Edgar Hagen
Screenwriter
- 2019
- Wer sind wir? by Edgar Hagen
- 2013
- Die Reise zum sichersten Ort der Erde by Edgar Hagen
- 2007
- Someone Beside You by Edgar Hagen
- 2001
- Zeit der Titanen by Edgar Hagen
- 1996
- Markus Jura Suisse by Edgar Hagen
Editor
- 1996
- Markus Jura Suisse by Edgar Hagen
Producer
- 2025
- The Roots of Madness by Edgar Hagen
- 2025
- Nebelkinder by Corinne Kuenzli