Edgar Hagen

Screenwriter, Director, Editor

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
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