Thomas Thümena

Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Location Sound Mixer

Born in 1967 in Zurich, Switzerland. 1988 Receives degree from the Center for the Media Arts, New York. 1988-90 Studies Ethnology and Media Studies at the University of Zurich. 1997 Receives degree in directing from the ECAL (École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne). Since 2019 owner of hugofilm doc GmbH, Zurich. Works as filmmaker and producer. Member of the Swiss and European Film Academy.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2023
Himmel über Zürich by Thomas Thümena
2011
Tinguely by Thomas Thümena
2004
Ma famille Africaine by Thomas Thümena
1999
Un Ga Nai – Bad Luck by Christoph Draeger, Martin Frei, Thomas Thümena
1999
Train fantôme (part of “ID Swiss”) by Thomas Thümena
1999
ID Swiss by Fulvio Bernasconi, Christian Davi, Nadia Fares, Wageh George, Kamal Musale, Thomas Thümena, Stina Werenfels
1998
Nachtwache by Thomas Thümena
1996
Schwester Karin by Thomas Thümena
1993
Qui c'est pour un by Thomas Thümena
1992
Dernières images by Thomas Thümena

Screenwriter

2023
Himmel über Zürich by Thomas Thümena
2011
Tinguely by Thomas Thümena
2004
Ma famille Africaine by Thomas Thümena
1999
ID Swiss by Fulvio Bernasconi, Christian Davi, Nadia Fares, Wageh George, Kamal Musale, Thomas Thümena, Stina Werenfels
1998
Nachtwache by Thomas Thümena

Producer

2023
Himmel über Zürich by Thomas Thümena
2020
Trinkerkinder by Ursula Brunner
2018
Immer und Ewig by Fanny Bräuning
2017
Rue de Blamage by Aldo Gugolz
2016
Aloys by Tobias Nölle
2016
Almost There by Jacqueline Zünd
2014
Plötzlich Deutsch by Robert Ralston Jr.
2014
Chrieg by Simon Jaquemet
2014
Der Vampir auf der Couch by David Rühm
2013
Lovely Louise by Bettina Oberli
2013
Heimat Campingplatz by Ursula Brunner
2012
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction by Sophie Huber
2012
Tatort – Hanglage mit Aussicht by Sabine Boss
2011
Vater, unser Wille geschehe by Robert Ralston Jr.
2011
Tinguely by Thomas Thümena
2010
Dharavi, Slum For Sale by Lutz Konermann, Robert Appleby
2010
Sommervögel by Paul Riniker
2008
Seitensprung by Ursula Brunner
2008
Mission Eternity by Andrea Reiter
2005
Telefonsex by Ursula Brunner

Location Sound Mixer

2003
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross by Stefan Haupt
2001
Increschantüm (Heimweh) by Stefan Haupt
2001
Gopf in Africa by Christian Davi
1998
Die Regierung by Christian Davi
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