Beat Schlatter
Actor, Screenwriter
Born 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland. He played as a drummer in various punk bands for several years and became known in 1983 with the founding of the cabaret Götterspass. In 2012 Schlatter was honoured with the Prix Walo 2011 in the Actor/Actress category for his play SEEGFRÖRNI 2012 and the film HOSELUPF. Schlatter's greatest works to date are the films KATZENDIEBE (1996), COMEDIANS (2000) and STREAKER (2017), in which Schlatter is scriptwriter and actor. KATZENDIEBE won the Prix Walo, Komiker the SSA Award for Best Screenplay. In BON SCHUUR TICINO by Peter Luisi, he co-wrote the film and plays the lead role, the film had a brilliant Swiss cinema release in autumn 2023.
Filmography
(a selection)
Screenwriter
- 2023
- Bon Schuur Ticino by Peter Luisi
- 2017
- Flitzer by Peter Luisi
- 2004
- Ferienfieber by This Lüscher
- 1996
- Katzendiebe by Markus Imboden
Actor
- 2023
- Bon Schuur Ticino by Peter Luisi
- 2020
- Phon.Y by Roger Steinmann
- 2019
- Die fruchtbaren Jahre sind vorbei by Natascha Beller
- 2019
- Wir Eltern by Eric Bergkraut, Ruth Schweikert
- 2017
- Flitzer by Peter Luisi
- 2016
- Doug & Walter by Samuel Morris
- 2015
- The Wellington by Franco Zilli
- 2015
- Mémoire by Samuel Dütsch
- 2015
- Der Gehörnte by Tillo Spreng
- 2013
- Himmelfahrtskommando by Dennis Ledergerber
- 2012
- Nachtexpress – ein Volksstück by Alex E. Kleinberger
- 2011
- Der Sandmann by Peter Luisi
- 2009
- Die Standesbeamtin by Micha Lewinsky
- 2007
- Kleine Fische by Petra Volpe
- 2005
- Mein Name ist Eugen by Michael Steiner
- 2004
- Ferienfieber by This Lüscher
- 2000
- Komiker by Markus Imboden
- 1999
- Exklusiv by Florian Froschmayer
- 1996
- Katzendiebe by Markus Imboden
Awards
(a selection)
- 2024
- Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2024, Best Screenplay (Nomination) in Bon Schuur Ticino