Stefan Jäger
Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor
Born in 1970 in Uster, Switzerland. Stefan Jäger is a director, screenwriter and
lecturer. He graduated from the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in 1997 and has since worked as a director. His films screened at international festivals and have received numerous awards. Since 1998 he is owner of tellfilm GmbH in Zurich. He works as a lecturer in Ludwigsburg and since 2018 as head of the script department at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2021
- Monte Verità by Stefan Jäger
- 2021
- Markus Imhoof - Rebellischer Poet by Stefan Jäger
- 2016
- Der grosse Sommer by Stefan Jäger
- 2016
- Mathias Gnädinger - Die Liebe seines Lebens by Stefan Jäger
- 2014
- 11:23 - 09:59 (Projekt Angst) by Stefan Jäger
- 2013
- Horizon Beautiful by Stefan Jäger
- 2009
- Hunkeler und der Fall Livius by Stefan Jäger
- 2007
- Hello Goodbye by Stefan Jäger
- 2007
- Il Pugno di Gesù by Stefan Jäger
- 2003
- Cyrill trifft by Stefan Jäger
- 2002
- Im Namen der Gerechtigkeit by Stefan Jäger
- 2001
- Birthday by Stefan Jäger
- 1998
- Misguided Angel by Stefan Jäger
- 1995
- Rattenfang by Stefan Jäger
- 1995
- Himmelfahrt by Stefan Jäger
- 1994
- Schritte gegen den Wind by Stefan Jäger
- 1994
- b8-e1 by Stefan Jäger
- 1993
- Druck by Stefan Jäger
- 1993
- Kroatien by Stefan Jäger
- 1993
- Im Reich der Sinne by Stefan Jäger
- 1992
- Von Grund auf wär' ich ein Mensch zum leben by Stefan Jäger
- 1992
- Rhythmus des Lebens by Stefan Jäger
- 1991
- 65 Jahre by Stefan Jäger
- 1990
- Une p'tite histoire d'eau by Stefan Jäger
- 1989
- Am Rande der Isolation by Stefan Jäger
Screenwriter
- 2016
- Mathias Gnädinger - Die Liebe seines Lebens by Stefan Jäger
- 2015
- Schellen-Ursli by Xavier Koller
- 2014
- 11:23 - 09:59 (Projekt Angst) by Stefan Jäger
- 2007
- Hello Goodbye by Stefan Jäger
- 2007
- Il Pugno di Gesù by Stefan Jäger
- 2003
- Cyrill trifft by Stefan Jäger
- 2002
- Im Namen der Gerechtigkeit by Stefan Jäger
- 2001
- Birthday by Stefan Jäger
- 1998
- Misguided Angel by Stefan Jäger
Cinematographer
- 2016
- Mathias Gnädinger - Die Liebe seines Lebens by Stefan Jäger
- 2003
- Cyrill trifft by Stefan Jäger
Editor
- 2003
- Cyrill trifft by Stefan Jäger
Producer
- 2026
- Der fliegende Berg by Nicolas Steiner
- 2021
- YOUTH TOPIA by Dennis Stormer
- 2021
- Imago by Remy Blaser
- 2018
- Das Höllentor von Zürich by Cyrill Oberholzer
- 2017
- Daniel Hope – Der Klang des Lebens by Nahuel Lopez
- 2017
- Blue my Mind by Lisa Brühlmann
- 2017
- Tiere by Greg Zglinski
- 2016
- Mathias Gnädinger - Die Liebe seines Lebens by Stefan Jäger
- 2016
- Der grosse Sommer by Stefan Jäger
- 2015
- Sila And The Gatekeepers Of The Arctic by Corina Gamma
- 2014
- 11:23 - 09:59 (Projekt Angst) by Stefan Jäger
- 2013
- Horizon Beautiful by Stefan Jäger
- 2007
- Hello Goodbye by Stefan Jäger
Awards
(a selection)
- Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, NDR-Regiepreis (Winner) in Hello Goodbye
- Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Drehbuchpreis (Winner) in Birthday