Maurizius Staerkle Drux

Sound Designer, Location Sound Mixer, Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Editor, Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Composer

Born in 1988 in Cologne, Germany. Swiss citizenship. Maurizius Staerkle Drux studied film directing at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). His debut ilm CONCRETE LOVE – THE BÖHM FAMILY (2014) screened around the globe, won several awards and was one of the five most successful documentary films in Germany in 2015. THE ART OF SILENCE celebrated its international premiere at the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto in 2022, followed by screenings worldwide, e.g. at the Locarno Film Festival or the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival. He teaches ‘Film Sound’ and ‘Documentary Film’ at the Zurich University of the Arts and holds further teaching positions at the Propädeutikum Zurich and the German Film and Television Academy (DFFB). He is a member of the Swiss and European Film Academy and lives and works with his family in Zurich.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2025
The Rest Is Noise by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2022
L'art du silence by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2014
Die Böhms – Architektur einer Familie by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2013
Wenn der Vorhang fällt by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2011
Zwischen Inseln by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2009
Mit Lied und Leid by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2008
Paradeplatz by Maurizius Staerkle Drux

Screenwriter

2023
C.O.D.A. – Children Of Deaf Adults by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2022
L'art du silence by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2014
Die Böhms – Architektur einer Familie by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2013
Wenn der Vorhang fällt by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2011
Zwischen Inseln by Maurizius Staerkle Drux

Cinematographer

2013
Wenn der Vorhang fällt by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2011
Zwischen Inseln by Maurizius Staerkle Drux

Editor

2013
Wenn der Vorhang fällt by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2011
Zwischen Inseln by Maurizius Staerkle Drux

Location Sound Mixer

2023
The Mies van der Rohes by Sabine Gisiger
2022
L'art du silence by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2014
Die Böhms – Architektur einer Familie by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2014
The Masterpiece by Caroline Feder
2013
Le dimanche en famille by Annie Gisler
2013
Wenn der Vorhang fällt by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2011
Zwischen Inseln by Maurizius Staerkle Drux

Composer

2022
L'art du silence by Maurizius Staerkle Drux

Producer

2023
Die Anhörung by Lisa Gerig
2022
Loving Highsmith by Eva Vitija
2013
Wenn der Vorhang fällt by Maurizius Staerkle Drux

Re-Recording Mixer

2021
Ayana by Anouk Meles
2020
Not Me – A Journey with Not Vital by Pascal Hofmann
2015
Das Leben drehen - Wie mein Vater versuchte, das Glück festzuhalten by Eva Vitija
2014
11:23 - 09:59 (Projekt Angst) by Stefan Jäger
2013
Balazher. Korrekturen der Wirklichkeit by Lesia Kordonets
2013
Cherry Pie by Lorenz Merz

Sound Editor

2022
99 Moons by Jan Gassmann
2018
Der Läufer by Hannes Baumgartner
2016
Marija by Michael Koch
2016
Aloys by Tobias Nölle
2013
Karma Shadub by Ramòn Giger, Jan Gassmann

Sound Designer

2024
Les Paradis de Diane by Carmen Jaquier, Jan Gassmann
2022
L'art du silence by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2022
99 Moons by Jan Gassmann
2018
Der Läufer by Hannes Baumgartner
2017
Vakuum by Christine Repond
2016
Marija by Michael Koch
2016
Skizzen von Lou by Lisa Blatter
2016
Europe, she loves by Jan Gassmann
2015
Das Leben drehen - Wie mein Vater versuchte, das Glück festzuhalten by Eva Vitija
2015
Heimatland by Michael Krummenacher, Jan Gassmann, Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller
2014
Die Böhms – Architektur einer Familie by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
2013
Cherry Pie by Lorenz Merz
2013
Balazher. Korrekturen der Wirklichkeit by Lesia Kordonets
2011
Zwischen Inseln by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
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