Armin Biehler
Armin Biehler (born June 30, 1967 in Hanover ) is a Swiss filmmaker.
Life
From 1985 to 1989 Armin Biehler worked as an assistant director in the cellar theater on Auersberg in Vienna . During that time he studied philosophy, theater studies and geography at the University of Vienna. After returning to Basel, he began an apprenticeship as a polymechanic at the LWB Basel. From 1993 he studied ethnology, film studies and economic and social history at the University of Zurich and graduated with a licentiate. He then worked as a news editor and producer at Telebasel and founded the production company biehler.film in 2000. In 2007 he released his first feature film, Chicken Mexicaine . This was followed in 2016 by his essayistic feature film Venez avec moi , also produced by biehler.film .
Since 2009 he has been working as a bicycle courier at Metropol and later at the KurierZentrale. Armin Biehler writes regularly as a freelancer for TagesWoche and the Basellandschaftliche Zeitung .
Movies
Documentaries
- 1993: Zaug - a portrait
- 1999: Collectors' luck & returnable bottles - bottle fishermen in the triangle country
- 2001: Belgrade Express - Basel trams in Belgrade
- 2003: The Blue Pearl - Chances and Risks of Lake Ohrid
- 2004: People move Basel - 200 years of migration - a success story
- 2005: Seringal - The Minister's Promise
- 2006: Gateway to the World - eleven friends from 27 countries
- 2009: Tango in yellow - Neui Drämmli fyr d'Region
- 2011: Between Coming & Going - A year in the Bläsikrippe
- 2011: Laura D'Oriano - The mysterious spy
Experimental films
- 1984: never fear of emperors!
- 1997: Trinkets - a look / un coup d'oeil
- 2010: Basel Lives
- 2013: 'maavälimaa - shooting a picture <
Feature films
- 2007: Chicken Mexicaine
- 2016: Venez avec moi
Publications
- 2016: Armin Biehler, A # 115, Basel: Option C.
Awards
- 1992: Swiss Workers' Literature Prize for the short story "Nachbrand"
- 1995: Film award of the canton BL for trinkets - a look
- 1999: William Dieterle Film Prize - Honorable Mention for collector's luck & returnable bottles
- 2008: Swiss film award "Best Actor" for Bruno Cathomas in Chicken Mexicaine
Web links
- biehler.film
- Armin Biehler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Armin Biehler at swissfilms.ch
- About Armin Biehler on the official website of his film Chicken Mexicaine
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biehler, Armin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |