Chris Bucher

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Chris Bucher (born October 28, 1987 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss actor , writer and director .

Life

From 2008 to 2011, Bucher completed an acting training at the EFAS ( European Film Actor School ) in Zurich , which he rounded off with stunt training with former Swiss Kung Fu world champion Andy Kunz. Encouraged by his experience in numerous projects in the field of film, theater and opera, Bucher realized as a director and supporting actor in the years 2011 to 2013 crowdfunding -financed his first full-length feature film, the Swiss mystery thriller Tyfelstei , which took place on April 8, 2014 in Lucerne It premiered and was shown in over 20 cinemas across Switzerland by 2015. Several well-known Swiss actors such as Walter Andreas Müller , Hansjörg Betschart and Isabelle Flachsmann could be seen in the film.

From the summer of 2014 he worked on the short film The Lost Valley , a free film adaptation of Joseph Conrad 's novel Heart of Darkness . The film was shot in Indonesia and Switzerland and premiered in Lucerne in November 2017. In addition to the script, Bucher also contributed the puppet effects, inspired by the work of Roger Dicken .

Bucher worked, among other things, as an advertising copywriter in a marketing agency and as a projectionist in Lucerne's city cinemas.

Filmography (selection)

as a director and screenwriter
  • Yaga (2018), short film - also as an actor. Role: Richard
  • Forget About Yesterday (2018), music video - also as an actor. Role: colleague
  • Angela (2017), short film - also as an actor. Role: Tom
  • Still There (2016), short film - also as an actor. Role: man
  • The Lost Valley (2016), short film - also as an actor. Role: John Conrad
  • Awful Day (2016), music video
  • Mari e Tempeste (2015), music video
  • Tyfelstei (2014), mystery thriller - also as an actor. Role: Gabriel
  • Easy (2012), music video
  • A Matter of Time (2012), music video
  • Cocaine (2010), amateur film - also as an actor. Role: Jericho
as an actor
  • The Wellington (2014), short film. Role: director
  • Brotherly Love (2009), short film. Role: David
  • La Poésie de la nuit (2009), short film. Role: Claude

Theater / opera

as an actor
  • The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (2012), Zurich Opera House , director: Harry Kupfer , role: Schläger
  • Salomé (2009–2014), Zurich Opera House, director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf, role: Lord Alfred Douglas
  • 5min - un flirt avec toi (2011), director: Hansjörg Betschart , various roles

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personal data
SURNAME Bucher, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne