Christian Iseli
Christian Iseli (* 1957 in Uetendorf ) is a Swiss filmmaker. Since 1995 he has been teaching and researching at the Zurich University of the Arts .
biography
Christian Iseli studied history, German and English at the University of Bern . Since completing his studies, he has been making documentaries and working in the areas of editing and camera work for feature and documentary films.
As a professor of film design, Christian Iseli heads the documentary film profile in the Master of Arts in Film course at the Zurich University of the Arts and is responsible for the film research focus at the Institute for the Performing Arts and Film. He is a member of the Swiss Film Academy.
Filmography
Films as a director
- 2011 My Mother's Album (feature documentary)
- 2006 Farmer In Defiance (TV documentary)
- 1995 The Stand of the Farmers (feature documentary)
- 1991 Grauholz (documentary film)
- 1988 Le Terroriste Suisse (documentary film)
Films as a technician
- 2010: Zwerge Sprengen, feature film by Christof Schertenleib: editing / second camera
- 2007: Hunkeler does things, feature film by Markus Fischer , 2007: editing
- 2006: Flanke ins Space, feature film by Marie-Louise Bless: Editing
- 2004: The couple in the boat, feature film by Marie-Louise Bless: editing
- 2003: Gaps in the law, feature film by Christof Schertenleib: editing
- 2000: The Worlds of Mei Lang Fang, documentary by Mei Juin Chen: Cinematography
- 2000: Chaos , TV feature film from the Tatort series by Christof Schertenleib: editing
- 1995: Calm and Disorder, documentary by Andreas Berger: Camera
Awards
- 1995: Documentary Film Prize of the Canton of Bern (The State of the Farmers)
- 1995: EDI quality premium (The status of farmers)
- 1995: Second prize at the Pärnu International Documentary Film Festival, Estonia (The Farmers' Stand)
- 1991: Documentary Film Prize of the Canton of Bern (Grauholz)
- 1991: EDI quality premium (gray wood)
- 1988: Film Prize of the Canton of Bern (Le Terroriste Suisse)
- 1988: EDI study premium (Le Terroroste Suisse)
Other activities
Since 1988 member of the Swiss directors' association FDS (1996–1998 board member). From 1996 to 1998 he was editor-in-chief of DOX Documentary Film Magazine. In addition, from 1998 to 2004 he was a member of the Film Commission of the City of Bern. He received a New York scholarship from the city of Bern. From 1998 to 1999, Iseli was co-director of the international “Independent Video Workshop” of Pro Helvetia in Cairo, Gaza and Ramallah (together with Gitta Gsell ). In 1999 he presented a thematic group exhibition of the Kunstmuseum Bern and the Museum für Kommunikation, Bern, the topics were pixels, prints and prigments. From 2001 to 2008 he was a seminar leader and lecturer for the Focal Foundation (further training institution for the Swiss film industry)
Web links
- Christian Iseli at the ZHdK
- Christian Iseli in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Christian Iseli at Swiss Films
- Christian Iseli at ARF / FDS
- Christian Iseli at iFilm.ch
- Interview with Christian Iseli in the newspaper 'Der Bund'
- Article on research in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ
- Homepage of the research area 'Film'
- Homepage of the Zurich Documentary Conference ZDOK
Individual evidence
- ↑ Research focus on film
- ↑ Institute for the Performing Arts and Film ( Memento of the original dated November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ My mother's album
- ↑ Despite the farmers
- ↑ The status of the peasants
- ↑ gray wood
- ↑ Le Terroriste Suisse
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Iseli, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uetendorf |