Erich Schmid (Author)

Erich Schmid (born March 6, 1947 in Frauenfeld ; entitled to live in Amlikon-Bissegg ) is a Swiss journalist , author , screenwriter and film director .

Life

At the age of 15, Erich Schmid completed an apprenticeship in Frauenfeld and Winterthur until 1965 . After completing his second education in Zurich in 1974, he worked as a journalist . From 1976 to 1986 he was a reporter for the Tages-Anzeiger , then until 1988 the domestic editor of the weekly newspaper WoZ in Zurich. In 1987/1988 he wrote the first screenplay with Richard Dindo . Since then he has mainly been a filmmaker. Today he lives and works in Max Bill's house and studio in Zumikon , with his widow, the art historian Angela Thomas , he is married.

Movies and books

• 1986: Interrogation and death in Winterthur, book published by Limmat Verlag about the events in Winterthur
• 1987: Screenplay interrogation and death in Winterthur, with Richard Dindo
• 1988: Peace of India in Sri Lanka, documentary, 35 min .;
• 1989: Confessions in Mamak, documentary (CH / Turkey), 52 min.
• 1990: Kumar, short story in anthology, CH-Arbeiterliteraturpreis, Chronos Verlag
• 1991: Jeevan, documentary (CH / Sri Lanka), 35 min.
• 1992: Screenplay for the film He called himself Surava
• 1992: Gasser & Gasser, research on the film
• 1995: He called himself Surava, cinema documentary, 80 min.
• 1995: We smelled the brown seaweed, essay in literary magazine drafts
• 1996: Farewell to Surava, book published by Wolfbach Verlag
• 2001: Meier 19 , cinema documentary 98 min.
• 2008: Max Bill - the absolute sense of proportion, cinema documentary film 93 min.
• 2011: “Fought in Spain, failed in Russia” - ‹Männy› Alt (1910–2000), a century of life, book published by Orell Füssli Verlag
• 2016: Stateless - Klaus Rózsa, photographer, documentary film 96 min.

Film awards

• Grand Prize Viper Film Festival
• City of Zurich Film Prize
• Award Cinéprix Telecom
• International MediaNet Award Munich
• Award of the Semaine de la Critique jury at the Locarno Film Festival 2008 for "bill - the absolute eye-catcher"
• Memorable Award, 11th Int. Panorama Thessaloniki 2009

The films “He called himself Surava” and Meier 19 were the most successful documentaries in Switzerland in 1995 and 2001.

Retrospectives:

• 2003 in the USA and Canada

Web links

• Erich Schmid's website
• Web presence of the film Meier 19
• Erich Schmid in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Erich Schmid in Swissfilms
• Web presence of the film "bill - the absolute eye-catcher"