Felix Benesch

Felix Benesch (* 1963 in Zurich ) is a Swiss screenwriter and theater director .

Life

Before his career as a screenwriter, Felix Benesch worked as a theater director in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. a. Staged at the Burgtheater Vienna (under the direction of Claus Peymann ) and at the Schauspielhaus Zürich (under Gerd Leo Kuck ).

In 1999 he completed further training as a screenwriter, after which he wrote for various TV series and has also made a name for himself as a writer of television and feature films, especially in Switzerland.

Together with the choir director Christian Klucker, he has developed his own theater form for choirs and has realized various such choricals in recent years, for example “Die absolute Melodie” in Disentis in 2015, where 36 choirs with around 1200 singers from all over Switzerland took part .

Felix Benesch lives in Leipzig.

Filmography (selection)

• 2004: "Gaps in the Law", TV feature film , Switzerland, directed by Christof Schertenleib (screenplay)
• 2008: "Day and Night", series , Switzerland, (screenplay, several episodes)
• 2008: "Canzun Alpina", TV feature film , Switzerland, directed by Sören Senn (screenplay), nominated for the 3sat audience award 2008
• 2009: "Zwerge Sprengen" movie, Switzerland, directed by Christof Schertenleib (scriptwriter)
• 2009: "Der Fürsorger" movie, Switzerland, directed by Lutz Konermann (screenplay)
• 2010: "Charlys Comeback", TV feature film , Switzerland, directed by Sören Senn (screenplay)
• 2012: " Tatort - hillside location with a view " , director: Sabine Boss (screenplay)
• 2015: " Upload", TV feature film, Switzerland, director: Tobias Ineichen (screenplay)
• 2017: " Tatort - Two Lives ", director: Walter Weber (screenplay)
• 2019: Tatort - The Elephant in Space , Director: Tom Gerber (Screenplay)

Theater (selection)

• 2016 " Desiree ", the dream child psychological thriller, Klibühni Chur , (author and director)
• 2016 "Hotel Victoria", The Vico-Torriani-Musical, Hotel Reine Victoria, St. Moritz and Theater Chur (author and director)
• 2014 " Sternenbestie", anniversary production 40 years of Klibühni Chur (author and director)
• 2012 "The miracle of Wörgl" ; Klibühni Chur , (author and director), Culture Prize of the City of Wörgl 2014
• 2011 Gilles Dyrek "Venice in the Snow" , Klibühni Chur (director)
• 2006/07 season "Full on quota!", Impro-comedy series, Theater Magdeburg (author)
• 2005/06 season "Scharfe Schnitte", impro-comedy series, Theater Magdeburg (author)
• 1998/99 Alan Ayckbourn , "Double Doors", Schauspielhaus Zürich , (director)
• 1997 Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt "Der Freigeist" , DSE, Schauspielhaus Zürich (director)
• 1997 Brian Friel "Molly Sweeney", SE, Stadttheater Luzern (director)
• 1995 Patrick Barlow "The Messiah", Burgtheater Vienna (director)

literature

• Julia Danielczyk: Felix Benesch . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 155.

Web links

• Felix Benesch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Own web presence

Individual evidence

1. ↑ usc-scv.ch | Home page. In: www.usc-scv.ch. Retrieved April 14, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Tobias Ineichen: Upload. December 2, 2015, accessed April 14, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ◊. (No longer available online.) In: HOTEL VICTORIA. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016 ; accessed on April 14, 2016 . 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.