Joseph Scheidegger

Joseph Scheidegger (1989)

Joseph Scheidegger (born April 30, 1929 in Zurich ; † March 23, 2012 in Zollikerberg ) was a Swiss actor , film and radio play director , dramaturge and screenwriter .

Life

Joseph Scheidegger trained as an actor at the Zurich stage studio from 1946 to 1949 . Engagements followed at the Schauspielhaus Zürich , the Münchner Kammerspiele , the Stadttheater Basel and the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, among others .

From 1956 he worked as a freelance actor, employee of the Swiss Radio DRS as a speaker, translator, reporter, director of radio plays and editor of the "Montagstudios", later as head of department at Radio Studio Basel. Many texts by Swiss authors were premiered under his direction, including Jörg Steiner , Walter Vogt , Gerhard Meier , Werner Schmidli , and Erica Pedretti . Scheidegger played roles in numerous films and made over 200 radio plays as a director and / or speaker and was the first in Switzerland to make radio plays in stereo.

From 1964 he was a regular employee of Swiss television as a dramaturge, director and screenwriter. As editor and director of the “Dramatics” department, he realized television plays and series by Swiss authors, including Lukas Hartmann , Klaus Merz , Oscar Peer , Werner Schmidli, Walter Vogt, Werner Wüthrich , Emil Zopfi . He shot portraits of authors such as Elias Canetti , Friedrich Dürrenmatt , Franz Hohler and Gerhard Meier , among others .

Joseph Scheidegger was married twice and had four children. His daughter Eva Vitija created a very personal portrait of her father with the documentary film “ Turning Life ”; the film was awarded the Zurich Film Prize in 2016.

Catalog of works Films as a director (selection)

• Games of Power - A not entirely absurd television game by Walter Vogt . Television DRS, 1970.
• Five women. TV play by Lys Wiedmer. Television DRS, 1973.
• Family robe. TV play by Werner Schmidli . Television DRS, 1974.
• The interview - life and work. Screenplay Yvette and Herbert Zgraggen. Television DRS, 1975.
• Inquisition. TV film by Walter Vogt. Television DRS, 1975.
• Reduction of the workforce. TV film by EY Meyer. Television DRS, 1976.
• Rural exodus. TV film by Werner Wüthrich . Television DRS, 1979.
• Is missing. TV play based on the book Gustav's Untaten by Werner Schmidli. Television DRS, 1982.
• The computer killer. TV film based on the script by Emil Zopfi . Television DRS, 1985.
• Retuorn. After the story Accord by Oscar Peer in Romansh, the first television film in Romansh on Swiss television DRS. Television DRS, 1986.
• Senior tango. TV film by Angelo Scudeletti. Television DRS, 1986.
• The violence of the peacemaker: Brother Roger of Taizé. Television DRS, January 14, 1992.
• Straight. Video dance project by Brigitta Ehrismann. Direction, camera, sound, editing: Joseph Scheidegger, 1999.
• Forest days. Video forest kindergarten with Anna Leiser. Direction, camera, sound, editing: Joseph Scheidegger, 1999.
• Aunt Rosi. Video for the exhibition “Last minute. An exhibition on dying and death »in the Stapferhaus Lenzburg . Director, camera, sound, editing: Joseph Scheidegger, 2000.
• You have to look for a long time to see something. Artist portrait of Verena Anderegg and Friedrich Reinhard Brüderlin. Direction, camera, sound, editing: Joseph Scheidegger, PS Productions. 2002.

List of works for radio plays as a director (selection)

• Introduction to philosophy. Broadcast about Karl Jaspers . Radio DRS, 15./22. June 1962.
• Russian roulette by Alfred Andersch . Radio DRS, 13./15. August 1962.
• The tower of Peter Weiss . Radio DRS, 19./24. November 1962.
• The magic punch by Michael Ende . Radio DRS, December 17, 1963.
• Conversation about nothing by Werner Schmidli . Radio DRS, September 7, 1964.
• Ted Hughes' wound . Radio DRS, 1965.
• The story of Matthias by Werner Schmidli. Radio DRS, August 13, 1966.
• Ds bed of Jörg Steiner . Radio DRS, January 9, 1967.
• The rooms Battle of Martin Walser . Radio DRS, April 1, 1968.
• Vacation in Florida by Gert Hofmann . Radio DRS, July 6, 1968.
• Who knows René Regennass's husband ? Radio DRS, February 3, 1969.
• The forced marriage of Jean Baptiste Molière . Radio DRS, April 7, 1969.
• Spa treatment by Erica Pedretti . Radio DRS, December 3, 1969.
• Field gray panes from Hanspeter Gschwend . Radio DRS, September 25, 1970.
• D'mothers dies on Mäntigzobe of Alain Claude Sulzer . Radio DRS, December 7, 1970.
• Iron wanker from Heinrich Henkel . Radio DRS, 1971.
• D'Schlummermuetter by Hansjörg Schneider . Radio DRS, April 5, 1971.
• Heureka by Gerhard Meier. Radio DRS, January 29, 1972.
• Catch as Katz can by Erica Pedretti. Radio DRS, March 6, 1972. First stereo radio play.
• Gerhard Meier's big day . Radio DRS, May 28, 1973.
• Brrrm, brrrm, brrmmmm by Ernst Burren . Radio DRS, August 27, 1973.
• The new arrival of Henrik Rhyn. Radio DRS, September 30, 1973.
• In the park of Hanspeter Gschwend. Radio DRS, 1974.
• The long years of Anna Ehrismann by Herbert Meier. Radio DRS, June 2, 1974.
• Buttons by Ilse Aichinger . Radio DRS, October 12, 1974.
• A distant resemblance to EY Meyer. Radio DRS, March 3, 1975.
• Oh mothers, dear mothers by Jochen Ziem . Radio DRS, February 11, 1987.
• De Bärni Lips gaht uf Tutti by Hans Peter Treichler . Radio DRS, April 22, 1987.

Awards

• 1965 Prix Suisse for the radio play "Die Wunde" by Ted Hughes.
• 1970 Prix Suisse for the radio play "Spa Treatment" by Erica Pedretti .
• 1971 Zurich Radio Prize for the radio play "Feldgraue Scheiben" by Hanspeter Gschwend .
• 1992 Bern Film Prize for "The Violence of the Peaceful - Brother Roger von Taizé".

Web links

• Joseph Scheidegger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Josef Scheidegger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Joseph Scheidegger at filmportal.de
• The eternal rebel. In: Migros magazine . October 10, 2011
• Film website Rotate life
• Theater lexicon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Walder: The life carried later. «Turn life around». In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 4th May 2016.