Otto C. Honegger

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Otto C. Honegger (born March 23, 1945 ) is a Swiss journalist and was the head of the DOK editorial team of Swiss television (SF).

He studied economics at the University of St. Gallen , where he received his lic. oec. After completing his studies, he worked from 1970 as a freelance journalist at what was then SF DRS and was a reporter in the Rundschau's international team . In 1975 he became deputy head of the Rundschau . He later directed the programs Zeitspiegel and Netto . Between 1990 and 2008 Otto C. Honegger headed the documentary film editorial team (DOK) and was therefore responsible for all in-house productions and purchases of the DOK and Traces of Time series . He also writes as a freelance journalist for Die Weltwoche, among others .

In his private life, Honegger is interested in Buddhism , diving , trekking and paragliding and has been an underwater photographer for 30 years .

Awards

  • 1993: Nature Watch Prize Sundvall
  • 1988: Telepreis Zurich
  • 1981: Prix Eckenstein Geneva
  • 1980: Prix Unda Monte Carlo

Works (selection)

Books

  • The sea is alive . Mondo Verlag, 1988.
  • Small world in the big sea . 2008, ISBN 3-280-06110-5 .

Documentaries

  • 1992: Ecology in the executive suite - on the go with Stephan Schmidheiny (via Stephan Schmidheiny )
  • 1995: Hayek how he switches and swatches (via Nicolas Hayek )
  • 1996: Patrouille Suisse
  • 1998: The dream of flying (The inventor Andreas Reinhard)
  • 1999: Children's Hospital (documentary series; producer)
  • 2000: Airline (documentary series; producer)
  • 2002: Silent in the sky, two glider pilots and their world
  • 2002: The Schwab of Switzerland (portrait of WEF founder Klaus Schwab )
  • 2003: Everest (documentary series; team leader)

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personal data
SURNAME Honegger, Otto C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1945