Peter Guyer

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Peter Guyer (* 1957 in Zurich ) is a Swiss director, cameraman and film producer.

Life

After graduating from high school , Guyer studied medicine for three years, and German, journalism and ethnology for three years at the Universities of Bern and Friborg , although he did not complete any of these studies. From 1980 he devoted himself entirely to film work. He directed and / or camerawork on numerous documentaries and art videos and often worked with visual artists. He attended seminars, a. a. with Krzysztof Kieślowski . In 1986 he received a grant from the Canton of Bern for the studio space in New York.

In 1994 Peter Guyer founded his own production company Recycled Tv AG (RecTv) in Bern and has been its head ever since. From 1993 to 1999 he was a member of the Film Commission of the City of Bern, from 2000 to 2007 a member of the Photo and Film Commission of the Canton of Bern and from 2012 to 2014 President of Bern for Film . His work has received numerous awards, including a. In 2001 Peter Guyer received a quality award from the EDI and the Film Prize of the Canton of Bern for his film Big Mac Small World . His film Sounds and Silence, co-directed with Norbert Wiedmer , also won the Bern Film Prize in 2009 and was also nominated for the Swiss Film Prize 2010.

Peter Guyer lives and works in Bern.

Filmography as a director (selection)

  • 1983: ACTIONS, documentaries with Roman Signer (co-realization)
  • 1985: FRI ART MADE IN SWITZERLAND, Swiss Artists in New York (co-director and camera)
  • 1989: BERNHARD LUGINBÜHL II in the riding hall (director)
  • 1993: FEAR THAT MAKES THE PICTURES OF THE MAGIC APPRENTICE (Co-Director / Production)
  • 2001: BIG MAC SMALL WORLD (Director)
  • 2005: MEERDOLEN (director / camera)
  • 2009: SOUNDS AND SILENCE (co-director / camera)
  • 2011: HO AND EVERYWHERE (co-director / camera)
  • 2020: CONTRADICT (co-director / camera)

Filmography as a cameraman (selection since 1998)

  • 1998: STRIKE AND DISCONNECT by Norbert Wiedmer
  • 2004: IN LIFE AND BEYOND LIFE by Peter von Gunten
  • 2004: NAMIBIA CROSSINGS by Peter Liechti
  • 2004: HALLELUJA, THE LORD IS CRAZY by Alfredo Knuchel
  • 2005: HARDCORE CHAMBERMUSIC by Peter Liechti
  • 2005: LONG LIVE THE CABARET by Werner Zeindler
  • 2005: LA PETITE DAME DU CAPITOLE by Jacqueline Veuve
  • 2006: MICH GERBER by Annina Furrer
  • 2006: PRUGIASCO by Remo Legnazzi
  • 2007: KUNSTHÄNDLER ERNST BEYELER by Philippe Piguet and Thomas Isler
  • 2007: GEORGE GRUNTZ from Werner Zeindler
  • 2008: THE SOUND OF INSECTS by Peter Liechti
  • 2008: AFTERNOON by Remo Legnazzi
  • 2008: LE PETIT COIN DU PARADIS by Jacqueline Veuve
  • 2009: SOUNDS AND SILENCE by Peter Guyer and Norbert Wiedmer
  • 2009: C'ETAIT HERE by Jacqueline Veuve
  • 2009: BÖDELE - DANCE THE RHYTHM by Gitta Gsell
  • 2009: NO FEARS GUARANTEED, RUEDI HÄUSERMANN by Arthur Spirk
  • 2010: VADIM REPIN by Claudia Willke
  • 2011: HO und Überall by Peter Guyer and Balthasar Jucker
  • 2011: LES REINES PROCHAINES by Claudia Willke
  • 2012: FATHER'S GARDEN by Peter Liechti (Hasenkamera)
  • 2012: LIFE IN PROGRESS by Irene Loebell
  • 2013: MELODY OF NOISE by Gitta Gsell
  • 2014: TOO CLOSE TO HEAVEN by Annina Furrer
  • 2014: DEDICATIONS by Jolanda Gsponer and Peter Liechti
  • 2019: CONTRADICT by Peter Guyer and Thomas Burkhalter
  • 2019: BEYTO by Gitta Gsell

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Passion and suffering . In: The Bund . December 8, 2008, ISSN  0774-6156 ( derbund.ch [accessed March 31, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Guyer, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss director, cameraman and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich