Thomas Imbach
Thomas Imbach (born December 19, 1962 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss filmmaker .
Live and act
After a short period of study at the University of Basel (history and philosophy), Thomas Imbach began making his first feature films . In his previous work, Imbach has explored the boundaries between fiction and documentary film , film and video, as well as traditional cinema craft and new technologies.
He was one of the first filmmakers to use handycams for cinema productions, thus pushing the boundaries of working with amateur actors in films like Well Done and Ghetto . Since Happiness Is a Warm Gun (2001) he has continued the methods he developed from the documentary with actors.
Thomas Imbach is currently considered one of the most idiosyncratic and consistent Swiss filmmakers.
He has received various international awards for his work. Imbach also teaches regularly at various film schools. Thomas Imbach lives with his partner, the filmmaker Andrea Štaka , and his two sons in Zurich .
Filmography
- 1988: Battle Marks (documentary film)
- 1991: Restlessness (feature film)
- 1991: Celebrating May (diary film)
- 1992: Shopville-Platzspitz (film installation )
- 1994: Well Done (documentary)
- 1997: Ghetto (documentary)
- 1998: Nano Babies ( science fiction essay, co-director with Jürg Hassler )
- 2001: Happiness Is a Warm Gun (feature film)
- 2002: happy too ( essay film )
- 2006: Lenz (feature film)
- 2007: I was a Swiss Banker (feature film)
- 2011: Day Is Done (fictional autobiography )
- 2013: Mary Queen of Scots (biography of Maria Stuart )
- 2018: Glaubberg (autobiographically inspired film)
- 2020: Nemesis (documentary)
Awards
- EDI study bonus for battle marks
- EDI quality awards for Happiness Is a Warm Gun , Ghetto , Well Done and Restlessness
- Zurich Film Prize 1994 for Well Done
- Recognition award from the city of Lucerne in 1994 for Well Done
- FIPRESCI Prize of the International Film Critics, Leipzig for Well Done
- Premio Giampaolo Paoli , Florence for Ghetto
- Best Documentary , Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg for Ghetto
- Zurich Film Prize 2001 for Happiness Is a Warm Gun
- Zurich Film Prize 2007 for I Was a Swiss Banker
- “Honorable Mention” by the Millennium Award Jury, Planete Doc Film Festival , (Warsaw) for Day is Done
- Tribute to Thomas Imbach , 31st Sarz Denver Film Festival
- Zurich Film Award 2018 for Glaubberg
Web links
- Thomas Imbach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Thomas Imbach at Swiss Films
- Website of Thomas Imbach's Bachim Film
Individual evidence
- ↑ SRF-Kultur from August 7, 2018, conversation between Thomas Imbach and the film critic Michael Sennhauser, https://www.srf.ch/kultur/film-serien/neu-im-kino-glaubenberg-von-der-obsession- one-love
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Imbach, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne |