Urs Frey (documentary filmmaker, 1960)
Urs Frey Lehmann (born November 25, 1960 in Samedan , Graubünden ; † June 17, 2008 there ) was a Swiss documentary filmmaker .
Life
After training as a primary school teacher , Urs Frey worked as a museum educator and exhibition designer at the Bündner Naturmuseum in Chur . He also worked as a journalist. He later studied cultural geography in Bern . After graduating in 1994, he taught art at the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz , worked as a freelance scientist and, from 1998, as a freelance filmmaker .
As a filmmaker he mainly worked for Televisiun Rumantscha . "He was interested in film portraits of extraordinary people, but also in cultural-historical and ethnographic topics." ( Bündner Tagblatt ) For his Rhaeto-Romanic and Italian films, he was repeatedly awarded at the Festival della Lessinia in Bosco Chiesanuova near Verona .
Urs Frey lived with his wife and son in Soglio , later in Guarda . He died on June 17, 2008.
Filmography (selection)
- 1999: L'è uscìa , portrait of a Bergell mountain farmer
- 2002: Aria - Ils objects sgulants da Dumeng Secchi
- 2002: La scola da Soi - la scuola da Soglio
- 2004: Chaus e muntognas
- 2005: Revolution
Web links
- Entry about Urs Frey on swissfilms.ch
- Urs Frey in the Internet Movie Database (English) - information mixed with Urs Frey (documentary filmmaker, 1954)
- Homage to Urs Frey (Cultural Commission Pontresina; PDF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bündner filmmaker Urs Frey has died. (PDF) In: Bündner Tagblatt. June 23, 2008, p. 20 , archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Swiss filmmaker wins in Verona. In: Klein Report. September 7, 2004, accessed March 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Engadin filmmaker Urs Frey has died. In: Klein Report. June 24, 2008, accessed March 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Obituary. In: Engadiner Post. June 21, 2008, p. 15 , accessed March 15, 2015 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Frey, Urs |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frey Lehmann, Urs (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss documentary filmmaker |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Samedan , Graubünden |
DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 2008 |
Place of death | Samedan , Graubünden |