2021 Watch Over Me (documentary, 92′, CH/DE/IN) by Farida Pacha
Cinematographer, Producer
- Winner Grand Jury Documentary Award, Movies That Matter 2021
- Winner Best Documentary, Indian Film Festival Stuttgart 2021
- Nomination Prix de Soleure, Solothurner Filmtage 2021
- Nomination Flaherty Award, Yamagata IFF 2021
- Official Selection, Woche der Kritik, Berlin 2021
- Official Selection, Indian Film Festival Los Angeles 2021
- Official Selection, Indian Film Festival Melbourne 2021
- Official Selection, Encounters FF Johannesburg 2021
- Special Jury Mention, Rencontres Documentaires de Lorraine 2022
- Official Selection, Dharashalam International Film Festival 2022
- Nomination India Gold Award, MAMI Mumbai 2022
2020 Zürcher Tagebuch (documentary, 101′, CH) by Stefan Haupt
Cinematographer
- Zurich International Filmfestival 2020
- Nomination Prix Public, Solothurner Filmtage 2021
2016 Zeit für Frühling / Hundertmal Frühling (TV, 2 x 90′, DE)
Director
2013 My Name is Salt (documentary, 92’, CH/IN) by Farida Pacha
Cinematographer, Producer
- Winner IDFA Amsterdam First Appearance Competition 2013
- Winner Hong Kong IFF Documentary Competition 2014
- Winner DocumentaMadrid Feature Length Documentary Competition 2014
- Winner Edinburgh IFF Documentary Competition 2014
- Winner German Camera Award 2014
- Winner Cinematography Award, BIDF Budapest 2014
- Winner Pelicam Documentary Film Festival, Tulcea 2014
- Winner Food Film Festival, Amsterdam 2014
- Winner Small Gate of Freedom Award, Gdansk 2014
- Winner CinemAmbiente Iren Award, Torino 2014
- Winner Best Documentary Award, Baikal Film Festival Irkutsk 2014
- Winner Feature Length Award, Tutti Nello Stesso Piatto, Trento 2014
- Prix Anthropologie et Dévelopement Durable, Festival Jean Rouch Paris 2014
- Winner Grand Prix Filmer Le Travail, Poitiers 2015
- Winner Best Film, EcoCup, Moscow 2015
- Winner Bronze Drop, World Water Forum, Daegu/South Korea 2015
- Winner Horizonte-Award, 5-Seen-Filmfestival, Starnberg 2015
- Winner Best Film of Festival Award, CMS Vatavaran, New Delhi 2015
- Winner Best Cinematography Award, CMS Vatavaran, New Delhi 2015
- Winner Best Documentary, Aljazeera Documentary Festival, Doha 2015
- Winner Best Documentary, International Women’s Film Festival, Herat 2015
- Winner Best Documentary, BaNeFF doc:short, Stockholm 2015
- Winner Best Feature Length Documentary, MIFF, Mumbai 2016
- Winner Best Cinematography, International Jury, MIFF, Mumbai 2016
- Honorable Mention, DocsDF Mexico City 2014
- Honorary Mention, FICA, Goiàs 2015
- Special Jury Mention ExtravagantIndia, Paris 2015
- Special Jury Mention, Bled Film Festival 2014
- Special AWFJ Jury Mention, Edinburgh IFF 2014
- Special Jury Mention, DokuFest Prizren 2014
- Third Prize, BIFED Ecological Documentary Film Festival, Bozcaada 2014
- Nomination for Best Editing, German Camera Award 2014
- Nomination Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Award 2015
- Long-listed for the One World Media Award 2014
- Official Selection (in competition) FIFE Paris 2014
- Official Selection (in competition) Planete+Doc Festival, Warsaw 2014
- Official Selection (in competition) DOK.fest, Munich 2014
- Official Selection (in competition) Encounters, Johannesburg 2014
- Official Selection (in competition) Los Angeles Film Festival 2014
- Official Selection (in competition) Indian Film Festival, Stuttgart 2014
- Official Selection (in competition) Melbourne IFF 2014
- Official Selection Baltic Sea Doc Forum, Riga 2014
- Official Selection (in competition) Message to Man, St. Petersburg 2014
- Official Selection European Film Fest, Szczecin 2014
- Official Selection (in competition) Vancouver IFF 2014
- Official Selection Guth Gaffa Film Festival, Ireland 2014
- Official Selection DocsBuenosAires 2014
- Official Selection International People Film Festival, New-Caledonia 2014
- Official Selection Viennale, Vienna 2014
- Official Selection Camerimage, Bydgoszcz 2014
- Official Selection EthnoFilmFest München 2014
- Official Selection International Film Festival of India, Goa 2014
- Official Selection Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival 2014
- Official Selection Cinema Verité Film Festival, Tehran 2014
- Official Selection Tbilisi Film Festival 2014
- Official Selection iDOCS International Documentary Forum, Beijing 2014
- Official Selection (in competition) FIC, San Cristobal de las Casas 2015
- Official Selection Solothurner Filmtage 2015
- Official Selection DocPoint, Helsinki and Tallinn 2015
- Official Selection (in competition) EcoCup, Moscow 2015
- Official Selection (in competition) ExtravagantIndia, Paris 2015
- Official Selection (in competition) Films de Femmes, Creteil 2015
- Official Selection (in competition) Sofia International Film Festival 2015
- Official Selection Ecofalante, São Paulo 2015
- Official Selection Europe On Screen Festival, Jakarta 2015
- Official Selection (in competition) Ecozine, Zaragoza 2015
- Official Selection Human Rights Nights, Bologna 2015
- Official Selection EDOC, Quito 2015
- Official Selection (in competition) Green Film Festival, San Francisco 2015
- Official Selection UnderHillFest, Podgorica 2015
- Official Selection Festival International du Film, La Rochelle 2015
- Official Selection Viscult, Joensuu 2015
- Official Selection Lanzarote Film Festival 2019
2012 The Women in Blue Berets (documentary, 48’, IN) by Farida Pacha
Cinematographer
2010 Dharavi, Slum for Sale (documentary, 79′, CH/DE/IN)
Director, Cinematographer
- Trasguardi 2011, Lugano – Jury Award
- Bollywood and Beyond 2010, Stuttgart – Honorary Mention
- FilmSouthAsia 2011, Kathmandu – in competition
- FIPA 2010, Biarritz – in competition
- Solothurner Filmtage 2010 – Nominations Prix Soleure and Prix Public
2009 Der Fürsorger – The Welfare Worker (fiction, 96’, CH/LUX/DE)
Director, Co-Scriptwriter (with Felix Benesch)
- Tamil Nadu Film Festival 2010, Chennai – Best Picture
- Festival du Film Interculturel 2010, Paris– Best Male Lead
- Bejing Film Festival 2010 – in competition
- Berlin And Beyond 2010, San Francisco – in competition
- Brooklyn Film Festival 2010 – in competition
- Swiss Film Award 2010 – Nomination Best Male Lead
- Zurich Film Festival 2009 – in competition
2007 Prager Botschaft – Prague, Iron Curtain (TV, 96’, DE)
Director
- Prix Europa, 2008 – Nomination Best TV-Fiction
2006 Arme Millionäre – Poor Millionaires (TV, 2×45’, DE)
Director
2004 Piff Paff Puff (TV, 89’, CH)
Director, Script Consultant
2002 Der Elefant – The Elephant (TV, 92’ + 45’, DE)
Director, Scriptwriter
- German TV Award 2003 – Nominations: Best Series, Best Male Lead, Best Female Lead
2001 Lieber Brad – Dear Brad (TV, 87’, CH)
Director, Script Consultant
- Swiss Film Award 2002 – Best Female Lead,
- Nomination Best Male Lead
2000 Meine Tochter darf es nie erfahren – Father’s Daughter (TV, 92’, DE)
Director, Co-Scriptwriter (with Hermann Kirchmann)
1998 Herzlos – Heartless (TV, 87’, DE)
Director, Co-Scriptwriter (with Siegfried Meier)
1997 Virus X (TV, 92’, DE)
Director
1996 Eine fast perfekte Liebe – An Almost Perfect Love (TV, 88’, DE)
Director
- Adolf-Grimme-Award 1997 – Best Director, Best Female Lead
1994 Zoff und Zärtlichkeit – Tough and Tender (TV, 7×45’, DE)
Director
1992 Schulz & Schulz (TV, 90’, DE) by Nico Hofmann
Cinematographer
1992 Marienhof (TV, 6×50’, DE)
Director
1991 Panthers, Fighters & Co. (TV, 45’, DE)
Co-Director (with Giovanni Di Lorenzo), Cinematographer, Editor
1987 Lindenstraße (TV, 16×30’, DE)
Director
1987 Drachenfutter – Dragon’s Chow (fiction, 75’) by Jan Schütte
Cinematographer
- German Film Award 1988
- Venice Film Festival 1987, Fipresci and Unesco Awards
1986 Schwarz und ohne Zucker – Black and Without Sugar (fiction, 82’, DE/IS)
Director, Producer, Scriptwriter, Editor, Male Lead
- Bombay Film Festival 1988 – in competition
- Rimini Film Festival 1988 – in competition
- Istanbul Film Festival 1988 – in competition
- Icelandic Film Award 1987 – Best Co-Production
- Alpinale 1987, Bludenz – Best Cinematography
- Max-Ophüls-Festival 1986, Saarbrücken – Jury Award
1984 Vorwarnzeit (documentary short, 17′, DE)
Co-Director, Co-Cinematographer, Editor
- National release by Filmverlag der Autoren
1984 Kaltes Fieber – Cold Fever (fiction, 90’) by Joseph Rusnak
Cinematographer
- German Film Award 1985
1982 Aufdermauer (fiction, 100’, DE)
Director, Scriptwriter, Editor, Actor
- German Film Award 1983 – Best Director
1982 Josef Mommerz, Oberwachtmeister (documentary short, 10′, DE)
Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer, Editor
1982 Heiter bis friedlich (documentary short, 15′, DE)
Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Editor
- National release by Filmverlag der Autoren
1982 Spätvorstellung – Late Show (short fiction) by Maria Knilli
Producer, Cinematographer
- German Film Award 1983
1981 Wochenend – Weekend (short fiction) by Wolfram Paulus
Cinematographer
1980 Augen geradeaus (documentary short, 15′, DE)
Co-Director, -Writer, -Cinematographer, Editor
- National release by Filmverlag der Autoren
1980 Basisarbeit (documentary short, 15′, DE)
Director, Writer, Co-Cinematographer, Editor
- National release by Filmverlag der Autoren
1980 Monitor (short fiction, 18′, DE)
Director, Scriptwriter, Editor
- Hofer Filmtage 1980
1980 Die Schwelle (short fiction, 12′, DE)
Co-Director, -Scriptwriter, Cinematographer, Editor
1979 Aussenaufnahmen (short fiction, 24′, DE)
Director, Scriptwriter, Editor
- Hamburg Filmfest 1980
Script Consultant
(selection of scripts turned into films)
2021 Atlas (fiction) by Niccolò Castelli
- Eröffnungsfilm, Nomination Prix Public, Solothurner Filmtage 2021
2021 Nachbarn – Neighbours (fiction) by Mano Khalil
- Nomination Prix Soleur, Solothurner Filmtage 2021
2021 Beyto (fiction) by Gitta Gsell
- Audience Award, Solothurner Filmtage 2021
2018 Wer hat eigentlich die Liebe erfunden? – Cloud Whisper (fic) by Kerstin Polte
- Preis des Verbands der deutschen Filmkritik (VdFK) 2018
- Bayerischer Filmpreis, Beste Nachwuchsregie 2018
2015 Dem Himmel zu nah – Too Close to Heaven (doc) by Annina Furrer
- Zürcher Filmpreis 2016
2013 Sitting Next To Zoe (fiction) by Ivana Lalovic
- Max-Ophüls-Preis 2014 (Best Screenplay)
2011 Das Lied in mir (fiction) by Florian Cossen
- German Film Award 2011
2010 Bis aufs Blut (fiction) by Oliver Kienle
- Max-Ophüls-Preis 2010
2009 Champions (fiction) by Riccardo Signorell
2008 Kronos (fiction) by Olav Wehling
2006 Nimmermeer (fiction) by Toke C. Hebbeln
- Student Academy Award 2007
2005 Sonjas Rückkehr (TV, 90’) by Dave Tucker
2005 Süssigkeiten (TV, 90’) by Nicola Schreiner
2004 Piff Paff Puff (TV, 90’) by Rudi Burkhalter
2004 Lilo und Fredi (TV, 90’) by Gitta Gsell and Josy Meier
2003 Meier Marylin (TV, 90’) by Eva Vitja and Petra Volpe
2003 Oeschenen (TV, 90’) by Reto Caffi
2003 Alles wird gut (TV, 90’) by Thomas Hess
2002 Dilemma (TV, 90’) by Josy Meier
2002 La Diga (TV, 90’) by Fulvio Bernasconi and Christian Davi
2001 Nichts bereuen (fiction) by Benjamin Quabeck
2001 Lieber Brad (TV, 90’) by Güzin Kar
2001 Spital in Angst (TV, 90’) by Jürg Brändli
2001 Im Namen der Gerechtigkeit (TV, 90’) by Stefan Jäger
2001 Studers erster Fall (TV, 90’) by Sabine Boss