Stefan Schwietert
Biography
Born in 1961 in Esslingen, Germany. Swiss citizenship. Grew up in Therwil. Made his first films for Videogenossenschaft Basel. 1981-82 Lives in Brazil. Worked as a director’s assistant in musical films for TV Globo. 1982 Receives a study grant for the California Art Institute in San Francisco; attends film and video classes. 1984-90 Studies at DFFB (Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie, Berlin). 1991 Founding of Neapel Film in Therwil. Produces and directs documentary films. Teaches in film schools in Switzerland and Germany. Lives and works in Berlin and Therwil. Awarded Swiss Film Prize, Best Documentary 2005 for “Accordion Tribe” and in 2008 for “Heimatklänge” (Echoes Of Home).
Filmography
- 1986 Das Topolino Projekt (short film)
- 1987 Tapez 36-15 Code Gorba (short film)
- 1988 Fualni 88, The Last Ten Days Of A Campagne (documentary)
- 1991 Sprung aus den Wolken (fiction)
- 1994 Der Schatten ist lang (documentary)
- 1996 A Tickle In The Heart (documentary)
- 1998 Im Warteraum Gottes (documentary)
- 2000 El Acordeón del Diablo (documentary)
- 2000 Voyage Oriental – The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band In Turkey (documentary)
- 2001 Liebeslieder (documentary)
- 2003 Das Alphorn (documentary)
- 2004 Schwarze Madonna (documentary)
- 2004 Accordion Tribe (documentary)
- 2007 Heimatklänge (documentary)
- 2007 Big Band Poesie (documentary)
- 2012 Balkan Melodie (documentary)
- 2014 Off The Record (documentary)