Frank Matter
Producer, Screenwriter, Editor, Director, Cinematographer
- Website
- www.soapfactory.ch
Born in 1964 in Basel, Switzerland. Frank Matter trained as journalist in Switzerland and studied documentary production at New York University. He is the owner of the production company soap factory GmbH, with which he produced and codirected a number of awardwinning documentaries such as GROZNY BLUES (2015), LA BUENA VIDA (2015) and THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY
(2004). They were screened and awarded at numerous international festivals.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2021
- Parallel Lives by Frank Matter
- 2013
- Von heute auf morgen by Frank Matter
- 2004
- The Definition Of Insanity by Frank Matter, Robert Margolis
- 1999
- The Beauty Of My Island by Frank Matter
- 1997
- Morocco by Frank Matter
- 1993
- Hannelore by Frank Matter
Screenwriter
- 2021
- Parallel Lives by Frank Matter
- 2013
- Von heute auf morgen by Frank Matter
- 2010
- Nel giardino dei suoni by Nicola Bellucci
- 2004
- The Definition Of Insanity by Frank Matter, Robert Margolis
- 1997
- Morocco by Frank Matter
Cinematographer
- 2004
- The Definition Of Insanity by Frank Matter, Robert Margolis
Editor
- 2021
- Parallel Lives by Frank Matter
- 2010
- Nel giardino dei suoni by Nicola Bellucci
- 2004
- The Definition Of Insanity by Frank Matter, Robert Margolis
- 1997
- Morocco by Frank Matter
Producer
- 2024
- Quir by Nicola Bellucci
- 2024
- E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea by Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub
- 2023
- RUÄCH – Eine Reise ins jenische Europa by Andreas Müller, Simon Guy Fässler
- 2023
- Segnali di Vita by Leandro Picarella
- 2023
- Play With the Devil – Becoming Zeal & Ardor by Olivier Joliat, Matthias Willi
- 2021
- Parallel Lives by Frank Matter
- 2021
- Ann's Pub by Thabea Furrer
- 2020
- Arada by Jonas Schaffter
- 2020
- Who's Afraid of Alice Miller? by Daniel Howald
- 2019
- I'll be Your Mirror by Johanna Faust
- 2017
- Ciao Babylon by Kurt Reinhard, Christoph Schreiber
- 2017
- Amalia e Giancarlo by Kurt Reinhard, Christoph Schreiber
- 2015
- Thomas Hirschhorn – Gramsci Monument by Angelo A. Lüdin
- 2015
- La buena vida – Das gute Leben by Jens Schanze
- 2015
- Grozny Blues by Nicola Bellucci
- 2013
- Von heute auf morgen by Frank Matter
- 2010
- Nel giardino dei suoni by Nicola Bellucci