Michael Steiner
Director, Screenwriter, Editor, Producer
Born in 1969 in Hergiswil, Switzerland. Studied Ethnology, Art History and Film at the University of Zurich. He worked as a journalist and director for various films and commercials. For MEIN NAME IST EUGEN (2005) he was awarded the Swiss Film Prize for Best Fiction Film. He is known for Swiss box office hits like GROUNDING (2006) and SENNENTUNTSCHI (2010). His last comedy, THE AWAKENING OF MOTTI WOLKENBRUCH (2018), based on the novel of Thomas Meyer was Switzerland’s official submission for the Academy Awards in 2019, and was the most successful Swiss film of 2018, selling over 300’000 tickets, and was acquired by Netflix in 2019. Steiner's feature film EARLY BIRDS (2023) had it’s World-Premiere at the Zurich Film Festival as the first Swiss Netflix Coproduction.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2024
- TBA by Michael Steiner
- 2023
- Early Birds by Michael Steiner
- 2022
- Die Beschatter by Michael Steiner
- 2021
- Und morgen seid ihr tot by Michael Steiner
- 2020
- Switzerlanders by Michael Steiner
- 2018
- Wolkenbruch by Michael Steiner
- 2012
- Das Missen Massaker by Michael Steiner
- 2010
- Sennentuntschi by Michael Steiner
- 2006
- Grounding by Michael Steiner, Tobias Fueter
- 2005
- Mein Name ist Eugen by Michael Steiner
- 2002
- Suite 705 by Michael Steiner, Philipp Lengyel
- 2001
- Spital in Angst by Michael Steiner
- 2000
- Auf Herz und Nieren by Michael Steiner
- 1996
- Nacht der Gaukler by Michael Steiner, Pascal Walder
- 1993
- Descartes Spiel by Michael Steiner
- 1991
- Die schwebenden Häuser by Pascal Walder, Michael Steiner
Screenwriter
- 2020
- Switzerlanders by Michael Steiner
- 2012
- Das Missen Massaker by Michael Steiner
- 2010
- Sennentuntschi by Michael Steiner
- 2006
- Grounding by Michael Steiner, Tobias Fueter
- 2005
- Mein Name ist Eugen by Michael Steiner
Editor
- 2001
- Spital in Angst by Michael Steiner
- 1996
- Nacht der Gaukler by Michael Steiner, Pascal Walder
Producer
- 2009
- Pinprick by Daniel Young