Stefan Haupt

Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Casting

Website
www.fontanafilm.ch
Copyright: Gaëtan Bally

Born in 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland. Since 1989 he works as an independent film and theatre director. In 1998 he founded his own production company, Fontana Film, in Zurich. His feature film debut UTOPIA BLUES (2001) was honoured with the Zurich Film Prize and the Swiss Film Award. ELISABETH KÜBLER-ROSS (2003) is one of the most successful Swiss documentary films to date, with some 300,000 viewers throughout Europe. THE CIRCLE (2014) won the Panorama Audience Award and the Teddy Award at the Berlinale, and in 2015 the Swiss Film Award, Best Feature Film. ZURICH DIARY celebrates its world premiere at the ZFF 2020.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2025
Stiller by Stefan Haupt
2023
Margreet Honig – Der freie Ton by Stefan Haupt
2020
Zürcher Tagebuch by Stefan Haupt
2019
Zwingli by Stefan Haupt
2016
Finsteres Glück by Stefan Haupt
2015
Mare Nostrum - Ein Konzert. Eine Reise. by Michelle Brun, Stefan Haupt
2014
Der Kreis by Stefan Haupt
2012
Sagrada by Stefan Haupt
2010
How About Love by Stefan Haupt
2006
Ein Lied für Argyris by Stefan Haupt
2004
Downtown Switzerland by Christian Davi, Stefan Haupt, Kaspar Kasics, Fredi M. Murer
2003
Moritz by Stefan Haupt
2003
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross by Stefan Haupt
2001
Utopia Blues by Stefan Haupt
2001
Increschantüm (Heimweh) by Stefan Haupt
1998
I'm Just a Simple Person by Stefan Haupt
1992
Andras – Kein Mann fällt vom Himmel by Stefan Haupt

Screenwriter

2025
Stiller by Stefan Haupt
2023
Margreet Honig – Der freie Ton by Stefan Haupt
2020
Zürcher Tagebuch by Stefan Haupt
2016
Finsteres Glück by Stefan Haupt
2015
Mare Nostrum - Ein Konzert. Eine Reise. by Michelle Brun, Stefan Haupt
2014
Der Kreis by Stefan Haupt
2012
Sagrada by Stefan Haupt
2012
Child's Dream – Zwei Banker auf Sinnsuche by Urs Frey
2010
How About Love by Stefan Haupt
2006
Ein Lied für Argyris by Stefan Haupt
2004
Downtown Switzerland by Christian Davi, Stefan Haupt, Kaspar Kasics, Fredi M. Murer
2003
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross by Stefan Haupt
2003
Moritz by Stefan Haupt
2001
Utopia Blues by Stefan Haupt
2001
Increschantüm (Heimweh) by Stefan Haupt
1998
I'm Just a Simple Person by Stefan Haupt

Producer

2023
Margreet Honig – Der freie Ton by Stefan Haupt
2020
Zürcher Tagebuch by Stefan Haupt
2012
Sagrada by Stefan Haupt
2003
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross by Stefan Haupt

Casting

2019
Zwingli by Stefan Haupt

Awards

(a selection)

2002
Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Drehbuchpreis (Winner) in Utopia Blues
2015
Genève, Swiss Film Award 2015, Swiss Film Award, Best Screenplay (Winner) in Der Kreis
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