Stefan Jäger

Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor

Born in 1970 in Uster, Switzerland. Stefan Jäger is a director, screenwriter and
lecturer. He graduated from the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in 1997 and has since worked as a director. His films screened at international festivals and have received numerous awards. Since 1998 he is owner of tellfilm GmbH in Zurich. He works as a lecturer in Ludwigsburg and since 2018 as head of the script department at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2021
Monte Verità by Stefan Jäger
2021
Markus Imhoof - Rebellischer Poet by Stefan Jäger
2016
Der grosse Sommer by Stefan Jäger
2016
Mathias Gnädinger - Die Liebe seines Lebens by Stefan Jäger
2014
11:23 - 09:59 (Projekt Angst) by Stefan Jäger
2013
Horizon Beautiful by Stefan Jäger
2009
Hunkeler und der Fall Livius by Stefan Jäger
2007
Hello Goodbye by Stefan Jäger
2007
Il Pugno di Gesù by Stefan Jäger
2003
Cyrill trifft by Stefan Jäger
2002
Im Namen der Gerechtigkeit by Stefan Jäger
2001
Birthday by Stefan Jäger
1998
Misguided Angel by Stefan Jäger
1995
Rattenfang by Stefan Jäger
1995
Himmelfahrt by Stefan Jäger
1994
Schritte gegen den Wind by Stefan Jäger
1994
b8-e1 by Stefan Jäger
1993
Druck by Stefan Jäger
1993
Kroatien by Stefan Jäger
1993
Im Reich der Sinne by Stefan Jäger
1992
Von Grund auf wär' ich ein Mensch zum leben by Stefan Jäger
1992
Rhythmus des Lebens by Stefan Jäger
1991
65 Jahre by Stefan Jäger
1990
Une p'tite histoire d'eau by Stefan Jäger
1989
Am Rande der Isolation by Stefan Jäger

Screenwriter

2016
Mathias Gnädinger - Die Liebe seines Lebens by Stefan Jäger
2015
Schellen-Ursli by Xavier Koller
2014
11:23 - 09:59 (Projekt Angst) by Stefan Jäger
2007
Hello Goodbye by Stefan Jäger
2007
Il Pugno di Gesù by Stefan Jäger
2003
Cyrill trifft by Stefan Jäger
2002
Im Namen der Gerechtigkeit by Stefan Jäger
2001
Birthday by Stefan Jäger
1998
Misguided Angel by Stefan Jäger

Cinematographer

2016
Mathias Gnädinger - Die Liebe seines Lebens by Stefan Jäger
2003
Cyrill trifft by Stefan Jäger

Editor

2003
Cyrill trifft by Stefan Jäger

Producer

2026
Der fliegende Berg by Nicolas Steiner
2021
YOUTH TOPIA by Dennis Stormer
2021
Imago by Remy Blaser
2018
Das Höllentor von Zürich by Cyrill Oberholzer
2017
Daniel Hope – Der Klang des Lebens by Nahuel Lopez
2017
Blue my Mind by Lisa Brühlmann
2017
Tiere by Greg Zglinski
2016
Mathias Gnädinger - Die Liebe seines Lebens by Stefan Jäger
2016
Der grosse Sommer by Stefan Jäger
2015
Sila And The Gatekeepers Of The Arctic by Corina Gamma
2014
11:23 - 09:59 (Projekt Angst) by Stefan Jäger
2013
Horizon Beautiful by Stefan Jäger
2007
Hello Goodbye by Stefan Jäger

Awards

(a selection)

2008
Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, NDR-Regiepreis (Winner) in Hello Goodbye
2001
Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Drehbuchpreis (Winner) in Birthday
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