Beat Schlatter

Actor, Screenwriter

Born 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland. He played as a drummer in various punk bands for several years and became known in 1983 with the founding of the cabaret Götterspass. In 2012 Schlatter was honoured with the Prix Walo 2011 in the Actor/Actress category for his play SEEGFRÖRNI 2012 and the film HOSELUPF. Schlatter's greatest works to date are the films KATZENDIEBE (1996), COMEDIANS (2000) and STREAKER (2017), in which Schlatter is scriptwriter and actor. KATZENDIEBE won the Prix Walo, Komiker the SSA Award for Best Screenplay. In BON SCHUUR TICINO by Peter Luisi, he co-wrote the film and plays the lead role, the film had a brilliant Swiss cinema release in autumn 2023.

Filmography
(a selection)

Screenwriter

2023
Bon Schuur Ticino by Peter Luisi
2017
Flitzer by Peter Luisi
2004
Ferienfieber by This Lüscher
1996
Katzendiebe by Markus Imboden

Actor

2023
Bon Schuur Ticino by Peter Luisi
2020
Phon.Y by Roger Steinmann
2019
Die fruchtbaren Jahre sind vorbei by Natascha Beller
2019
Wir Eltern by Eric Bergkraut, Ruth Schweikert
2017
Flitzer by Peter Luisi
2016
Doug & Walter by Samuel Morris
2015
The Wellington by Franco Zilli
2015
Mémoire by Samuel Dütsch
2015
Der Gehörnte by Tillo Spreng
2013
Himmelfahrtskommando by Dennis Ledergerber
2012
Nachtexpress – ein Volksstück by Alex E. Kleinberger
2011
Der Sandmann by Peter Luisi
2009
Die Standesbeamtin by Micha Lewinsky
2007
Kleine Fische by Petra Volpe
2005
Mein Name ist Eugen by Michael Steiner
2004
Ferienfieber by This Lüscher
2000
Komiker by Markus Imboden
1999
Exklusiv by Florian Froschmayer
1996
Katzendiebe by Markus Imboden

Awards

(a selection)

2024
Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2024, Best Screenplay (Nomination) in Bon Schuur Ticino
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