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
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