Johannes Boesiger (born 9 October 1962, in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a Swiss/German scriptwriter and producer. He is known for his work on Children of the Open Road (1992), Fly Little Bird and Tatort (1970).https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0127137/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

Life and work

Johannes Boesiger was born the son of the

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actor and director

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. He was born in Freiburg i. Br. in

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and at the age of 14 Boesiger became a professional actor for the city theatre of

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, where took on the main character in the play ''Be silent, boy!'' by Fitzgerald Kusz. The same year Boesiger worked as 2nd assistant director for his father. Following the early death of his father, Boesiger moved to

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. At the age of twenty he started to work as a

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for various newspapers in Germany,

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and Switzerland including

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, Die Presse and

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and in 1984 became film editor at the renowned

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. In 1989 Boesiger changed sides again, when he was hired by Swiss television to become in house producer, script developer and writer. Having contributed to various television and theatrical productions as producer, writer or script editor, in 1992 he wrote and produced his award winning first feature film, ''

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''. This was followed by further works as executive and line producer before he started in 2001 on a project to develop a cultural centre in the city of

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. Boesiger is currently active again as producer and writer of various

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language projects. In 2018 he was appointed as managing director for the production compan
Jovera Pictures AG/SA/Ltd
overseeing among others the production o
Fly Little Bird
based on his own script and to be directed by him. Besides his main career as a producer, Johannes Boesiger was active between 1989 and 1995 on the management board of the

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, co-founder of the

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Scriptwriting award in Graz, Austria, and lately in 2007 together with

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, was one of the initiators of the section "culinary cinema" at the Berlin International Film Festival today directed by

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Theatre and radio plays

* 1976 — ''Be silent, boy!'' Schweig, Bub!, Städtische Bühnen Nürnberg * 1977 — ''Be silent, boy!'', Bayrischer Rundfunk * 1987 — ''Korbes'', Süddeutscher Rundfunk

Filmography

Awards

* 1992 — ''Best foreign picture for "Children of the open road"''. (Fort Lauderdale Filmfestival) * 1992 — ''Grand prix du jury for "Children of the open road"''. (Festival du film d'Amiens)

References

External links

* * Children of the Open Road o
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* Children of the Open Road a
San Francisco Festival
* Zabuti o
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(The Forgotten, Co-producer, Spielfilm Ukraine/Schweiz * Fly Little Bird o
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