Stefan Eichenberger (1984 in

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) is a Swiss film director and film producer. For his production of the

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

'' Parvaneh'', he was nominated for an

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for

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at the

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along with

Talkhon Hamzavi Talkhon Hamzavi ( fa, تلخون حمزوی, born 1979) is an Iranian-Swiss film director and screenwriter. For her work, '' Parvaneh'', she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards The 87th Academy ...

Career

As a teenager he worked on the Swiss youth program “VideoGang”. In 2006 he established the film production company hiddenframes together with Gregor Frei and Joel Glatz. From 2006 to 2010 he studied Media & Communication,

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and

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at the Universities of

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and

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. He completed his studies with the top score of “

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”. From 2010 to 2012 he studied

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at the

Zurich University of the Arts Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, german: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) has approximately 2,500 students, which makes it the largest arts university in Switzerland. The university was established in 2007, following the merger between Zurich' ...

(ZHdK). In 2011/12 his short

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

“Salty Times” was brought to the Swiss cinemas as a supporting film of the Academy Award winner “ The Artist”. His short film Parvaneh, developed during his studies at the

(ZHdK), not only won the

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and the film award First Steps, but was also nominated for an

for

. Since 2014 he is also a co-owner of the Swiss production company CONTRAST FILM based in Bern and Zurich. In August 2015 he produced the episodic film WONDERLAND, a collective project created by ten young Swiss directors, which celebrated its world premiere at the international film festival in Locarno.

Filmography

; As a director * 2004: Kofmehl – Der Film * 2005: Realaton * 2009: Der Fitnessteller * 2010: Poulet * 2011: Salty Times ; As a producer * 2007: Doppelpass * 2012: Parvaneh * 2012: Das Vorspiel * 2012:

A World for Raúl ''A World for Raúl'' ( es, Un mundo para Raúl) is a short drama film. The film's run time is 15 minutes. It was written and directed by Mauro Mueller, and produced by Laura Pino and Ivan Madeo. It won a Student Academy Awards in 2013. The fil ...

(Un Mundo Para Raúl) * 2013: Montauk * 2013: Neuland * 2014: The Circle * 2015: Heimatland

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eichenberger, Stefan 1984 births Swiss film directors Living people People from Aarau