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His real name was Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, and in the early 1900s, he was already working in the theater under Max Reinhardt's company. Important movies where he defined himself as a convincing actor were Passion (1919) and Quo Vadis? (1924), followed by The Last Laugh (1924) (aka The Last Laugh) in 1924 and Variety (1925) (aka Variety) in 1925. In 1928, he became the first male leading actor to receive the academy award for The Last Command (1928) directed by Josef von Sternberg. In 1929, Stenberg directed him in his world famous movie The Blue Angel (1930) (aka The Blue Angel) co-starring the young Marlene Dietrich (her first role). Later on, he concentrated on theater and dedicated his acting skills to the Nazi regime and also took part in the realization of Ohm Krüger (1941) in 1941, an expensive anti-British film production. When the Second World War ended, the US government cleaned his image, and he converted to Catholicism. He played in a few more German movies, but his career never recaptured its brilliance.- Animation Department
- Producer
- Director
Simon Otto is a Director, Animator and Story Artist. Most recently, Simon directed an episode for Volume Two of the Netflix series Love, Death & Robots called The Tall Grass while also developing several other Netflix related projects. Simon is known for his work as the Head of Character Animation of all three How to Train Your Dragon films for DreamWorks Animation. In addition to overseeing the animation of the films, Simon has been instrumental in developing the look of the characters, their personalities, and the overall style of the animation as well as working in the story department on the second and third film. Born and raised in Gommiswald, just outside of Zurich in Switzerland, Simon began his career carving commercial snow sculptures in nearby resort towns such as Arosa and St. Moritz and drawing news cartoons for his hometown newspaper, "Die Suedostschweiz". After completing a banking apprenticeship, he redirected his attention to the arts and attended the F&F Schule für Experimentelle Gestaltung in Zurich. Following that, he left Switzerland to study at the prestigious Les Gobelins Animation School in Paris, France. After graduating from Les Gobelins, he received additional animation training through an internship with Walt Disney Feature Animation in Paris. He has been an important part of DreamWorks' character animation team ever since he joined the studio in 1997 to work on their first animated film, The Prince of Egypt. He worked as a Supervising Animator on many of the studio's animated features both in 2D and in CG, including Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and the Aardman co-production, Flushed Away. Simon also worked as a character designer on the hit comedy, Over the Hedge and on the How to train Your Dragon movies.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Miguel Herz-Kestranek was born on 3 April 1948 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Zodiak - Der Horoskop-Mörder (2007), Tatort (1970) and Wagner (1983). He has been married to Miriam since September 2016.- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Christian Beetz was born on 24 July 1968 in Flawil, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is a producer and writer, known for Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King (2023), Icebound (2012) and Viral (2021).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Working for more than two decades in the industry, Thomas is known for his passion in advertisement, documentary and feature film work. After co-directing alongside his companion Philipp Kadelbach in the advertisement and music video industry, he has quickly become a popular director/cinematographer in the outdoor and action sports world. After his successful feature documentary "Cerro Torre, a snowballs chance in hell" - he now branched out into commercial and feature film shooting.
(CO-) Director / DoP - 1998 - now
Thomas has shot various music videos and commercials for international brands like: Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Chevrolet, Amnesty International, Caritas, UBS, Burger King, Hornbach, Wrigley's, OMV, Swiss Tourism,..
Author / director / Dop - 2010 - 2013
Directing for Red Bull Media House, Thomas followed world class climber David Lama documenting the free climbing ascent of Cerro Torre, known as one of the most difficult mountains to climb. After 3 long years of production, the film changed the face of climbing movies and set new standards in action sports and aerial filmaking. The picture premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Author / director / Dop - 2014
For Autostadt's "Panoramakino" Thomas created a series of 5 Mini-biopics directed an shot by himself to be screened on the largest LED screen in Europe. He employed a specially designed rig with three 6K cameras to capture the seamless immersive 12K format.
DOP - 2017
Thomas signed as DoP for his longtime companion and co-director Philipp Kadelbach on Philipp's feature film "So viel Zeit" for UFA Fiction. Alongside other highly acclaimed german actors the picture stars Jürgen Vogel, Jan-Josef Liefers, Armin Rohde and Ritchie Müller. The picture is announced to be released winter 2018
AWARDS:
Cannes Lions Shortlist, Clio award, ADC Awards, Moebius Award, Die Klappe, Winner Santa Barbara Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival,...- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Composer, conductor, jazz musician (he played both piano and trombone), and arranger Walter Ernst Baumgartner was born on November 16, 1904 in Sevelen, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland. Walter founded the swing band the Magnolians in 1934. Baumgartner worked for a while as an arranger and was the conductor of an orchestra prior to composing the score for his first film in 1952. A furiously prolific composer in the late 1960's and throughout the 1970's, Walter frequently worked for producer/director Erwin C. Dietrich and provided some especially groovy scores for a handful of exploitation movies made by legendary Spanish maverick Jesús Franco. Baumgartner was married to actress and singer Helen Vita. Walter died at age 92 on October 3, 1997. He was survived by his wife and two sons.- Wolfgang Grönebaum was born on 14 March 1927 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Lindenstraße (1985), Achtung Zoll! (1980) and Tatort (1970). He died on 16 March 1998 in Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Stefan Walz was born in 1963 in St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Undine (2020) and Geteilte Nacht (1993).
- Brigitta Furgler was born on 10 August 1952 in St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Kieselsteine (1983), Der Landvogt von Greifensee (1979) and The Old Fox (1977).
- Actor
- Writer
Max Rüdlinger was born on 3 April 1949 in Flums, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is an actor and writer, known for Tell (2007), St. Francis Birds Tour (2005) and Giro (1983).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Paola Del Medico was born on 5 October 1950 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Die Blume von Hawaii (1971), Wunderland (1983) and Der goldene Schuß (1964). She was previously married to Kurt Felix.- Karina Thayenthal was born on 2 April 1961 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Der schwarze Obelisk (1988), Tatort (1970) and Wie Pech und Schwefel (1994). She is married to Peter A. Rey. She was previously married to Robert Thayenthal.
- Sara Hildebrand was born on 27 March 1987 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She is a writer, known for Glanz & Gloria (2005), 5gegen5 (2005) and Samschtig-Jass (1981). She has been married to Anatole Taubman since 12 September 2018. They have one child.
- Simon Ammann was born on 25 June 1981 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He has been married to Yana Yanovskaya since 25 June 2010. They have one child.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Cristian Sulser's background is in theater and opera. He got trained on the job as editor and director for Swiss National Television, worked for Regency Television in Los Angeles, and was Assistant Director for Operas in Ireland, France and Switzerland. With his production company, he works as a director, writer and producer. He wrote and directed several television shows, comedy series, short films and stage plays in Europe and the US. Cristian graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles (AFI). He lives in Zürich, Switzerland and Los Angeles, California.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Producer
Christian Iansante was born on 19 February 1965 in Thal, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is an actor and producer, known for A Star Is Born (2018), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).- Christoph Keller was born on 22 December 1963 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Anneliese Betschart was born on 11 May 1930 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958), Adrienne Mésurat (1969) and Oberstadtgass (1956). She died on 24 May 1982 in Hamburg, West Germany.- Actor
- Music Department
Reinhardt Fraunfelder Jr. was born on 28 April 1920 in Amden, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland. He was an actor. He died on 2 February 2007 in Salem, Oregon, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Walter Roderer was born on 3 July 1920 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He was an actor and writer, known for Ein Schweizer namens Nötzli (1988), Der 42. Himmel (1962) and Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (1960). He was married to Anina Stancu, Ruth Jecklin and Lenke Mekkey. He died on 8 May 2012 in Illnau, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland.- After his parents divorced, Felix lived with foster parents from the age of eleven. His interest in radio plays developed as a child. Early on he became the author of several articles, some of which were also broadcast. After finishing school with a high school diploma, he studied to become a teacher. From 1960 to 1965 he worked as a teacher at the primary and commercial school in Frauenfeld. Meanwhile, he worked part-time as a radio and television reporter. He also wrote plays and children's musicals. In 1965 he gave up his teaching profession. Felix became a program designer at Swiss television in the "Culture and Science" department. As an author and presenter, he also developed his own broadcast formats and trained as a television director.
In 1973 he moved to the "Entertainment" department. Here he created the series "Teleboy", an entertaining game show with a hidden camera, which was awarded the "Prix Walo" in 1977. This Saturday evening series achieved the highest ratings in the history of Swiss television. In 1978 he was awarded the "Chaplin Prize" and the "Rose of Montreux". In 1980, Kurt Felix invented the series "Do you understand fun?", which he also moderated himself. In the same year he married the singer Paola, with whom he released "Do you understand fun?" from 1983. became the Saturday evening entertainment program and one of ARD's most successful programs. In 1985 he was awarded the "Rose of Montreux" again.
For Swiss television he accompanied the major lottery show "Supertreffer" as a presenter and producer. Until 1990, Kurt Felix co-hosted the show "Do you understand fun?" with his wife, which became one of the most popular forerunners of the decade. In the same year, 1990, Felix received the German media award "Bambi". He ended his career as a presenter on his 50th birthday. From 1991 he worked as a consultant for various television companies. He has also had Italian citizenship since 1995. From 1995 to 2005 he was a weekly television columnist for "Schweizer Illustrierte". For his 60th birthday, SWR showed a 15-part television series called "Klassiker mit Kurt Felix", a look back at 20 years of "Do you understand fun?".
In 2002, Felix developed the "Quiz Today", which was broadcast on Swiss television in the main evening program from autumn onwards. In 2003 he co-authored the book "50 Years of Swiss Television". In the same year he was awarded the honorary Bambi for his life's work. In 2003 Felix fell ill with cancer. After his successful treatment and recovery, he was appointed ambassador for the "Swiss Cancer League" in 2004. In 2006 Kurt Felix largely withdrew into his private life. He lived alternately in Switzerland and Italy. In 2011 he received the Swiss Television Prize for his life's work.
Kurt Felix died on May 16, 2012 at the age of 71 from his long-term cancer in St. Gallen. On May 31, 2012, a public funeral service took place in the St. Laurenzenkirche in St. Gallen. - Nina Brunner was born on 25 April 1981 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She is a writer, known for Kulturplatz (2004), Sportpanorama (1977) and Denkmal - Das Wissensquiz (1990).
- Ines Torelli was born on 14 June 1931 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for De Grotzepuur (1975), Bäckerei Zürrer (1957) and Café Odeon (1959). She was married to Werner Eduard Baur. She died on 21 August 2019 in Rose Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Lotti Happle was born on 13 July 1987 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Open Season (2020) and Lovely Louise (2013).
- Director
- Editor
- Producer
Paul Schmid was born on 11 April 1886 in Lichtensteig, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland. Paul was a director and editor, known for Nume nid gsprängt... aber geng hüh! (1936), S'Vreneli am Thunersee (1936) and Eine tolle Jagd (1929). Paul died on 13 April 1970 in Bern, Kanton Bern, Switzerland.