Born in Lucerne, he lives now in Lugano, Switzerland. He studied at the London Film School, worked for the Swiss television. He started with documentary films. He uses often documentary and fiction elements in his films. Matlosa (1981) was his first fiction film, for which he is director as producer. He founded 1980 his own production company: Imagofilm Lugano.
| 1998 |
TAMARO. Stones and angels. Mario Botta and Enzo Cucchi. (docu) Shooting in Rome, Lugano, Ancona, Padula, Mount Tamaro 35mm, 85min, color |
| 1997 |
Giovanni Orelli. Finestre aperte. (docu) portrait of a poet, Beta SP, 17min, color |
| 1996 |
Per un raggio di gloria (For a Spoke of Glory) (docu) Digital Betacam, 16:9, 68min, color |
| 1992 |
En voyage avec Jean Mohr (docu) 16mm, color Festivals: Solothurn, Locarno, Lussas, Festival du film d'Art Paris (UNESCO) |
| 1989 |
Bankomatt (fiction) 35mm, color with Bruno Ganz, Omero Antonutti, Francesca Neri, Giovanni Guidelli. Festivals: Berlin (competition) Gijon, Moscow, Gand, Locarno, Cairo, Calcutta, Sao Paulo, Valencia, Trieste |
| 1986 |
Innocenza (fiction) 35mm, color with Enrica Maria Modugno, Alessandro Haber, Teco Celio Festivals: Venice, Locarno, Annecy, Orléans, Selb, Bludenz, Gand, Figueira da Foz, Avellino, Modena, Solothurn, Braunschweig |
| 1981 |
Matlosa (fiction) 35mm, color with Omero Antonutti, Francesca de Sapio, Flavio Bucci, Roger Jendly Festivals: Venice (competition), Moscow (competition), Valencia, Avellino, München, Locarno, Lecce, Selb, Göttingen, Montreuil, Solothurn |
| 1980 |
Es ist kalt in Brandenburg (Hitler töten), It's Cold in Brandenburg (fiction/docu)
co-author with Hans Stürm and Niklaus Meienberg, 16mm, b/w Festivals: Cannes (Semaine de la Critique), Forum Berlin, Amiens, Arnheim, Florence, Gand, Montreal, Duisburg, Solothurn |
| 1977 |
San Gottardo (fiction/docu) 16mm, color Festivals: Locarno (Pardo d'argento), Cannes (L'Air du temps), Mannheim, Sorrento, Figueira da Foz, Barcelona, Perpignan |
| 1974 |
Cerchiamo per subito operai, offriamo… (docu) 16mm, b/w Festivals: Locarno, Pesaro, Mannheim, Venice, Nyon, Toulon, Bologna, Florence, Valladolid, Solothurn |
| 1970 |
24 su 24 (docu) 16mm, b/w Festivals: Locarno, San Sebastian, Salerno, Barcelona |
| 1969 |
Fed up (shortfilm) 16mm, color Festivals: Barcelona, Mannheim, Amsterdam, Solothurn |