Markus Imhoof

Markus Imhoof

Born 09/19/1941 (82 years old)
Winterthur, Switzerland

Biography

Markus Imhoof was born in Winterthur in 1941. He is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. After working as an assistant to Leopold Lindtberg at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, he went to the Zurich University of the Arts to study film. After a few short films, he made several documentaries and cinema features, among them Danger of Escape (1976), Das Boot is voll (1981) and The Journey (1986).

In 1996, he founded Markus Imhoof Film GmbH. He is a guest lecturer at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin and the Zurich University of the Arts. He is also a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin, the European and the German Film Academy and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in Los Angeles.

Locarno Festival

Screenwriter

Movies
2005

Steinschlag (TV movie)

1999

Zornige Küsse

1997

Flammen im Paradies

1990

Der Berg

1986

Die Reise

1981

The Boat Is Full

1977

Tauwetter (TV movie)

1974

Danger of Escape (TV movie)

Documentaries
2012

More Than Honey

Director

Movies
1997

Flammen im Paradies

1990

Der Berg

1986

Die Reise

1981

The Boat Is Full

1977

Tauwetter (TV movie)

1974

Danger of Escape (TV movie)

Documentaries
2018

Eldorado

2012

More Than Honey

1991

Le Film du cinéma suisse

Producer

Documentaries
2018

Eldorado

2012

More Than Honey