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An anniversary this year: 50 years of work in the film industry

CURRICULUM :     https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429792/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

 

 

NEWS AND WORK IN PROGRESS as DOP and DIRECTOR:

• „SCHLUSSPFIFF“   multi media project  by Susanne Dieringer, DoP+editor   50 min  documentary, postpro film version 2022, subtitled, now waiting for the screen
• „ARNO STERN- Spuren des Lebens“  by Andrea Rodoni,  on screen in CH 2022   Cinematography. https://www.arnostern-film.ch/ 
• „LA SONNAMBULA“ Bellini’s opera  , conducted by Andrea Cupia, scenographic film  November 2021 Lugano/ April 23 2022, Locarrno/ 1st of May 2022, Vevey
• „FASNACHT LOCKED IN“ short documentary/ 23 minutes /,  -Ritualising in Corona Times – Symposium at the Charles University Prague, September 2021: Summer 2022 Official Selection  and Honourable Mention as Best Covid Film at the Snow Leopard Film Festival in Madrid, Official Selection Your Way Film Festival Valletta / Malta
• „TIRZA“ by Arno Grunberg; directed by Kami Manns / scenographic multi-media; work in progress 2023
• PHOTOGRAPHY – EXHIBITIONS
• „EXPEL“ and „FORGIVE“ Two photography installations as part of „Sakrale Zeiten“ /  „Sacred Times“, art action of the BKG Basel. Autumn 2022

• „IL FASNACHT SI MUOVE E COMMUOVE“ La Carità, Locarno-CH,  2022 , ask by mail for catalogue
• „LE 13 PARROCCHIE“- exhibition Oratorio S.Bernardo, Faido,  2021/2022, ask by mail for catalogue
• STATT-FASNACHT /2021 photo and  co-organisation replacement event. with Pascal Joray and Gregor Muntwiler->  https://telebasel.ch/2021/02/16/der-ruemelinsplatz-wird-zur-galerie/?fbclid=IwAR1BZnoeA65b8ZK-W1-joezeQvwWs4E4bscnDy3mKXYHRu03iy_Jdq1rdzk&channel=32341
• „TRACCE UMANE E IL RITORNO DELLA NATURA“; Dazio Grande, TI / 2020 ->  https://www.facebook.com/nicolas.joray.9/posts/10215646936116470
• “ ZSCHOKKE 125th“ at the Wett- BS /2019 /group exhibition, video installations->  https://vimeo.com/416990000
• „RITRATTI E LUCI IN VALLE“, Dazio Grande, TI / 2016
• „LICHTER UND MENSCHEN“, PEP+noname, BS/2015
• „RESPIRO DEL TEMPO“, Dazio Grande,TI /2014 installation+photo
• „BILDSPRACHE UND SPRACHBILDER“ M54/visarte, BS/ 2012, group exhibition, installation+photo/video

 

 

„YSCHTOO ZUR BASLER FASNACHT“    a feature length documentary by Nicolas Joray, still on the road on  DVD/ Blu-ray subtitled in German , English or French.     www.fasnachtderfilm.ch

STREAMING:       SUBTITLES:  E/D/F:  on myfilm.ch:     https://www.myfilm.ch/asset/yschtoozurbaslerfasnacht_59EA01c

TRAILER:   https://youtu.be/7EnawVPYj8A

• BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AWARDS:  SFAAF- Rancagua Chile , March 2020
• BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARD: Kyiv Film Festival, Kiev Ukraine , June 2020
• OFFICIAL SELECTION: IERAPETRA Documentary Film Festival, Greece August 2020
• OFFICIAL SELECTION: Austrian International Film Festival 2020
• OFFICIAL SELECTION Fox Festival , Rome 2022
• OFFICIAL SELECTION Stockholm Gold Awards 2022

PRESS and TV, some voices:

 https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-stadt/unter-der-larve-steckt-die-welt-nicolas-jorays-dokumentarfilm-ueber-die-fasnacht-134027762

 

„WOODWIND“, feature film, 126 min. DOP , directed and produced by Fin Manjoo ; South Africa / India;

Nominated for Best Film at both the Cape Town International Film Festival and the South Africa International Film Festival (Rapid Lion). Rated by FIPRESCI as the best film in SA for the year, . Named as a rising star at Diorama Festival, New Delhi.

Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ7SHdonQRs

 

Corporate  movies for OMEXOM, Germany,

 https://youtu.be/Ag1qxyTI76g     and      https://youtu.be/u_SDTTDXU5c

 

SCENOGRAPHIC  MULTIMEDIA DESIGN for:

„LA SONNAMBULA“ opera by V.Bellini conducted by Andrea Cupia, scenographic film 120 min.

„SCHLUSSPFIFF“  multimedia installation by Susanne Dieringer, film 50 min., scenographic projection

„TERROR“  theatre play/ Ferdinand v.Schirach, dir.: Kami Manns;

Teatro dell’Arte, Milano/  Federal Criminal Court, CH-Bellinzona /  Teatro Piemonte Europa; Torino/ LAC, Lugano/  Teatro Stabile del Veneto;Venezia

https://vimeo.com/301769261

 

curriculum vitae:

1952 born in Basle/ Switzerland

1972        start of work in the film industry, camera assistant

1978       – 2009   Berlin based, living now  in Mairengo – Switzerland

 

as DoP:

about 65 motions pictures and  tv-dramas, e.g.:

„Peter Gombas Lehr und Wanderjahre“                                 director:       Nenad Djapic

„Am nächsten Morgen kehrte …“                                                                     Monika Funke-Stern

„Stadtromanzen“                                                                                                 Dagmar Brendecke

„Kein Ort für Sirenen“                                                                                        Angi Welz-Rommel

„La tregua/ the truce“                                                                                         Francesco Rosi; DoP: Pasqualino de Santis;                                                                                                                                                                                     ( camera operator)

„Verdammt, er liebt mich“                                                                                 Sven Severin

“„Error 2000“                                                                                                       Anders Engström

„Code  Baltic Storm“                                                                                            Reuben Leder

„ Bye Bye Berlusconi“                                                                                          Jan Hendrik  Stahlberg

“My heart in Africa”                                                                                             John Delbridge

“Diamond diver ”                                                                                                                ”

“Woodwind”                                                                                                            Fin Manjoo

 

around 25 feature length  documentries, cinema and television :

„Scarabaeus“    ( 1976)                                                           director:      Pierre Voyame

„Der Gelbe Stern“       (Oscar nominated 1981 )                                     Dieter Hildebrand,

„1000 Kraniche musst du falten“ /Children of Cernobyl                    Thomas Bauermeister

„Majdanek“                                                                                                     Krzystof Czajka

„Ludiano-Texas“                                                                                           Mike Wildbolz

“ Romeo and Julia unplugged”                                                                  Yasmin Khalifa

„Arno Stern, die Welt der malenden Kinder“                                         Andrea Rodoni

 

various  tv-serials, for example:

„Neues aus Uhlenbusch“,   „Karfunkel“,  „Happy Birthday“, „Girlfriends“,  „Liebe, Babies  und…“  „Inga Lindström“

 

Shooting experiences  :  Peru, Mexico, USA, Turkey, Europe, Russia, Central Asia, India, Australia, Southern Africa,

Languages :  Italian, German, French, English

citizenship: Swiss and EU

 

Extended filmography under:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429792/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0    and  crew-united.com?bio=11361

 

Lectureship/ Docent Cinematography:

•  Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, in german
•  Filmakademie DFFB,Berlin; german
• Zelig, Bolzano/IT  in italian

 

MOVIES as director 

„Yschtoo zur Basler Fasnacht“ docu. feature lenght, cinema  https://youtu.be/7EnawVPYj8A

„La lunga marcia della banda“, 65 min. docu     trailer:       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_mvVT9_6dc

„Le mamme della Valascia“  docu /  TV-RSI

Corporate movies : Omexom, Germany   https://youtu.be/Ag1qxyTI76g  and  https://youtu.be/u_SDTTDXU5c

„Frutta quattro Stagioni“,  Ass. Frutticoltori Ticinesi

Spots, p.e. : „Coro SCAM and the Italian Harmonists“   / „Aiuta l’Ambrì di avere un futuro“