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Christian Frei was born on 1959 in Schönenwerd, Switzerland, is a Swiss filmmaker and film producer. Discover Christian Frei's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

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1959

Christian Frei (born 1959 in Schönenwerd, Solothurn) is a Swiss filmmaker and film producer.

1981

In 1981 he directed his first documentary short film, Die Stellvertreterin.

1984

After co-directing Fortfahren with Ivo Kummer in 1984, he became an independent filmmaker and producer.

He made another short film, Der Radwechsel.

1997

Then he moved on to feature-length documentaries with Ricardo, Miriam y Fidel (1997).

The documentary was described as being "surprisingly revealing" by the Chicago Tribune, who went on to say that the "pain and disillusionment on both sides are in plain view".

It portrays the rift between Miriam Martinez, who wants to leave Cuba for the US, and her father Ricardo Martinez - one of the founders of Fidel Castro's "Radio Rebelde".

The Chicago Tribune goes on to say that the film "is equally sympathetic to Ricardo's revolutionary hopes and Miriam's hopelessness -- an amazing feat in a Cuban film."

2001

He is mostly known for his films War Photographer (2001), The Giant Buddhas (2005) and Space Tourists (2009).

War Photographer (2001) marks a turning point in his career as director in 2001: Due to the Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary and numerous prizes worldwide he had the international break through.

For this feature-length documentary, Frei spent two years accompanying war photographer James Nachtwey to different war zones around the world.

The film shows his protagonist to be a shy and reserved man, far from the hothead image associated with his profession.

Frei intelligently plays with the role of the spectator, confronting him with the ambivalence of war photography and the role of the media.

The documentary appeals to the spectators' sense for compassion and thematically approaches the theme of war itself.

Still popular with audiences and critics today, the film has become a classic.

2005

With The Giant Buddhas (2005), Frei once again deals with a subject of strong political and global interest: The film revolves around the destruction of the two giant Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan's remote Bamiyan Valley.

It is an essay "on faith and fanaticism, tolerance and terrorism, identity and ignorance, the ephemeral and our feeble attempts to preserve it".

The film turned out to be a documentary that filled a necessary gap of knowledge far from the everyday media war reportage.

2006

Frei has been an associate lecturer on Reflection Competence at the renowned University of St. Gallen from 2006 to 2023.

From 2006 to 2009 he was president of the "Documentary Film Commission" for the film section of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, and from 2010 to 2022 he had held the position of President of the Swiss Film Academy.

From the very start of his career, Frei established a reputation as an exacting documentarist, with a.

He follows his protagonists closely - always in search of authentic moments, and always keeping the whole picture in mind.

Peter-Matthias Gaede said that Frei made films that avoided "noise, pompous gestures, the rush of speed" and that he and his cameraman (Peter Indergand) made films that were subtle and "exude quiet persistance".

According to Kulturzeit, "What makes these films so extraordinary? They are authentic moments that endure. Christian Frei takes us along a perimeter that both divides and unites individuals and cultures: the tectonics of humanity."

Frei studied television at the Department of Journalism and Communications of the University of Fribourg.

2010

At the Sundance Film Festival in 2010 Frei won the "World Cinema Directing Award" for his film Space Tourists (2009).

The documentary juxtaposes the journeys of the extremely rich tourists traveling with the astronauts into space with the poor Kazakh metal collectors risking their lives in search for rocket waste fallen down into the planes once the space shuttle has left.

As a result, the film turns out to be a humorous and poetic declaration of love for planet earth.

Critics acclaimed this film for its breathtaking imagery and richness of insights, having strengthened Frei's reputation as one of today's most original and innovative directors.

2014

In 2014, Sleepless in New York premiered in competition at Visions du Réel, the Nyon International Documentary Film Festival.

Frei dives into the frenzied nights of three newly rejected.

Helen Fisher, an American biological anthropologist, reveals the astounding and profound processes that unfold in the brain of the lovesick.

Working again with DOP Peter Indergand, they developed a spherical mirror to capture the solitude of the broken-hearted.

As producer, Christian Frei releases Raving Iran, the first feature-length documentary directed by Susanne Regina Meures.

She follows two Tehran DJs performing on illegal parties and planning to leave Iran.

The film had its international premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto and won awards at numerous film festivals.

2018

The documentary Genesis 2.0 celebrated its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2018 and was awarded with the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography.

Swiss cameraman Peter Intergand and the Russian filmmaker Maxim Arbugaev are responsible for the cinematography, Arbugaev also co-directed the film.

Genesis 2.0 follows mammoth hunters on the remote New Siberian Islands and portrays clone researchers and synthetic biologists in South Korea, China and USA.