Luc Schaedler
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Luc Schaedler was born 1963 in Zurich, Switzerland. He is an independent Swiss filmmaker and producer. Founder of the film production company «go between films». As director and producer of «A Long Way Home» (2018), «Watermarks» (2013), «Angry Monk» (2005) and «Made in Hong Kong» (1997) he was invited to international film festivals like: Sundance, Busan, DokLeipzig, Montreal, Vancouver, Locarno, Munich, Tel Aviv etc.
1985-2002 collaboration as program coordinator, film projectionist and barkeeper in the Off-Cinema Xenix in Zurich. 1988-92 traveled and worked in Asia. Barkeeper in Hong Kong and Tokyo. 1994-97 studied Visual Anthropology at the University of Zurich and graduated with two documentary features: «Made in Hong Kong» (Master thesis, 1998) and «Angry Monk» (Ph.D. thesis, 2005). 1998-2001 collaboration in setting up the children's film club «Magic Lantern» in Zurich. Since 2001 various teaching positions in Visual Anthropology and documentary filmmaking at the Universities in Zurich, Bern and Fribourg. From 2006-08 head of the department of Visual Anthropology at the Anthropological Museum of Zurich University.
1985-2002 collaboration as program coordinator, film projectionist and barkeeper in the Off-Cinema Xenix in Zurich. 1988-92 traveled and worked in Asia. Barkeeper in Hong Kong and Tokyo. 1994-97 studied Visual Anthropology at the University of Zurich and graduated with two documentary features: «Made in Hong Kong» (Master thesis, 1998) and «Angry Monk» (Ph.D. thesis, 2005). 1998-2001 collaboration in setting up the children's film club «Magic Lantern» in Zurich. Since 2001 various teaching positions in Visual Anthropology and documentary filmmaking at the Universities in Zurich, Bern and Fribourg. From 2006-08 head of the department of Visual Anthropology at the Anthropological Museum of Zurich University.
