Director & Producer
Christian Frei Filmproductions GmbH
Christian Frei | Speaker at SILBERSALZ Conference 2019
Swiss director and producer Christian Frei is considered one of today’s most innovative and compelling documentary filmmakers. He was nominated for an Academy Award with War Photographer (2001) and won the World Cinema Directing Award at Sundance with Space Tourists (2009). With Sleepless in New York (2014) Frei dived into the frenzied nights of three newly rejected. The film reveals the astounding and profound processes that unfold in the brain of the lovesick. Christian Frei is an associate lecturer on Reflection Competence at the University of St. Gallen. Since August 2010 he is President of the Swiss Film Academy. He lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.
