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Giorgio A. Tsoukalos is a Swiss-born writer, ufologist, television presenter and producer. He is a proponent of the pseudo-archaeological theory that ancient alien astronauts interacted with ancient humans. He is best known for his appearances on the television series Ancient Aliens. Tsoukalos also hosted the H2 series In Search of Aliens, which ran for one season in 2014.
In 2021 he appeared as himself on the television series Resident Alien.- Dominique Devenport was born in 1996 in Lucerne, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Davos 1917 (2023), Sisi (2021) and Night Train to Lisbon (2013).
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For 40 years, Sean Ferrer has worked in all aspects of motion picture development, production, post-production and marketing. After taking a short sabbatical to create a series of charities dedicated to continuing his mother's humanitarian legacy, Sean directed and produced a one-man feature documentary titled, Racehoss (2001). Shot on HDTV, Racehoss (2001) is based on the highly successful biography by Albert Race Sample currently being developed as a feature by Mike Judge. Sean also executive produced of the award winning Australian mini series Cloudstreet (2011), based on the Australian best selling novel by Tim Winton. He is also the executive producer of Living the Blues (2010), a documentary about blues singers and musicians. Previously, Sean produced the motion picture Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991) raising the $6 mill budget independently. The film stars Alfre Woodard, Jill Clayburgh, Allison Elliot, Tess Harper and Charles S. Dutton. Directed by Ivan Passer, Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991) is set in the 1950's and chronicles the relationship between an African American mother and her white adopted daughter. Sean was also producer _Stranger's Kiss (1983)_ (starring 'Victoria Tennant' and Peter Coyote (Orion Pictures)) and Good to Go (1986) (starring Art Garfunkel (Island Pictures)). Sean's other production credits include: 1st AD. on Blood In, Blood Out (1993) (directed by Taylor Hackford); 2nd Unit U.P.M./ls1 AD. on Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992); Executive Director on Eye of the Widow (1991) (starring F. Murray Abraham, Ben Cross, Rick Young and Annabel Schofield); 1st AD./2nd Unit Supervisor on Old Gringo (1989) (directed by Luis Puenzo, starring Jane Fonda and Gregory Peck); Associate Producer on Ironweed (1987) (directed by Hector Babenco, starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep); Director of Post-Production, Marketing and Foreign Servicing for Keith Barish Productions on Light of Day (1987) (starring Michael J. Fox) and The Running Man (1987) (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger). Other credits include: Treasure of the Moon Goddess (1987) (Hemdale), Bad Manners (1984) (Disney), They All Laughed (1981) (starring Audrey Hepburn and John Ritter), One Shoe Makes It Murder (1982) (starring Robert Mitchum and Angie Dickinson), Inchon (1981) (directed by Terence Young, starring Lawrence Olivier and Jacqueline Bisset). Sean has also produced music videos for Sade ("Paradise") and Joan Jett ("Light of Day"). Sean directed the live broadcast and was a founding member of the "American Cinema Awards." Educated in Europe, Sean is fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.- Kevin Creekman was born on 17 July 1988 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Kevin is an actor, known for Disaster Man (2022), Bad Wolves: Killing Me Slowly (2019) and Illustrated Man (2016).
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Michael Koch is a young Swiss actor who received his training at the Actor's Academy at the "Junges Theater Basel", in Switzerland. Some of his many theater credits include the leading role in "Playboy of the Western World", featured at the Theaterspektakel in Zürich. He also played in "Die Schaukel", a theater play which won the 2001 Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Impulse Off-Theater Festival, and was invited to the prestigious Vienna Festwochen in 2002. His notable debut in cinema was in the motion picture "Achtung, Fertig, Charlie!" ("Ready, Steady, Charlie!"). A Swiss movie which became, during its 8 weeks of theater projection in Switzerland, the most successful film for years to be released in the country. It was nominated for the 2004 Swiss Film Prize.- Actor
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American leading man and character actor of the silent period. Born in Crystal City, Missouri(though a number of popular reference works list Switzerland and Kokomo, Indiana). He is listed in the 1880 census as living in Kokomo at the age of two years. This means his date of birth must have been 1878. His father, Paul Santschi was born in Sigriswill, Switzerland and came to the U.S. as a child. Tom Santschi promoted the myth that he was born in Switzerland since it seemed much more exciting than being born in Crystal City or Kokomo. After performing as an amateur actor, he made his professional stage debut at age 19, and worked for the next decade in the theatre. He landed a small role in a film produced by Selig Polyscope, and over the next few years rose from bit player to leading man. He directed and wrote a few of his films. Following the First World War, he became more frequently seen in supporting roles, often as villains. He worked consistently until his death in 1931.- Actor
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Swiss professional wrestler known for his work for Ring of Honor, CHIKARA, CZW, IWA Mid-South, Pro Wrestling Guerilla and many other promotions under his own name and for WWE as Cesaro, formerly Antonio Cesaro. Debuted in 2000 and competed all over Europe, debuting in the U.S. in 2004. He and Chris Hero (Chris Spradlin) formed the Kings of Wrestling in CHIKARA and would go on to be the inaugural CHIKARA Campeones de Parejas (tag team champions). They would also be 2x ROH World Tag Team Champions, 2x CZW World Tag Team Champions, 1x JCW (Juggalo Championship Wrestling, the Insane Clown Posse's promotion in Michigan) Tag Team Champions, and, in 2010, Dave Meltzer's "The Wrestling Observer Newsletter" named them the Tag Team of the Year. He has also been a PWG World Heavyweight Champion, a WWE United States Heavyweight Champion and a 4x WWE Tag Team Champion (1x w/Tyson Kidd (T.J. Wilson) and 3x w/Sheamus (Stephen Farrelly)).- Director
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Curt Truninger started his career while still a student of political science, writing film reviews for the German edition of 'Elle', and several Swiss dailies. He also worked as a feature writer for magazines like German Penthouse and STERN. He continued as a film, art and TV reviewer when he joined the Swiss TV DRS in Zürich where he did an internship. He directed and produced segments for the weekly arts program and was one of the hosts of the film program "Neu im Kino". In the second part of the 80's he worked primarily in Germany, first in Munich for the broadcaster ARD (i.e. "Weltspiegel") and then for the ZDF in Mainz. There he contributed to the weekly art show "Aspekte" and directed numerous long form documentaries and docu-dramas. For the ZDF/3SAT he co-hosted the talk show "Begegnungen" (Encounters). Commissioned by the legendary photographer , Richard Avedon, Curt directed a documentary about Avedon's Swiss tour and exhibition. He also directed a long form Music Video which was shot in Australia and England. Later Curt Truninger wrote the screenplay for his first feature film "Waiting for Michelangelo" (German: "Kein Mann ist perfekt") together with producer Margrit Ritzmann and directed and co-produced the film in 1995/96. "Waiting for Michelangelo" is distributed worldwide by Channel Four in London. In November 2000, Curt Truninger finished his new feature film DEAD BY MONDAY, a dark romantic comedy. The film was produced by Margrit Ritzmann and Ulrich Felsberg of 'Road Movies', Berlin, Wim Wender's production company. In 2010 Curt completed a darkly comic drama about two singles. He is in preparation for his ensemble comedy Zoe's Brilliant Plan.
Curt Truninger is also a visual artist, working currently on an installation project. The Swiss filmmaker is also an accomplished athlete. He started out as a gymnast and played soccer for one of the top boy's teams of Switzerland. A sport accident brought his career into the 'arty direction'. Later he was also a fine swimmer, winning several long distance races. As a good Swiss he is an expert skier, winning a bronze medal in the British University Ski Championship. His former professor of Political Science T. C. Archer, now at Manchester Metropolitan University, commented: "Curt could have been a head coach of Manchester United, as well as an academic. At a loss for the academic world he ended up as a filmmaker".
Curt Truninger lives in Toronto and Zürich. He still occasionally keeps his hand in journalism.- Producer
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Thomas Imbach was born on 19 December 1962 in Lucerne, Switzerland. He is a producer and director, known for Mary Queen of Scots (2013), Happiness Is a Warm Gun (2001) and Day Is Done (2011).- Composer
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Multi-award winning composer Marcel Barsotti is an impressive and extraordinary talent who creates powerful individual film scores and electronic music that expand the possibilities of storytelling. The composer is known for a wide range of international projects, from the impressive highly awarded international drama La Línea Imaginaria (2023), to the acclaimed Constantin Production Pope Joan (2009) and The Miracle of Bern (2003), the dystopian thriller Forgiveness (2022), to the well-known Warner family entertainment comedies Jesus Loves Me (2012) and The Return of the Racing Pig (2006), to the most successful german documentary Germany. A Summer's fairytale (2006) and the international fantasy movie The Bible Code (2008).
Barsotti's numerous more than 80 wins & nominations include the Bristol Independent Film Festival Award, German Record Critics Award, Rome & Madrid International Movie Award, New York Cinematography Award, Goldspire International Film Award, Atlantis Moondance Award, nominations at the Cannes World Film Festival, International Sound & Film Music Festival, Next Generation Indie Film Awards, Global Film Festival Los Angeles, German Television Award, German Film Academy Award, German Film Critics Award, German Music Authors Award and more than 40 other international credits.
Since 1995 Barsotti has composed the scores for more than 100 national and international movies & commercials. During these years he worked with famous directors and producers like Sönke Wortmann, Günter Rohrbach, Caroline Link, Luc Besson-Production, Carl Schenkel, Josée Dayan, Eberhard Junkersdorf and Hark Bohm.
From 1982 - 1988 he studied composition, piano, conducting and clarinet at the Conservatory of Munich in Germany. He is also contributing to the worldwide ethnic Sample Library Ethno World. In 2017 he founded the production music company Tunesformovies. In 2022 Barsotti starts a career as a music video director and received several wins like the International Singapore Competition Award & the London Movie Award.
From 2019 - 2022 Barsotti released his first electronic solo albums Transpicuous, Earth & YOX, as well as the orchestral cycle Americana, all of which were placed in the Spotify charts/playlists for several months and became very popular with numerous listeners and millions of streams of his more than 30 Soundtracks. In 2023 Barsotti started with his first orchestral concert tour.- Actor
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He just finished his first independent feature film in America where he stars as "Mickey" in "Smile Now, Cry Later" and Patrick won the "Best Actor" award at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA during the "CineRockom" Film Festival in October 2013. Patrick sang and co-produced three songs for the "Smile Now, Cry Later" soundtrack.
He co-stars as "Adalric" in the provocative short film, "Crescendo" that won 11 International Film Festival Honors and is Executive Produced by Pattie Mallette (Justin Bieber's Mom).
He became famous with numerous Top Ten hits from his two pop/rock Albums "Welcome" & "Superglue" on Warner Music and his third Album, a self-titled CD, called "Nuo" for SONY BMG. His song "Undone" was chosen as the theme song for the Warner Bros. blockbuster hit, family film, Scooby Doo 2. For his music, Patrick has won the Bravo Otto Award & Radio Regenbogen Award.
Patrick became even more popular on German TV with hit shows on RTL including: "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" with Patrick as the Judge (Germany's version of "American Idol).- Director
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Tobias Ineichen was born on 18 May 1964 in Lucerne, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for Tage im Galopp (1993), Clara and the Secret of the Bears (2013) and Sonjas Rückkehr (2006).- Producer
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Villi Hermann was born on 8 May 1941 in Lucerne, Switzerland. He is a producer and writer, known for San Gottardo (1977), Matlosa (1981) and Bankomatt (1989).- Actor
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The son of Austrian political figure, Prince Ernst Ruediger von Starhemberg and Austrian stage and screen actress Nora Gregor, Prince Heinrich (von) Starhemberg joined his parents in Latin American exile after the 1938 Nazi annexation of Austria. Originally a student of law and philosophy, Starhemberg became interested in acting during his college years. Since 1964 he has been a well-known producer, director and actor in the four countries he resides in: Spain, Austria, Chile and Argentina. In addition to his Madrid-based Nora Productions, Starhemberg has appeared in over forty film and television roles and on many Latin American and European stages, often under the name Heinrich or Henry Gregor. Starhemberg has made the family castle in Eferding, Austria home to his Eferding Cultural Institute, which hosts international symposia on European culture and sociopolitics. A novelist and playwright as well, Strahemberg's stage works have been produced in several languages in Austria, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Chile and Argentina.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Silvio Kröger was born on 8 January 1974 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Silvio is a talent agent, known for Shoot the Duke (2009), Lucky Fritz (2009) and Knorx (2019).- Gorgeous, buxom, and shapely brunette knockout Jolanda Egger was born on January 8, 1960 in Lucerne, Switzerland. She's the daughter of a Swiss filmmaker. Jolanda has lived in Spain, Germany, and Switzerland while working as a model, actress, or stewardess. Egger was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1983 issue of "Playboy." She has acted in a couple of movies and made a guest appearance on an episode of a TV show. Jolanda married race car driver Marc Surer in 1986; she divorced Surer seven years later. Egger then married Patrick Tavioli in 1997; the couple had two children before splitting up in 2004. Jolanda married hotel owner Jacques Risi on her 50th birthday on January 8, 2010.
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Ueli Christen was born on 21 April 1962 in Lucerne, Switzerland. He is an editor and assistant director, known for The Wave (2008), Mechanic: Resurrection (2016) and Gladbeck (2018).- Producer
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Andrea Staka was born in 1973 in Lucerne, Switzerland. She is a producer and director, known for Mare (2020), Fraulein (2006) and Cure: The Life of Another (2014).- Wieland Herzfelde was born on 11 April 1896 in Weggis, Lucerne, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Die Ermittlung - Oratorium in 11 Gesängen (1966). He was married to Gertrud. He died on 23 November 1988 in Berlin, Germany.
- Ruth Bannwart was born on 31 January 1943 in Lucerne, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for Nid jetz, Schatz! (1972), Der Sprung von der Brücke (1980) and Das gefrorene Herz (1980). She died on 13 February 2017 in Zollikerberg, Switzerland.
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Alexandra Datig was born on 5 December 1969 in Lucerne, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), The Works (1996) and Marijuana: A Chronic History (2010).- Sara Bachmann was born on 23 June 1979 in Lucerne, Switzerland. She is a director, known for Sara machts (2006), Ninja Warrior Switzerland (2018) and Samschtig-Jass (1981).
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Ruth Schwegler was born in 1962 in Grosswangen, Lucerne, Switzerland. She is an actress and producer, known for Wilder (2017), The Circle (2014) and Tatort (1970).- Marco Meier was born in 1953 in Sursee, Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Judith Kennel was born in 1958 in Root, Lucerne, Switzerland. She is a director and assistant director, known for Zornige Küsse (2000), Steinschlag (2005) and Letzte Spur Berlin (2012).