Ruedi Gerber
Directing
Ruedi Gerber founded ZAS Film AG in Zurich in 1992. Gerber started out as a stage actor in the early 1980s, playing a wide range of theaters in the German-speaking world (Mannheim, Basel, Wuppertal etc.), initially as a member of a theater company and later in the independent and experimental drama scene. From 1986 to 1990 he studied film at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York and graduated with honors.
His first documentary films, Living with the Spill and Meta Mecano, found international recognition, and his first feature film, Heartbreak Hospital, starring Patricia Clarkson, came out in 2002. He gained international fame with three documentaries about the world-renowned postmodern dancer Anna Halprin, especially Breath Made Visible.
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Gerber also produces international films, including La Fuga – Girl in Flight (directed by Sandra Vannucchi), which was nominated for the European Film Academy Award, Basmati Blues (starring Brie Larson and Donald Sutherland) and Letters from Baghdad (by Sabine Krayenbühl), which won awards at a number of festivals.
Known for
Basmati Blues
November 6, 2017
Letters from Baghdad
April 21, 2017
Heartbreak Hospital
December 20, 2002
Girl in Flight
March 7, 2019
Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin
August 7, 2009
Obsessed with Light
November 21, 2023
Meta-Mecano
November 24, 1997
Journey in Sensuality: Anna Halprin and Rodin
September 28, 2016
Tatti in the World
March 19, 2026
Behind the camera13
- 2026Tatti in the World Director, Writer, Producer
- 2023Obsessed with Light Executive Producer
- 2019Girl in Flight Producer
- 2017Basmati Blues Executive Producer
- 2017Letters from Baghdad Executive Producer
- 2016Journey in Sensuality: Anna Halprin and Rodin Writer, Director
- 2010Seniors Rocking Director
- 2009Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin Director
- 2002Heartbreak Hospital Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 1997