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Daniel Schmid
Director 1941 - 2006

Daniel Schmid

Flims-Waldhaus, Graubünden, Switzerland

From Wikipedia Daniel Schmid (26 December 1941 – 5 August 2006) was a Swiss theatre and film director. In 1982, his film Hécate was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. His film Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland was screened in the Un Certain... Read full bio →

Person Information

Full Name

Daniel Schmid

Known For

Directing

Birthday

December 26th, 1941 00:00

Place of Birth

Flims-Waldhaus, Graubünden, Switzerland

Died

August 5th, 2006 00:00 (aged 64)

TMDB ID

64219

IMDb ID

nm0006357

Biography

From Wikipedia

Daniel Schmid (26 December 1941 – 5 August 2006) was a Swiss theatre and film director.

In 1982, his film Hécate was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. His film Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. In 1988, he was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.

A new documentary film on Schmid's life Daniel Schmid - Le chat qui pense, had its U.S. premiere at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco on June 20, 2011.