Michael Saxer spent his childhood in the Amazonas/ Peru until his early teens. Film and history studies at the University Zurich/ Switzerland. Worked as an assistant in various areas of film production. Filmproduction studies at the University of the Arts Zurich/ Switzerland. Masterclass in Cinematography at the National Film & Television School PWSTiF in Lodz/ Poland. Since 2004 working as Director of Photography. Member of Swiss Cinematographers Society SCS.
Filmography
Awards & Festivals
WOLKENBRUCH/ THE AWAKENING OF MOTTI WOLKENBRUCH
Swiss entry for best international feature film category at the Oscars 2020
worldwide NETFLIX release in 2019
5 nominations Swiss Film Awards 2019
won best male actor award at Swiss Film Award for Joel Basman
LINA
Prix du Public Solothurner Filmtage 2016
won best female actress award at Swiss TV Awards for Rabea Egg
DER GOALIE BIN IG/ I AM THE KEEPER
7 nominations at Swiss Film Awards 2014
won best film at Swiss Film Award 2014
won best male actor award at Swiss Film Award for Marcus Signer
won best film at Bern Film Awards 2014
won best film at Zürich Film Awards 2014
voted for best film at Swiss Film Critics Awards 2014
JOSHUA
nomination for best cinematography, Cameraimage 2002 in Lodz, Poland
best cinematography, Innerschweizer Filmtagen 2002
Languages
German, English, French, Spanish, Italian