Daniel Schmid

Daniel Schmid

Born in Flims, Graubünden, in 1941, Swiss filmmaker Daniel Schmid spent his childhood in the family hotel. At the age of 18, he moved to Berlin, where he studied at the Academy of Film and Television, and formed a close friendship with the new wave of German cinema. From the 70s to the 90s, Daniel Schmid made a dozen feature-length fiction films and documentaries, which were shortlisted at major festivals. Schmid never betrayed his passion for lyricism, theatre and opera, for which he also directed several productions. He died in 2006 at the age of 64.