Marcel Gisler was born in 1960 in Altstätten (St Gallen). He studied theatre and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin. In 1985 he produced his first film, Tagediebe (The Day of the Thieves), which was awarded the Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. His following films F. and stun salaud (Fogi is a bastard) Die Blaue Stunde (The Blue Hour) and Schlaflose NÄCHTE (Sleepless Nights) all won several awards and enjoyed considerable success at the box office. From 2003 to 2007 focused on screenwriting for the Swiss television series Lüthi & Blanc, writing a total of 35 episodes. From 1999 to 2008 he was a visiting lecturer at the University of ESAV (Geneva), ECAL (Lausanne), and F+ F (Zurich). Since 2009 he has taught Direction of actors, Screenwriting and Direction at the Academy of Film and Television, Berlin.
