People

Hannes Baumgartner

Switzerland

Biography

Born in 1983 in Switzerland, Hannes Baumgartner currently lives and works as an independent filmmaker in Zurich. During his time at grammar school he began to work in the lighting department for film and photography. In 2012 he graduated from Zurich University of the Arts with a Master of Arts in Film. Between 2012 and 2015 he worked for the Swiss film archive Cinémathèque Suisse. His debut feature film MIDNIGHT RUNNER premiered in the New Directors section of the San Sebastian Film Festival.

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