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Niklaus Schilling was born in Basel in 1944 and his first attempts at film come from 1961. He has a self-taught approach to professional film and made TV reportages for ABC and ITN. He has lived and worked in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1965 and been a cameraman on over 20 shorts and 6 long features. He directed his first full-length feature film – "Nachtschatten" - in 1971 and has worked since then on other features (draft, screenplay, direction, editing, also occasionally cameraman).
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From 1981, he started ongoing experiments with video and computer technology ("electronic cinema"). In 1978, he received the German Film Prize for Rheingold (1977), the 1980 Max-Ophuels-Preis for "Der Willi-Busch-Report" (1979), etc. His films include: "Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies" (1976), "Der Westen leuchtet!" (1981/82), "Die Frau ohne Koerper und der Projektionist" (1983), "Dormire" (1984/85), "The Spirit", ("Der Atem", 1987/89), "Deutschfieber" (1991/92), and "The Blind Cow" ("Die blinde Kuh", 1994/95).
Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH
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(
Niklaus Franz Josef Schilling )
*23.04.1944
Basel, Schweiz
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1994-1996 |
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Die blinde Kuh
Director of photography,Editing,Director,Screenplay |
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1991/1992 |
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Deutschfieber. Der 2. Teil des Willi-Busch-Report
Director,Editing,Screenplay |
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1987-1989 |
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Der Atem
Director,Animation,Screenplay,Production design,Editing,Sound editor |
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1986 |
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Unter 4 Augen
Director,Cast,Editing,Screenplay,Voice,Director of photography |
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1984/1985 |
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Dormire
Editing,Cast,Director,Director of photography,Screenplay |
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1983 |
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Abschied vom Zelluloid
Cast |
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1983/1984 |
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Die Frau ohne Körper und der Projektionist
Story,Director of photography,Director,Editing,Still photography,Screenplay |
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1981/1982 |
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Der Westen leuchtet!
Director,Screenplay,Editing |
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1981/1982 |
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Zeichen und Wunder
Participation,Director,Voice,Mixing,Sound,Director of photography,Editing,Screenplay |
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1979 |
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Der Willi-Busch-Report
Screenplay,Editing,Director |
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