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Filmmaker · Switzerland

Markus Imhoof

Markus Imhoof was born on 19 September 1941 in Winterthur. In 1945, his parents took in an Italian girl who had arrived on a children's train, Giovanna; sent back to Milan, she returned, left again in 1950 and died the same year. He studied German literature, art history and history in Zurich, was in 1966 assistant to Leopold Lindtberg at the Schauspielhaus, then took film courses at the school of applied arts. His first documentary, on prisons, was banned in the canton of Zurich until 1976. He has lived in Berlin since 2003; Swiss cinema gave him its honorary award in 2020.

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