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Date of Birth
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1959
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Place of Birth
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Schönenwerd
(Switzerland, Canton of Solothurn, Olten District)
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Nationality
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Switzerland
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Profession
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Film Director, Film Producer
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Christian Frei is a Swiss filmmaker and film producer. He is one of the most successful documentary film directors worldwide and mostly known for his films War Photographer, The Giant Buddhas and Space Tourists. Since 2006, Christian Frei has been an associate lecturer on Reflection Competence at the renowned University of St. Gallen. From 2006 to 2009 he was president of the “Documentary Film Commission†for the film section of the Swiss Ministry of Culture. Since August 2010 he is president of the Swiss Film Academy.
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