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Urs Egger(1953-2020)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Urs Egger was born on 9 March 1953 in Bern, Kanton Bern, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for Kinder der Landstrasse (1992), The Living Daylights (1987) and Shillings from Heaven (2018). He died on 18 January 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
BornMarch 9, 1953
DiedJanuary 18, 2020(66)
BornMarch 9, 1953
DiedJanuary 18, 2020(66)
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  • Awards
    • 12 wins & 12 nominations total

Known for

Kinder der Landstrasse (1992)
Kinder der Landstrasse
6.8
  • Director
  • 1992
Timothy Dalton and Maryam d'Abo in The Living Daylights (1987)
The Living Daylights
6.7
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1987
Karl Markovics in Shillings from Heaven (2018)
Shillings from Heaven
7.0
  • Director
  • 2018
Maximilian Schell, Veronica Ferres, and Tobias Moretti in The Hard Cops (2004)
The Hard Cops
6.4
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 2004

Credits

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Director

  • Heino Ferch in Hunt for the Bosses (2019)
    Hunt for the Bosses
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2019
  • The Placebo Effect (2019)
    The Placebo Effect
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2019
  • Karl Markovics in Shillings from Heaven (2018)
    Shillings from Heaven
    7.0
    • Director
    • 2018
  • Ein Kind wird gesucht (2017)
    Ein Kind wird gesucht
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2017
  • Der Sohn (2017)
    Der Sohn
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2017
  • Tunnel of Dreams (2016)
    Tunnel of Dreams
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Der Bankraub (2015)
    Der Bankraub
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2015
  • Marie Bäumer and Christina Hecke in Brief an mein Leben (2015)
    Brief an mein Leben
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2015
  • Madame Nobel (2014)
    Madame Nobel
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Der Fall Bruckner (2014)
    Der Fall Bruckner
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Die Seelen im Feuer (2014)
    Die Seelen im Feuer
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Sarah Kohr (2014)
    Sarah Kohr
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2014
  • München Mord (2013)
    München Mord
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Mario Adorf, Alwara Höfels, and Daan Lennard Liebrenz in Krokodil (2013)
    Krokodil
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Bronagh Gallagher and Fritz Karl in The Other Child (2013)
    The Other Child
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2013

Writer

  • 10vor10 (1990)
    10vor10
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 2001
  • Kidz (1992)
    Kidz
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1996–1998
  • Howalds Fall (1990)
    Tatort
    7.0
    TV Series
    • screenplay
    • 1990
  • Motten im Licht
    • Writer
    • 1986
  • Go West, Young Man
    • Writer
    • 1980
  • Eiskalte Vögel
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1978

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Quicker Than the Eye (1988)
    Quicker Than the Eye
    4.6
    • first assistant director
    • 1988
  • Timothy Dalton and Maryam d'Abo in The Living Daylights (1987)
    The Living Daylights
    6.7
    • additional assistant director
    • 1987
  • Maruschka Detmers in Via Mala (1985)
    Via Mala
    7.3
    TV Mini Series
    • first assistant director: second unit
    • 1985
  • Herr Herr
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • first assistant director
    • 1982
  • Bruno Cremer, Michel Piccoli, and Lino Ventura in Espion, lève-toi (1982)
    Espion, lève-toi
    6.6
    • assistant director
    • 1982
  • Dieter Moor in Der Hunger, der Koch und das Paradies (1981)
    Der Hunger, der Koch und das Paradies
    TV Movie
    • assistant director
    • 1981
  • Tante Maria
    TV Movie
    • first assistant director
    • 1981
  • Matto regiert
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • assistant director
    • 1980

Personal details

  • Born
    • March 9, 1953
    • Bern, Kanton Bern, Switzerland
  • Died
    • January 18, 2020
    • Berlin, Germany(long illness)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Was a Director Fellow at the American Film Institute's Center for Advanced Film Studies 1976/77.

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