Portrait

Dodo Hunziker

Filmmaker / Startup Founder

Dodo Hunziker (born 1973) is a filmmaker and startup founder based in Bern, Switzerland. Since 2006, he has been directing and producing films for cinema, TV, and new media. After studying graphic design and working as art director, he went on to study film at the PCFE in Prague. In 2006, Dodo Hunziker co-founded the production company DokLab GmbH together with Urs Schnell. His first feature documentary, TIBETAN WARRIOR (2015), was shown in cinemas and on television and translated by Netflix into eight languages. He worked as a producer on the award-winning film OSTROV (2021) and as creative director on BOTTLED LIFE (2012). Hunziker is member of the Swiss and European Film Academy as well as the Swiss Authors and Directors Association. Since 2024, he is focusing on the startup «Filmium», a film search engine that promotes visibility for Swiss and European cinema and connects the audience with the film gems across all streaming platforms.

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Filmography

in progress
Eternal Snow
feature documentary
Producer
in progress
Badi
documentary short
Producer
2025
Jesus goes to Hollywood
TV-Documentary
Producer
2024
DOM
feature documentary
Producer
2024
Touxtes
TV-documentary
Producer
2022
documentary CH, 4K, 60 min
Director, Writer, Camera, Editor
2022
feature documentary
Writer, Director
2021
cinema-documentary 92 min, CH, 2K
Hot Docs 2021 Best International Feature, Swiss Film Award, Best Feature Documentary, Visions du Réel, Locarno Festival, Guanajuato Film Festival Best Int. Feature Documentary award, El Gouna Film Festival Silver Star and Humanity Award, Bern Film Award, ArtDocFest Grand Prize, Camden Film Festival Special Jury Mention
Producer
2018
cinema-documentary 82 min, 2K, CH
Producer
2017
documentary HD, 59 min
Producer
2015
cinema-documentary 84 min, HD/2K, CH
Director
2013
TV-docu: SRF Summer-Challenge 28 min
Director, Writer Producer, Editor
2013
TV-docu: SRF Summer-Challenge 30 min
Director, Producer, Editor
2012
documentary CH/DE, HD/2K, 90 min
Producer, Creative Director, Sound
2011
Wisdom of Lagos
short documentary CH, HD, 12 min
Director, Editor
2010
Slow Down
music-videoclip CH, HD, 3.40 min
Director
2008
Hooligans - The dark Side of Football
TV-documentary CH, DigiBeta
Editing, Sounddesign
2008
Wilko wants
documentary CH, DVCAM, 52 min
Director, Writer, Camera, Editing
2006
Sweat for Blood
TV-documentary CH, Digital Betacam, 51 min
2nd Camera, Editor, Sound
2006
Sunshine
music-videoclip 3.37 min
Selection Solothurner Filmtage 2007
Director, Camera, Editing
2006
The Alchemist
fiction/docu CZ, DVCAM, 17 min
Co-Director, Editor
2004
The Boys from the Mountain
TV-documentary CH, Digital Betacam, 52 min
Berner Fernsehpreis RGB 2005
Editor
2003
Kiran over Mongolia
documentary USA, DVCAM, 86 min
Winner Parnu Festival, Estonia; Dubai international Film Festival, UAE; Avignon Filmfestival, France; Globians, Potsdam, Germany; Beeld for Beeld Festival, Holland; Catalonia int. Film Festival, Spain; Filmfestival Rhodos, Greece; Sant Fe Festival, USA
Co-Writer, Editor, Sound Recording
2001
Outcaste
documentary CA DVCAM, 30 min
Le festival du film documentaire de Montréal, Canada; Hotdocs, Toronto, Canada; IDFA, Netherlands
Rough Cut