Curt Truninger

Quick Facts

Full Name	Curt Truninger
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Apr 12, 1957(1957-04-12)
Age	67
Birthplace	Lucerne
Country	Switzerland
Birth City	Canton of Lucerne
Horoscope	Aries

Curt Truninger Biography

Curt Truninger is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on April 12, 1957 in Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland.

After studying Social Sciences and Art History at Munich University, he graduated with a PhD from the University of Aberdeen, where he also taught. During this time Truninger was a member of “Chatham House” the think tank officially known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. After leaving academia, Truninger returned briefly to Switzerland, where he worked for the Swiss public broadcaster SRF. During the 1980s he was host of the film programme Neu im Kino, and honed his writing skills working for Swiss and German print media as a film, cultural critic, and photographer. He then went to Munich, where he worked for the Bavarian Public Broadcaster BR, contributing to their Foreign Affairs programmes such as Weltspiegel. Soon thereafter, legendary German television journalist Reinhard Hoffmeister, lured Truninger to join the team of the Arts programme Aspekte. At the German Broadcaster ZDF he also wrote and directed documentaries and docu-dramas. Concurrently he hosted the talk show “Begegnungen”, which was broadcast in all of Europe’s German speaking regions. As a respected television journalist Truninger was granted unique access to the TV series Wagner where he conducted one of the last on-camera interviews with ailing star Richard Burton. His freelance work includes a documentary portrait of Richard Avedon, produced in collaboration with the iconic photographer himself.

After a brief excursion directing music videos, Truninger made the leap to feature films in 1996 with Waiting for Michelangelo, a critically acclaimed romantic comedy about four friends lucky in life but unlucky in love. It featured popular Canadian star Roy Dupuis, and was shot in Toronto and Lucerne. The film, distributed by Channel 4 in London, went on to become one of the most widely distributed Swiss films. Truninger also co-wrote the original screenplay with his producer Margrit Ritzmann.

Curt Truninger Net Worth

Curt Truninger is one of the richest Film Director from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Curt Truninger 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Curt Truninger (born 1957) is a Swiss filmmaker, screenplay writer and producer. He also works as a visual artist, journalist and occasional actor. He divides his time between Toronto and Zurich.

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Facts & Trivia

Dominik Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Switzerland. Curt Truninger celebrates birthday on April 12 of every year.