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Dodo Hunziker
company owner / filmmaker / producer / founding partner

Dodo Hunziker is a filmmaker / producer based in Bern, Switzerland, is owner of the production company DokLab and is directing and producing films for TV, cinema and the new medias since 2006. His first feature length documentary TIBETAN WARRIOR (2015) has screened in cinema and TV and has been translated by Netflix into eight languages. He worked as producer and creative director on the award winning film BOTTLED LIFE (2012) and directed two episodes for the Swiss TV series „SRF Sommer Challenge“ in 2013.
Dodo is born in 1973. After studying graphic design from 1990 to 1995, he started editing videos, resulting in a passion for documentary filmmaking. After several years of learning by doing, he studied film in Prague and co-founded the production company DokLab in 2006. Advanced training 2016 at Winterclass Serial Writing von EPI/HFF in Berlin and 2017 with documentary campus masterclas and sources2 program.

Filmography

in progress
Garbage Ho! documentary CH, 4K, 60 Min.
director, writer, camera, editing
In progress
Urban Genesis documentary
Writer, Director
2021
OSTROV - Lost Island documentary Hot Docs 2021 Best International Feature
Production
2017
Second Hand Heroes documentary HD, 59 min.
Producer
2015
Tibetan Warrior cinema-documentary 84 min., HD/2K, CH
director
2013
The ultimate River-Ride TV-docu: SRF Summer-Challenge 28 min.
director, editor
2013
Ikarus at the Eiger TV-docu: SRF Summer-Challenge 30 min.
director, editor
2012
Bottled Life documentary CH/DE, HD, 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 Documentary CH, DigiBeta
editing, sounddesign
2008
Wilko wants Indydoc CH, DVCAM, 52 Min.
director, writer, camera, editing
2006
Sweat for Blood Documentary CH, Digital Betacam, 51 min
2nd Camera, Editor, Sound
2006
Sunshine Musikvideoclip CH, Photocam, 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 Dokumentarfilm CH, Digital Betacam, 52 Min Winner Berner Fernsehpreis RGB 2005
editing
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, sound recording, editing
2003
New Thai Documentary TH, 30 Min.
director, camera, editing
2001
Outcaste Documentary CA DVCAM, 30 Min. Le festival du film documentaire de Montréal, Canada; Hotdocs, Toronto, Canada: ID
rough cut
2000
ce serait bon pour une relation de faire l'amour pendant que le poulet cuit a 250 degrées short CH, S-VHS, 12 min
camera, editing
1999
Alarm report series CH TV3 (Lava TV), DVCAM, 5 – 16 Min.
editing
1999
Till & Tina report CH, TV3, DVCPro, 26 Min.
editing
1997
Üeltsch Arnd portrait CH, Betacam SP, 12 Min.
editing