Urs Egger

Urs Egger (born 9 March 1953 in Bern – died 18 January 2020 in Berlin) was a Swiss film and television director.

From 1974 to 1997, he worked for the Swiss Neue Zürcher Zeitung and the Australian Cinema Papers as a correspondent from Los Angeles, responsible for reporting on the film industry. He visited the American Film Institute to become a director.

Egger died in January 2020 in Berlin, Germany, after suffering a long illness.

Select filmography Kinder der Landstrasse (1992) The Tourist (1996, TV film) (1996, TV film) — remake of Teenage Wolfpack Opernball (1998, TV film) — based on Opernball (2002) (2004, TV film) — based on The Return of the Dancing Master (2007, TV film) (2008, TV film) (2010, TV film) — based on Kennedy's Brain (2010, TV film) — based on the novel Brother Grimm by Craig Russell (2011, TV film) (2013, TV film) Crocodile (2013, TV film) (2014, TV film) Letter to My Life (2015, TV film) (2016, TV film) (2018, TV film)