Johannes Boesiger is a Swiss/German scriptwriter and producer.
Background
Johannes Boesiger was born the son of the Swiss actor and director Paul Bösiger. He was born in Freiburg i. The same year Boesiger worked as 2nd assistant director for his father.
Following the early death of his father, Boesiger moved to Switzerland.
Career
Branch in Germany and at the age of 14 Boesiger became a professional actor for the city theatre of Nuremberg, where took on the main character in the play Be silent, boy! by Fitzgerald Kusz. At the age of twenty he started to work as a film critic for various newspapers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland including Der Tagesspiegel, Die Presse and Die Weltwoche and in 1984 became film editor at the renowned Neue Zürcher Zeitung. In 1989 Boesiger changed sides again, when he was hired by Swiss television to become in house producer, script developer and writer
Having contributed to various television and theatrical productions as producer, writer or script editor, in 1992 he wrote and produced his award winning first feature film, Kinder der Landstrasse.
This was followed by further works as executive and line producer before he started in 1996 on a project to develop a cultural centre in the city of Zürich. Boesiger is currently active again as producer and writer of various English language projects.
In particular "Rafiq & Judith" is in development and is planned for production summer 2015. 1976 — Be silent, boy! Schweig, Bub!, Städtische Bühnen Nürnberg
1977 — Be silent, boy!, Bayrischer Rundfunk
1987 — Korbes, Süddeutscher Rundfunk.