
Frank Matter is a Swiss filmmaker, writer, producer, cinematographer and reporter. He first worked as a reporter for various Swiss magazines and newspapers. In 1992 he got into filmmaking as an assitant director on Peter Aschwanden’s «Unzucht – Ermittlungen im Fall des Pädophilen H.». A year later he moved to Brooklyn, where he has been working for many years. After returning to Basel in 2006, he founded the film production company soap factory GmbH. His films have garnered numerous international awards.
Elephants & Squirrels 2026
Producer
Quir 2025
Producer
E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea 2024
Producer
Ruäch – A Journey Into Yenish Europe 2023
Producer
Play with the Devil – Becoming Zeal & Ardor 2023
Producer
Arada 2021
Producer
I'll be your mirror 2021
Producer
Parallel Lives 2021
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
Grozny Blues 2015
Producer
Thomas Hirschhorn – Gramsci Monument 2015
Producer
La Buena Vida - The Good Life 2015
Line Producer, Producer
Von heute auf morgen 2013
Writer, Producer, Director
In the Garden of Sounds 2010
Producer, Editor, Screenplay
Morocco 1997
Producer, Editor, Director, Writer
The Definition of Insanity 2005
Director, Writer, Cinematography
Credits from TMDB.