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name: "Edi Hubschmid"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edi-hubschmid"
fi1m_id: "edi-hubschmid"
tmdb_id: 1603622
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:55:48.628023+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Edi Hubschmid

## Identity

Edi Hubschmid

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edi-hubschmid
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** edi-hubschmid
- **TMDB ID:** 1603622
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1603622

Producer. Born in Zürich, Switzerland.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1603622

## Biography

Edi Hubschmid is a Swiss film producer and screenwriter. Born in Zürich in 1947, he entered the industry in 1973 and worked as an assistant director, production manager and location manager on numerous Swiss and international films before becoming a producer.

In 1979 he co-founded Cactus Films AG. As producer of Yılmaz Güney’s *Yol* (also known as *The Road*, 1982) he shared in the Palme d’Or win at Cannes. Subsequent credits include *Glut* (1983), *Leo Sonnyboy* (1989) and *Azzurro* (2000). He co-founded C-Films AG in 1999, sold his shares in 2005 and later established Umut Editions GmbH (2020) and Umut Pictures GmbH (2024). He has served on boards of Swiss film organisations and lives in Zürich.

*Sources: de.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Road* (1982), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-road.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Der Nebelläufer* (1997), Producer
- *Embers* (1983), Producer
- *The Road* (1982), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-road.md)
- *So weit das Auge reicht* (1980), Associate Producer
- *The Lost Way* (1980), Producer

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