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name: "Ruth Waldburger"
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wikidata_id: "Q19513707"
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born: "25 April 1951"
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average_as: "producer"
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updated: "2026-09-26T02:25:25.972994+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."
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# Ruth Waldburger

## Identity

Ruth Waldburger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ruth-waldburger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ruth-waldburger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0907035
- **TMDB ID:** 95166
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19513707
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19513707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907035/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95166

Producer. Born 25 April 1951 in Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 25 April 1951, Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland
- **Also known as:** ルース・ウォルドバーガー
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19513707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907035/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95166

## Biography

Ruth Waldburger is a Swiss film producer. Born on 25 April 1951 in Herisau, she grew up in Arosa and Herisau. She began her career in 1974 as a secretary and production assistant on the television programme Kassensturz at SRF, later working in the information department of Swiss television. In 1977 she completed an internship as a production manager with director Alain Tanner.

In 1982 Waldburger became co-owner of Xanadu Film. She founded Vega Film AG in 1988 and has produced or co-produced more than eighty films through the company. Her credits include Béla Tarr's *Satantango* (1994), Tom DiCillo's *Johnny Suede* (1991) and eleven films directed by Jean-Luc Godard. She has also worked with Alain Resnais, Gianni Amelio, Silvio Soldini and others.

In 2023 Waldburger received the honorary Swiss Film Award for her contributions to Swiss cinema.

*Sources: de.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, swissfilms.ch, vegafilm.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Satantango* (1994), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/satantango.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *Let Her Kill You* (2023), Producer
- *The Colony* (2021), Producer
- *My Little Sister* (2020), Producer
- *Unveiled* (2018), Producer
- *A Jew Must Die* (2016), Producer
- *Don't Blink - Robert Frank* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Amnesia* (2015), Producer
- *Liebe und Zufall* (2014), Producer
- *Love Is the Perfect Crime* (2013), Co-Producer
- *Sister* (2012), Producer
- *Bye Bye Blondie* (2012), Producer
- *Fliegende Fische müssen ins Meer* (2011), Producer
- *The Turin Horse* (2011), Producer
- *The Little Bedroom* (2011), Producer
- *Film Socialisme* (2010), Producer
- *Come Undone* (2010), Co-Producer
- *Humans* (2009), Co-Producer
- *Les murs porteurs* (2008), Co-Producer
- *Cannabis - Probieren geht über Regieren* (2006), Producer
- *Undercover* (2005), Producer
- *Under a False Name* (2004), Producer
- *Notre Musique* (2004), Producer
- *A Loving Father* (2002), Co-Producer
- *Brucio nel vento* (2002), Co-Producer
- *Behind the Sun* (2001), Associate Producer
- *Pierre or, The Ambiguities* (2001), series, Co-Producer
- *In Praise of Love* (2001), Producer
- *Roberto Succo* (2001), Associate Producer
- *After the Reconciliation* (2000), Presenter, Producer
- *Comedian* (2000), Producer
- *Life Doesn't Scare Me* (1999), Producer
- *Pola X* (1999), Co-Producer
- *Fögi Is a Bastard* (1998), Producer
- *Same Old Song* (1997), Associate Producer
- *We're All Still Here* (1997), Producer
- *For Ever Mozart* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Walk the Walk* (1996), Producer
- *The Righteous* (1994), Associate Producer
- *I Can't Sleep* (1994), Associate Producer
- *Satantango* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/satantango.md)
- *Oh, Woe Is Me* (1993), Producer
- *The Children Play Russian* (1993), Producer
- *The Suspended Step of the Stork* (1991), Co-Producer
- *Johnny Suede* (1991), Executive Producer
- *In Search of Salomè* (1991), series, Producer
- *The Childhood of Art* (1990), Production Supervisor
- *Nouvelle Vague* (1990), Co-Producer
- *Bingo* (1990), Producer
- *My Dear Subject* (1989), Producer
- *Candy Mountain* (1988), Producer
- *Keep Your Right Up* (1987), Producer
- *Godard's Passion* (1982), Unit Manager

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Swiss Film Award/Honorary Award 2023: Swiss Film Award/Honorary Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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