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Marcel Langenegger (2 April 1967 – 10 September 2015)[1] was a Swiss film director, film producer and screenwriter from Rebstein, Switzerland.[2] His 2008 debut feature film, Deception, starred Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, and Michelle Williams.[3]

Marcel Langenegger
Born	(1967-04-02)April 2, 1967 Rebstein, Switzerland
Died	September 10, 2015(2015-09-10) (aged 48) Rebstein, Switzerland
Occupation	Film director

Life and career

Langenegger read Art and Film at the University of Zurich. He also studied Design and Visual Arts at the Art Center College of Design in Vevey, and was part of a master's degree class at the main campus of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Later he worked freelance as designer and art director back in Zürich before relocating in 1995 to Los Angeles. In 2000 he signed with Propaganda Films but the company collapsed when the owner was diagnosed with cancer. He signed with Warner but his contract was annulled after the merger with AOL. He could only finish his first feature film Deception by shooting all scenes with his star Hugh Jackman in a single month to accommodate Jackman's simultaneous involvement in Australia.[4]

In 2012 he produced Jordan Roberts' 3,2,1... Frankie Go Boom, starring Charlie Hunnam, Chris O'Dowd, Lizzy Caplan, Chris Noth, Whitney Cummings, and Ron Perlman.[5] He wrote a Samurai action-drama film, Blue Eyed Samurai, which has not yet gone into production.[6]

Death

On September 10, 2015, he died was 48 years old. No cause of death has been exposed.

Filmography

• Deception (2008) - director
• 3,2,1... Frankie Go Boom (2012) - producer

References

External links

• Marcel Langenegger at IMDb

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