About Eric Andreae

Eric Andreae was born in Zurich in 1981. From 1998 he was a member of VideoGang, a TV show made by young people for young people and broadcast on the Swiss channels Tele24 and Tele Züri. In 2004 he began studying film directing at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). In 2006 he was responsible for the dramaturgy of the documentary Chrigu, which premiered at the 57th Berlinale in 2007. After film school, Eric worked as a director, editor and production manager on commissioned films, commercials and TV.

From 2010 to 2019 he also worked as a teaching assistant and research associate in the Cast / Audiovisual Media programme at ZHdK. In 2012, together with Adrian Aeschbacher, he developed the concept for the TV series Die Lehrer and crowdfunded its pilot.

In 2013 Eric received a scholarship for the Drehbuchwerkstatt München, the screenwriting programme at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF). The same year, together with fellow theatresports performers, he founded the Zurich Impro Festival and produced an interactive live video stream for it. In 2016 he co-wrote the eight-part comedy series Die Lehrer with Adrian Aeschbacher and directed it. The series launched on UPC’s streaming platform MyPrime and was broadcast on Swiss free-to-air TV.

Since February 2019 Eric has been a lecturer in Cast / Audiovisual Media at ZHdK. From 2021 he developed the six-part series Mindblow as showrunner with Shining Film AG and directed it. The SRF series premiered on 21 April 2024 on SRF 1 and Play Suisse.