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Sandra Moser was born on 27 September 1969 in Thun, Switzerland. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Full Moon (1998), Wilder (2017) and Eurocops (1988).

Ronnie Minder is an award-winning composer with a career spanning more than two decades. He was in the running for a Best Score Academy Award nomination amongst composers such as Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat, Nick Cave and Max Richter. Minder was born in Switzerland, became an Australian citizen in 2021, and his work was quickly noticed even in Hollywood. His distinctive themes and ability to compose a wide range of music including contemporary, orchestral and electronic, made him a highly sought after composer, having been asked to score Ridley Scott's 'Life in a Day in Switzerland' (Scott Free Productions).

His score for Australian Western-epic 'The Legend of Ben Hall' received major worldwide support and was featured on the front page of iTunes America for an entire month during Oscar season amongst scores such as 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' and 'La La Land'. Minder scored more award-winning films including Sea Shepherd's 'Defend, Conserve, Protect' featuring Dan Aykroyd (Ghostbusters, The Blues Brothers), the uplifting 'True Vision' produced by Sue Maslin (The Dressmaker) and several campaigns for Porsche starring Patrick Dempsey (Thanksgiving).

Inspired by the music of Ennio Morricone, Vangelis and Angelo Badalamenti, Minder started to compose music at the age of 14 and signed his first record contract in 2000 with German label Shogun Records. By the end of 2004, Minder signed nearly a dozen record contracts in many different countries, also producing music for Warner Music artists. His music was featured on hundreds of music compilations across the globe and after a very successful career in electronic music, in 2014, Minder decided to fully focus on scoring for film.

His latest films include Matthew Holmes' award-winning, critically acclaimed thriller 'The Cost', which is their second feature collaboration after 'The Legend of Ben Hall'. Saban Films distributed gangster-flick 'Kane' starring Jeremy Taylor (The Dry) and Nathan Phillips (Wolf Creek). Coming-of-age boxing feature 'Heart of the Man' and Henry Boffin's dramedy 'Strange Creatures' (Distributed by Bonsai Films and the Nine Network), both of which screened at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Minder frequently collaborates with the same directors and producers, having multiple new features lined up to score including Matthew Holmes' world war 2 epic 'The Guns of Muschu'.

Beatrice Frey was born on 24 July 1951 in Thun, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Trautmann (2000), MA 2412 (1998) and Tohuwabohu (1990).

Jean Ziegler was born on 19 April 1934 in Thun, Switzerland. He is a writer, known for El hambre en el mundo explicada a mi hijo (2002), Der Geist des Geldes (2007) and Reise in den Herbst. Alles wie gehabt oder Zeitenwende? (2017).

Rudolph Eggeman was born on 16 August 1889 in Thun, Switzerland. He is known for My Gal Sal (1930), Row Row Row (1930) and Stopping the Show (1932). He died in October 1975 in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA.

Bernie Schürch was born on 3 August 1944 in Thun, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Northern Exposure (1990), The John Larroquette Show (1993) and Viva el espectáculo (1990).

Matto Kämpf was born in 1970 in Thun, Kanton Bern, Switzerland. He is an actor and writer, known for 4'000 (2016), Mad Heidi (2022) and Velo Gang (2023).

Simona de Silvestro was born on 1 September 1988 in Thun, Kanton Bern, Switzerland.

After graduating from school with a high school diploma, Itten studied education in Bern from 1904 to 1912. From 1913 to 1916 he was a student of Adolf Hölzel at the Stuttgart Art Academy. There he also came into contact with Ida Kerkovius, Oskar Schlemmer, Willi Baumeister and Hermann Stenner, who belonged to the so-called "Hölzel Circle". From 1917 to 1919 he ran his own art school in Vienna, the "Itten School". From 1919 to 1923 he taught at the Bauhaus in Weimar as artistic director and form master of several workshops. He shaped the "preliminary course" set up together with Gertrud Grunow. His teaching sought to explain the properties of color in objective and abstract formal contexts.

In addition to his teaching work as a painter at the Bauhaus Weimar, Itten also conducted research into the effects of colors. As a painter, he was interested in the interaction of form and color. Both the assignment of colors to shapes and the reverse behavior gave him further knowledge when working with his students, which was incorporated into his theory. Itten was also temporarily a lecturer in wall and stained glass painting. He became the founder of color theory in his main work "The Art of Color". His theory of "Seven Color Contrasts" became established in modern art education. At the same time, through his teaching and work with students at the Bauhaus, he became the founder of color type theory.

In 1923 he moved back to Switzerland, where he dealt intensively with philosophy and mysticism. In 1921 he published the book Analyzes of Old Masters, and from 1926 to 1934 he taught in a private art school in Berlin. In 1938 he emigrated to Amsterdam. In the same year, 1938, he became director of the School of Applied Arts and the Museum of Applied Arts in Zurich. Itten was also director of the textile school from 1943 and director of the Rietberg Museum for Non-European Art from 1949. The publications "Art of Color" and "My Preliminary Course at the Bauhaus" followed in 1961 and 1963.

Ueli Kestenholz was born on 10 May 1975 in Thun, Switzerland. He is an actor and producer, known for PlayGravity 2 (2010), Bogner x 007 (2022) and Pushing The Limits: The Future Starts Here (2018).

Reto Camenisch was born on 25 April 1958 in Thun, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for Heicho - Der Blues des Walter Liniger (2020), Der Club (1985) and Kulturplatz (2004).

Guy Bovet was born on 22 May 1942 in Thun, Kanton Bern, Switzerland. He is a composer and actor, known for Le fou (1970), Le jour de noces (1977) and James ou pas (1970).

Marco Gurtner was born in 1993 in Thun, Switzerland. He is a writer, known for Let's Say (2021), Deville Late Night (2016) and Schweiz Vereint (2021).

Lukas Bärfuss was born on 30 December 1971 in Thun, Bern, Switzerland. He is a writer, known for Dora or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents (2015), Der Club (1985) and Kunscht! (2014).

Lisa Catena was born in 1979 in Thun, Kanton Bern, Switzerland.

Johannes Jegerlehner was born on 9 April 1871 in Thun, Switzerland. He was a writer and producer, known for Petronella - Das Geheimnis der Berge (1927). He died on 17 March 1937 in Bern, Switzerland.

Hanspeter Latour was born on 4 June 1947 in Thun, Bern, Switzerland.

Peter Maurer was born on 20 November 1956 in Thun, Switzerland.

Philippe Buehler was born on 1 June 1987 in Thun, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Cannabis (2006) and Schönes Wochenende (2006).

Benedikt Weibel was born on 15 October 1946 in Thun, Switzerland.

Kathrin Bertschy was born on 2 July 1979 in Thun, Kanton Bern, Switzerland.

Heinz Polzer was born on 24 August 1919 in Thun, Bern, Switzerland. He was a writer and actor, known for Dag dag heerlijke lach (1974), De Baanbrekers (1984) and Waku Waku (1989). He died on 13 June 2015 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Regula Rytz was born on 2 March 1962 in Thun, Kanton Bern, Switzerland.