Manuel Haefele, born in 1985 in St. Gall. 2001 – 2005 he did an apprenticeship as Control System Engeneer. He worked from 2007 autodidact from Assistant Camera to Cinematographer. Parallel he worked always as a Cinematographer in fiction and commercials. 2016 – 2019 he studied Master of Arts in Film at the Zurich University of Arts.