Roger Steinmann

Born on November 6, 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland. Lives in Manila (Philippines), Zurich (Switzerland), and Los Angeles (USA). Frequent travels to Mexico and Asia. Single; one daughter Chantale Nicole (February 9, 1995. Educated between 1969 to 1978 at High School in Zurich, 1978 to 1981 at Swiss Business School in Zurich. Speaks German, French, English, Spanish and has some knowledge of Italian and Portugese.

In 1967, too his first photographs with Dad's old 35mm 'Voigtlaender' still camera. 1969: Shot first Super8-Film (see filmography). 1971: Learnt to develop black and white photos in own dark room at home. 1976, July: Prize winner with still picture of the month, a snap shot of a burnt down farm with the farmer saving a pig. The biggest Swiss newspaper 'Blick' awarded a Canon still camera. 1981: Assistant director of future Oscar winner (1991 for 'Journey of Hope'), director Xavier Koller, in Swiss TV-show 'Telearena'. 1982: Invention of a 'bottle stopper' which mechanically allows to keep the bottle content fresh, for instance sodas with gas. Received its patent for Europe and Canada in 1984. 1983, August 2: Winner of DM 10,000.00 in the German TV-quiz show 'Alles oder Nichts' about the topic of the life of Marilyn Monroe. Being the only Swiss against 73 German candidates in front of a record breaking 15 million live TV-audience. 1984, March: Founder of Rotsch AG, based in Zurich, for import and distribution of Greeting cards, gift items, stationary, pharmaceutical articles and household ware. Acted as its President and CEO from 1984 until 1996, when he sold the company due to his progress in film in Hollywood.

1992: Moved to Los Angeles to develop his film projects 'at the place to be': Hollywood. Lives alternately in L.A. and Zurich. 1993, April: First of several meeting with his lifelong idol, six time Academy Award-winner Billy Wilder. Mr. Wilder subsequently advised him on screenplay structure of his projects. 1997, January: Co-founded the smaller Eldorado Glueckwunschkarten AG, an import and distribution company for greeting cards, based in Zurich. Acts since then as its General-Manager of Acquisitions and Sales. 1998, June: Sunset International Ltd. engaged him to write the screenplay for _Paradise (2000/I)_. 1999: Lives alternately in Asia, Switzerland and the USA. 2000, October: Directs the movie _Paradise (2000/I)_ in Hollywood and Las Vegas. 2001, January: The shooting is interrupted due to Ray Walston's death for an undisclosed time. 2002, spring: The shooting of _Paradise (2000/I)_ is being prepared with a stellar cast.