Carl Schenkel

Carl Schenkel (8 May 1948 – 1 December 2003), also known by the pseudonym Carlo Ombra,^[1] was a Swiss film director.^[2] His 1984 film Abwärts won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Direction in 1985.^[3][4]

Carl Schenkel
Born	(1948-05-08)8 May 1948 Bern, Switzerland
Died	1 December 2003(2003-12-01) (aged 55) Los Angeles, United States
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1979–2003

Filmography

• Graf Dracula in Oberbayern (1979) (as Carlo Ombra)
• Strike Back [de] (Kalt wie Eis, 1981)
• Abwärts (1984)
• Bay Coven (1987, TV movie)
• The Mighty Quinn (1989)
• Silence Like Glass (Zwei Frauen, 1989)
• The Edge (1989, TV movie)
• Silhouette (1990, TV movie)
• Knight Moves (1992)
• Beyond Betrayal (1992, TV movie)
• The Surgeon [fr] (1995)
• In the Lake of the Woods (1996, TV movie)
• Kalte Küsse (1997, TV movie)
• Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
• Missing Pieces (2000)
• Hostile Takeover (2001)
• Murder on the Orient Express (2001, TV movie)