Stefan Jäger is a director, screenwriter and lecturer. He graduated from the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in 1997 with a degree in directing and screenwriting. Since then he has been a successful director, his films have been running at numerous international festivals and have received several awards.

He has been the owner of tellfilm GmbH in Zurich since 1998. He has been teaching since 2002, including as a lecturer in directing in Ludwigsburg, and has served as head of the screenwriting department at Zurich University of the Arts since 2018. Jäger is a member of the European, German, and Swiss Film Academies.