Ivo Zen
Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Editor
Copyright: Vito Zen
Born in 1970 in Santa Maria, Val Müstair, Switzerland. 1992-96 Studies architecture at the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich). 2003 Receives degree from ESBA (École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Geneva), film and video department. 2004 Founds Alva Film. Since 2008 lecturer for documentary film at HEAD – Genève (Haute école d'art et de design) Geneva. Two-time recipient of an artistic grant by the canton of Grisons. Since 2018 board member of the Swiss Filmmakers Association ARF/FDS.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2026
- Chess Behind Bars by Ivo Zen
- 2020
- Suot tschêl blau by Ivo Zen
- 2016
- Zaunkönig – Tagebuch einer Freundschaft by Ivo Zen
- 2010
- Films d'amaturs – Amaturs da films by Ivo Zen
- 2009
- Maurus, Nadia, Flurina by Ivo Zen
- 2004
- Pizzet by Ivo Zen
- 2002
- Pirmin by Ivo Zen
- 2001
- Frédéric by Ivo Zen
- 2000
- Sterki-li by Ivo Zen
Screenwriter
- 2026
- Chess Behind Bars by Ivo Zen
- 2023
- Security by Mischa Hedinger
- 2020
- Suot tschêl blau by Ivo Zen
- 2016
- Zaunkönig – Tagebuch einer Freundschaft by Ivo Zen
- 2009
- Maurus, Nadia, Flurina by Ivo Zen
- 2004
- Pizzet by Ivo Zen
Editor
- 2004
- Pizzet by Ivo Zen
Producer
- 2025
- Ester Poly – Sin via en Tunesia by Manuela Steiner
- 2020
- Nossa Chasa by Manuela Steiner
- 2020
- Suot tschêl blau by Ivo Zen
- 2009
- Maurus, Nadia, Flurina by Ivo Zen
- 2004
- Pizzet by Ivo Zen