Pierre Monnard

Director, Screenwriter

1998 Graduated from Bournemouth Film School, England. After his studies in England, Pierre directed his first short films SWAPPED and COME CLOSER, which won the Swiss Film Prize and a Pardi di Domani at the Locarno Film Festival. In 2013 he directed RECYCLING LILY, his 1st feature film. This was followed by successful series such as ANOMALIA (2015), WILDER, NEUMATT and, more recently, HORS SAISON with Marina Hands. PLATZSPITZBABY (2020), his second feature film, is one of the great successes of Swiss cinema and was voted best film of the year by the Association of Swiss Film Journalists. BISONS celebrated its premiere at the Rotterdam Festival 2024. This rural drama was also nominated for six Swiss Film Awards and won three trophies: Best Actor, Best Photography and Best Music. Currently, Pierre is completing the first series co-produced by Netflix and RTS, the history drama WINTER PALACE, and preparing his next feature film, HALLO BETTY, which will star Sarah Spale as the creator of Swiss icon Betty Bossi.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2026
Ewigi Liebi by Pierre Monnard
2025
Hallo Betty by Pierre Monnard
2024
Bisons by Pierre Monnard
2024
Winter Palace by Pierre Monnard, Christine Wiederkehr
2022
Hors saison by Pierre Monnard
2021
Neumatt – Staffel 1 by Sabine Boss, Pierre Monnard
2020
Platzspitzbaby by Pierre Monnard
2019
One Year in the Vineyard by Pierre Monnard
2019
Wilder – Staffel 2 by Pierre Monnard, Jan-Eric Mack
2017
Blood Business by Pierre Monnard
2017
Wilder – Staffel 1 by Pierre Monnard
2016
Anomalia by Pierre Monnard
2013
Recycling Lily by Pierre Monnard
2004
Come Closer by Pierre Monnard
2002
Swapped by Pierre Monnard
2000
The Revenge Of The Flower Pots by Pierre Monnard
2000
Rudolph Learns About Life by Pierre Monnard

Screenwriter

2020
Lolo contre les Totos by Pierre Monnard
2004
Come Closer by Pierre Monnard
2002
Swapped by Pierre Monnard
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