Michel Merkt
Producer
Born in 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland. Over the course of his distinguished career, he has produced and financed more than 100 auteur films, including the 2017 Swiss Oscar entry MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI. He has repeatedly collaborated with numerous talents from the international film industry throughout his career, including Marco Bellocchio, Xavier Dolan, David Cronenberg, Jacques Audiard, Paul Verhoeven, Lucrecia Martel, Valeska Grisebach and Kleber Mendonça Fillho. In 2020 he stepped down as a producer to become a consultant for festivals and public and private bodies. He was awarded the Golden Eye career achievement at the 2023 edition of the Zurich Film Festival. He is also currently a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as a member of the Producers Branch A2025 Subcommittee promoting diversity at the Oscars.
Filmography
(a selection)
Producer
- 2019
- Les hirondelles de Kaboul by Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
- 2019
- Inherit the Viper by Anthony Jerjen
- 2017
- The Song of Scorpions by Anup Singh
- 2017
- Les Gardiennes by Xavier Beauvois
- 2016
- Miséricorde by Fulvio Bernasconi
- 2016
- Ma vie de Courgette by Claude Barras
- 2016
- Full House by Quentin Bocksberger
- 2015
- As mil e uma noites by Miguel Gomes
- 2013
- Samarkande by Christophe Arnould
- 2012
- Opération Libertad by Nicolas Wadimoff
- 2011
- Les mécréants by Mohcine Besri
- 2009
- Persée by Thomas Queille