Daniel Zimmermann

Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer

Born in 1966 in Thun, Switzerland. Attended Fine Arts school in Bern. Since 1993 mixed-media projects and exhibits in Switzerland and abroad. 2005 Cofounds nadaproductions with choreographer Amanda Piña and works since then as artistic director, writer and performer. His short films won awards and became film festival favourites. His feature-length WALDEN (2018) won the Jury Prize in Karlovy Vary and the Emerging Swiss Talent Award at the Zurich Film Festival and was screened among others at Sundance, Rotterdam, and Lincoln Center in New York. His feature-length docufiction SPHERES premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2024.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2024
Sphères by Daniel Zimmermann
2018
Walden by Daniel Zimmermann
2012
Go And Talk To Your Government by Amanda Piña, Daniel Zimmermann
2010
Stick Climbing by Daniel Zimmermann
2007
Lauberhornrennen im Sommer by Daniel Zimmermann
2002
Die 10 Schweizer by Daniel Zimmermann
2000
Bobrennen im Sommer by Daniel Zimmermann

Screenwriter

2024
Sphères by Daniel Zimmermann
2018
Walden by Daniel Zimmermann

Cinematographer

2024
Sphères by Daniel Zimmermann
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