Nikita Merlini

Director, Cinematographer, Screenwriter, Editor, Sound Editor

Born in 1992 in Locarno, Switzerland. 2015 Received BA in English Literature and Film Aesthetics from University of Zurich. 2017-20 Bachelor in film at ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne), with the diploma film RONDINELLA, presented in San Sebastian. Since 2020 he is a founding member of the Mercuriales collective, based in Lausanne, which just presented his latest short film LE PIETRE NON VOLANO (2022) at the Solothurn Film Festival and previously received an honourable mention at the Short Film Festival in Winterthur. Merlini also works as an assistant director.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2022
Le pietre non volano by Nikita Merlini
2021
Rondinella by Nikita Merlini
2019
L'ultima by Nikita Merlini
2019
Shamanín by Nikita Merlini

Screenwriter

2021
Rondinella by Nikita Merlini
2019
Shamanín by Nikita Merlini

Cinematographer

2025
Osteria all'undici by Filippo Demarchi
2019
L'ultima by Nikita Merlini
2018
La Caricia by Aurel Ganz

Editor

2022
Le pietre non volano by Nikita Merlini
2019
L'ultima by Nikita Merlini

Sound Editor

2019
Il prezzo del biglietto by Mariama Baldé
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