Olga Dinnikova
Actor, Screenwriter, Director, Editor, Sound Editor
- Website
- www.olgadinnikova.com
Born in Riga in 1985. She grew up in Latvia and Israel and is living in Switzerland since 2000. After training as an actress at the European Film Actor School in Zurich, she appeared in various film and television productions, including MARIJA by Michael Koch. In 2011, she began studying film at the ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts), specialising in directing and screenwriting, which she completed in 2014 with the short feature film LUFTSCHLOSS. In 2016, the film was nominated for the Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award. She then completed a master's degree in screenwriting at the ZHdK. Meanwhile, she wrote the episode ‘Sonja’ in the episodic feature film PERIPHERIE (dir: Mack, Brühlmann, Ribler, Joerg, Pillonel; in competition at the Zurich Film Festival 2016, among others). In 2023, her first feature BEHIND THE GLASS premiered at the 60th Solothurn Film Festival and was nominated for the Prix du Public. She lives in Switzerland and is a member of the ARF/FDS.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2025
- Behind the Glass by Olga Dinnikova
- 2015
- Luftschloss by Olga Dinnikova
- 2013
- Bleiben by Olga Dinnikova
Screenwriter
- 2025
- Behind the Glass by Olga Dinnikova
- 2016
- Peripherie by Jan-Eric Mack, Luca Ribler, Lisa Brühlmann, Yasmin Joerg, Wendy Pillonel
- 2015
- Aquarium by Cosima Frei
- 2015
- Luftschloss by Olga Dinnikova
- 2013
- Bleiben by Olga Dinnikova
Editor
- 2015
- Luftschloss by Olga Dinnikova
- 2013
- Bleiben by Olga Dinnikova
Actor
- 2025
- Diary of a Woman by Simon Aeby
- 2018
- Nightfall by Simon Aeby
- 2017
- Wolkenreiter by Manuela Rüegg
- 2016
- Marija by Michael Koch
- 2013
- Bleiben by Olga Dinnikova
Sound Editor
- 2013
- Bleiben by Olga Dinnikova