Pierre Monnard
Director, Screenwriter
- pierremonnard@mac.com
- Website
- pierremonnard.com
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