Tobias Wanner

Lighting Designer, Cinematographer, Director

Born in 1991 in Zurich, Switzerland. He found his way to the moving image by working as a film set designer. In 2018-23, he completed a BA in film with a specialisation in cinematography at the ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts) and is currently studying for a MA in documentary film directing at the ZHdK. His directorial work includes the multi-award-winning documentary film KLEMENS - AUS LIEBE ZU DEN DINGEN and ROLLSTUHLRUGBY, which premiered in Solothurn as part of the FUTURA series. In addition to his directing work, he works as a gaffer on various short and feature-length films and does the camera work for SRF documentaries, commercials and short films. Tobias Wanner tells stories in a broad spectrum between artificially staged lighting design and documentary work in the style of direct cinema.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2025
Futura! – Vol. 2 by Sarah Imsand, Antoine Harari, Valeria Mazzucchi, Elena Laura Petitpierre, Dylan Taher, Valentina Shasivari, Chiara Toffoletto, Antonino Mangiaracina, Alan Sahin, Valentin Raeber, Tobias Wanner, Taina Lopez
2022
Klemens - Aus Liebe zu den Dingen by Tobias Wanner

Cinematographer

2024
Cordon Bleu by Valerio Alexander Johler
2024
Flut by Lisa Jödicke
2024
Not Today by Lara Jacobs
2023
Nowrooz by Mohammad Reza Jafari
2022
Time Stranger by Lara Jacobs
2022
Klemens - Aus Liebe zu den Dingen by Tobias Wanner

Lighting Designer

2025
Norma Dorma by Lorenz Suter
2025
Hotel Excelsior by Liliane Ott, Jessy Moravec, Talkhon Hamzavi, Martin Skalsky
2024
Flut by Lisa Jödicke
2023
Ds wahre Gsicht by Emanuel Hänsenberger
2023
Heimisch by Zoë Bayer
2022
Verschwundä by Stefania Burla
2022
Verglast by Lena Imboden
2021
Das Ende der Unschuld by Daniel Best Arias
2021
Sie Hàt Welà by Lea Gygli
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