Valentin Merz
Director, Actor, Producer, Screenwriter, Editor
- Website
- andreafilm.com
Born in 1985 in Zurich, Switzerland, where his mother migrated to from Istanbul. He worked in Mexico City as a typographer, and in Berlin for five years in cinema and theatre. In 2014 he studied film at HEAD – Genève (Haute école d'art et de design) in Geneva. His short films have screened at festivals around the world. BROTHERS – A FAMILY FILM (2020) premiered at Visions du Réel. DE NOCHE LOS GATOS SON PARDOS (2022), his feature debut, premiered in Locarno, where it got a Special Mention for Best First Feature. Since then, it has screened at international festivals, including Rotterdam, Thessaloniki, Sevilla, São Paulo and the Berlin Critics' Week.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2024
- Les bouches by Valentin Merz
- 2022
- De Noche los Gatos son Pardos by Valentin Merz
- 2020
- Rêver comme lui by Valentin Merz
- 2020
- Brüder – Ein Familienfilm by Valentin Merz
- 2016
- Chronique d'un territoire by Valentin Merz
Screenwriter
- 2024
- Les bouches by Valentin Merz
- 2022
- De Noche los Gatos son Pardos by Valentin Merz
Editor
- 2024
- Les bouches by Valentin Merz
Actor
- 2022
- De Noche los Gatos son Pardos by Valentin Merz
- 2022
- Unrueh by Cyril Schäublin
- 2021
- Il faut fabriquer ses cadeaux by Cyril Schäublin
- 2017
- Dene wos guet geit by Cyril Schäublin
Producer
- 2024
- Les bouches by Valentin Merz
- 2022
- De Noche los Gatos son Pardos by Valentin Merz
- 2020
- Brüder – Ein Familienfilm by Valentin Merz