Wendy Pillonel
Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
- wendy.pillonel@gmail.com
- Website
- wendypillonel.ch
Born in 1986 in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland. Joint Swiss and French citizenship. 2010 BA in Art Education from Bern University of the Arts. 2010-14 Attends ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste). 2014 BA in Film from ZHdK. 2017 MA in Film directing from ZHdK. Her short films have all been screened at international festivals, and her graduation film LES HEURES-ENCRE (2017) won the 2019 Swiss Film Prize. In 2020 the collective film LES NOUVELLES-EVES wins the 10th Migros Documentary Competition. She lives and works in Zurich as documentary and fiction film director.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2022
- Do Know Where the Fear Comes From by Wendy Pillonel
- 2022
- FUTURA! by Youssef Youssef, Laura Morales, Elisa Gómez Alvarez, Basil Da Cunha, Sean Wirz, Jonas Schaffter, Wendy Pillonel, Milly Miljkovic, Maria Kaur Bedi, Agnese Làposi
- 2021
- Les Nouvelles Èves by Camille Budin, Annie Gisler, Jela Hasler, Thaïs Odermatt, Anna Thommen, Wendy Pillonel
- 2020
- Der Postraub des Jahrhunderts by Wendy Pillonel
- 2019
- LUX by Wendy Pillonel
- 2017
- Les heures-encre by Wendy Pillonel
- 2016
- Peripherie by Jan-Eric Mack, Luca Ribler, Lisa Brühlmann, Yasmin Joerg, Wendy Pillonel
- 2015
- Destiny by Wendy Pillonel
- 2014
- Mirages by Wendy Pillonel
- 2013
- Eldorado by Wendy Pillonel
- 2012
- Parachutes by Wendy Pillonel
- 2010
- Transit by Wendy Pillonel
- 2010
- On est déjà vendredi by Wendy Pillonel
- 2009
- 1,N-tetraoniroexocyclobutamine by Wendy Pillonel
Screenwriter
- 2025
- Mon nom est Warda by Sami Kali
- 2021
- Les Nouvelles Èves by Camille Budin, Annie Gisler, Jela Hasler, Thaïs Odermatt, Anna Thommen, Wendy Pillonel
- 2019
- LUX by Wendy Pillonel
- 2017
- Les heures-encre by Wendy Pillonel
- 2014
- Mirages by Wendy Pillonel
- 2013
- Eldorado by Wendy Pillonel
- 2012
- Parachutes by Wendy Pillonel
Cinematographer
- 2022
- Do Know Where the Fear Comes From by Wendy Pillonel
Editor
- 2022
- Do Know Where the Fear Comes From by Wendy Pillonel
Producer
- 2022
- Do Know Where the Fear Comes From by Wendy Pillonel
Awards
(a selection)
- 2017
- Basel, Gässli Film Festival, SRG Regiepreis (Winner) in Destiny
- 2017
- Leuven, Kortfilmfestival, Audience Award (Winner) in Les heures-encre