Wendy Pillonel

Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor

Email: wendy.pillonel@gmail.com
Website: wendypillonel.ch

Born in 1986 in Estavayer-le-Lac, joint Swiss and French citizenship. 2010 Bachelor in Art Education from Bern University of the Arts. 2014 Bachelor in Film, 2017 Master in Film from ZHdK (Zurich University of The Arts) both with focus in film directing. 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 2023 the collective film LES NOUVELLES-EVES wins the Inner Swiss Film Prize. She lives and works in Zurich as documentary and fiction film director and since 2020 as lecturer in Film Bachelor at ZHdK.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2024: Der Tsunami von 2004 by Wendy Pillonel
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

2027: 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