Simon Steuri

Director, Cinematographer, Editor

Born in 1977 in Berne, Switzerland. As the first voice on the youth radio station “Virus”, he had his national radio debut in 1999. Later he presented the Official Swiss Hit Parade and later the music cult programme Sounds on SRF Radio. Simultaneously he studied film at the ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) graduating in 2006. He has a Master in Cinema from ECAL (École cantonale d'art de Lausanne). The short film entitled VANDALS (2008) was his Master's thesis and screened at several international film festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand. His work in advertising includes TV campaigns for Swiss Meat, Bio-Suisse as well as Swiss Life. His feature-length film debut HOW I LEARNED TO FLY (2023), starring Method Man, Cedric the Entertainer and Marcus Scribner, is set to be released in the USA at the end of 2023. He lives and works in Los Angeles and commutes to Europe several times a year.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2023
How I Learned to fly by Simon Steuri
2022
Willi Schmid – Master of Cheese by Simon Steuri, Myriam Zumbühl
2008
Vandalen by Simon Steuri
2007
Traurige Jungs tanzen, wenn niemand hinsieht by Lisa Blatter, Simon Steuri
2007
Dognapper by Simon Steuri
2006
A Normal Dog And Shit Like That by Simon Steuri, Lisa Blatter
2005
Pool by Simon Steuri, Lisa Blatter
2005
Niemandsberg by Simon Steuri

Screenwriter

2023
How I Learned to fly by Simon Steuri

Cinematographer

2022
Willi Schmid – Master of Cheese by Simon Steuri, Myriam Zumbühl

Editor

2022
Willi Schmid – Master of Cheese by Simon Steuri, Myriam Zumbühl
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