Jean-Guillaume Sonnier

Producer, Director, Screenwriter

Born in 1988 in France. Graduated from the Film Studies department of ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne) and worked in numerous positions on both short and long films at Box Productions, Rita Productions, Bande à part Films and Casa Azul Films. Since 2012 he has been Head of Production and Distribution for the Bachelor degree film programme at ECAL and for the Masters film programme at ECAL/HEAD. His first short film SHABBAT, DIEU MERCI! was directed in 2010. À QUOI TU JOUES (2011) won the prize for Best Swiss Newcomer and his medium-length film PETIT HOMME (2014) won him a Leopard award, both at the Locarno Film Festivals. His medium-length film TUFFO (2021) was nominated for a Swiss Film Award. He is currently working on his first feature-length film.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2023
Article 33 by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
2021
Tuffo by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
2014
Petit homme by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
2011
À quoi tu joues by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
2010
Shabbat, Dieu merci! by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier

Screenwriter

2023
Article 33 by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
2021
Tuffo by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
2014
Petit homme by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier

Producer

2024
Rose à la ferme by Giulia Goy
2024
La valse sauvage by Rémi Molleyres
2024
Aire de jeux by Adrien Beroud
2024
Les satellites ne tombent jamais du ciel by Matias Carlier, Remo Corazza
2024
Qui part à la chasse by Lea Favre
2024
Memento Mori by Victor Cateau
2024
L'Antre by Hervé Ossent
2024
Firelight by Theofanis Papadopoulos
2024
En surface by Victor Cateau
2024
Diapason 440 by Aurélie Madeleine Chételat
2024
Ton visage qui ne cesse de m'échapper by Aurélie Madeleine Chételat
2024
L'ordre des choses by Antonin Dutoit
2024
Un paradis by Antonin Dutoit
2024
Utaga-u by Louis Richalet
2024
Tournesol by Camille Surdez
2024
Inconscientes by Camille Surdez
2024
Quitter la ruche by Pol Barrelet
2024
A mort les bossus by Matteo Friberg
2024
Maman danse by Mégane Brügger
2024
How Lucy Gave Birth To Us by Donika Gashi
2024
Le terrier des cigognes by Benjamin Eggenberger
2024
Où étais-tu pendant la nuit ? by Maria Luiza Brandão Vaz
2024
Naissance d'une pierre by Camille Anker
2024
Cartilage by Arsène Fragnière
2024
Bételgeuse by Loïc Pidoux
2024
Mife et Miso vont en bateau by Sara Dutch
2024
Acciaio by Valentina Parati
2024
Limbo by Serhii Tykhoniuk
2024
Backwards by Serhii Tykhoniuk
2024
La simple science du vol by Camille Anker
2024
Attente utile suivie d'une grande joie by Louis Richalet
2023
The Scent of Burning Time by Leopold Helbich Frey
2023
À la dérive by Marion Reymond
2023
There were Cowboys by Jay Holdener
2023
Article 33 by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
2022
Balthazar et Madalena by Gabriel Colban
2022
Nebraska by Lou-Théa Papaloïzos
2022
Une vie de fantôme by Sebastian Friedmann
2022
Montana 1977 by Kimyan Flückiger
2022
Le grand désappointement by Yan Ciszewski
2022
DAENA by Leopold Helbich Frey
2022
Les mouches de Beni by Alice Denyse
2022
Le fantôme de Marioupol by Marie Chemin
2021
Ce qu'on partage by Solène Mercier
2021
Tuffo by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
2021
Prendre le désert by Noémie Guibal
2021
Elle habitait Varese by Dario Willommet
2018
Crépuscule by Pauline Jeanbourquin
2017
Martien by Maxime Pillonel
2017
La séance de 15h by Pauline Jeanbourquin
2017
Balloon by Robin Mognetti, Sayaka Mizuno
2015
Sing Me Back Home (Before I Die) by Gwennaël Bolomey
2015
Muchachas by Juliana Fanjul
2015
Blind date à la juive by Anaëlle Morf
2015
A barca by Pablo Briones
2014
Petit homme by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
2013
Le doigt d'honneur by Malika Pellicioli

Awards

(a selection)

2011
Locarno, Locarno Festival, Premio Action Light for the Best Swiss Newcomer (Winner) in À quoi tu joues
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