Maxime Kathari

Cinematographer, Screenwriter, Director, Editor, Producer, Actor, Sound Editor, Location Sound Mixer, Casting

Born in 1990 in Geneva, Switzerland. 2013 Bachelor in cinema from HEAD-Genève (Haute école d'art et de design, Geneva). His graduation film +1 (2013) was selected at numerous international festivals. He moved to Paris to work as a director and cinematographer. With HOME'S SOUND (2015), which he shot, edited and directed, he received the Best Camera Award at the Kurzfilmtage Winterthur. He works on commercials as well as documentaries. LIA, 32 cowritten with his mother Christine Kathari is his debut feature-length fiction film.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2026
Lia, 32 by Maxime Kathari
2015
O som da casa by Maxime Kathari
2013
+1 by Maxime Kathari
2012
Les nuits sont fraîches by Maxime Kathari
2011
Tropicall by Maxime Kathari
2010
En attendant Godard by Maxime Kathari
2009
13 km by Maxime Kathari

Screenwriter

2026
Lia, 32 by Maxime Kathari
2015
O som da casa by Maxime Kathari
2013
+1 by Maxime Kathari

Cinematographer

2025
La beauté de l'âne by Dea Gjinovci
2020
Réveil sur Mars by Dea Gjinovci
2019
Le Rose et le Vert by Julien Chavaillaz
2015
O som da casa by Maxime Kathari
2013
+1 by Maxime Kathari

Editor

2015
O som da casa by Maxime Kathari
2013
+1 by Maxime Kathari

Actor

2003
Agathe by Anne Deluz

Producer

2015
O som da casa by Maxime Kathari

Casting

2015
O som da casa by Maxime Kathari

Location Sound Mixer

2013
+1 by Maxime Kathari

Sound Editor

2013
+1 by Maxime Kathari

Awards

(a selection)

2015
Winterthur, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Kamera Preis (Schweizer Wettbewerb) (Winner) in O som da casa
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