Gaétan Nicolas

Cinematographer, Lighting Designer, Director, Screenwriter

Born in 1994 in Sion, Switzerland. A cinematographer, he started his career in 2017 as a lighting technician for commercials for brands such as Audemars Piguet, Omega and Jaeger Lecoultre. In 2023 he graduated with a Master in Cinematography from ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts). He was able to hone his skills on various projects such as fiction films, documentaries and commercials and find his own visual language. His work has been shown at prestigious festivals such as Camerimage, Max Ophüls, IDFA, Solothurn Film Festival and Saporo Short Film Festival.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2022
Reverie by Laura Morales, Lukas Gut, Hannes Cullum, Gaétan Nicolas

Screenwriter

2022
Reverie by Laura Morales, Lukas Gut, Hannes Cullum, Gaétan Nicolas

Cinematographer

2025
Les chasseresses by Christelle Jornod, Amélie Bargetzi
2025
Birthmark by Ronja Alexander
2024
Clementine by Kim Gabbi
2024
Schlafende Pferde by Julius Weigel
2023
Syncope by Linus von Stumberg
2022
Vents solitaires by David Oesch
2022
Mountain Flesh by Valentina Shasivari

Lighting Designer

2024
La joie de vivre by Hae-Sup Sin
2024
Lux Carne by Gabriel Grosclaude
2023
Si Në Vaj by Aulona Selmani
2023
And the Wind Weeps by Aulona Selmani
2020
Moitié-Moitié by Sebastian Friedmann
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