Laura Morales

Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter, Lighting Designer

Born in 1990 in Yverdon, Switzerland. She is a film director and cinematographer based in Zurich. After studying photography at the CEPV in Vevey, she began her career as a photographer before turning to film. In 2015 her short film BLAZING MOUNTS (2015) won Best Swiss Newcomer Award at the Locarno Film Festival. She graduated with a Bachelor in directing from HEAD-Genève (Geneva University of Art and Design) in 2017, followed by a Master's degree in cinematography in 2022. She devotes most of her time to cinematography, and her documentary and fiction films have been selected and awarded prizes at various international festivals.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2022
Reverie by Laura Morales, Lukas Gut, Hannes Cullum, Gaétan Nicolas
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
2017
Le syndrome Fitzcarraldo by Laura Morales
2017
Kingdom of Fishes by Iris Petit, Chev Doeurn, Laura Morales
2015
Les monts s'embrasent by Laura Morales
2015
Ziggurat by Laura Morales

Screenwriter

2017
Kingdom of Fishes by Iris Petit, Chev Doeurn, Laura Morales
2015
Les monts s'embrasent by Laura Morales

Cinematographer

2024
D'ailleurs by Camille Briffod
2023
Ukopan by Andrea Popović
2023
It Was Future Tense by Jonathan Ospina
2022
Périphérique Nord by Paulo Carneiro
2022
Lion's Cage by Linus von Stumberg
2022
Reverie by Laura Morales, Lukas Gut, Hannes Cullum, Gaétan Nicolas
2020
Tezeta by Sarah Imsand
2017
Le syndrome Fitzcarraldo by Laura Morales
2017
Kingdom of Fishes by Iris Petit, Chev Doeurn, Laura Morales
2015
Les monts s'embrasent by Laura Morales

Lighting Designer

2023
Combox by Xheni Alushi
2022
Vents solitaires by David Oesch
2019
Le pays by Lucien Monot
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