Leon Schwitter
Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Editor, Lighting Designer, Cinematographer
Born in 1994 in Lenzburg, Switzerland. Studied film at the Zurich University of the Arts and graduated with a Bachelor's degree with focus in screenwriting. He works as a freelance film director and producer for the production companies Sabotage Kollektiv and EXIT. His first feature film RÉDUIT (2022) screened at numerous international film festivals and won the First Look Award in Locarno, the Golden Alexander in Thessaloniki and the Fipresci Prize in Schwerin.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2025
- El Mundo Al Revés by Leon Schwitter, Agostina Di Luciano
- 2022
- Réduit by Leon Schwitter
- 2021
- So weit so gut by Leon Schwitter
Screenwriter
- 2025
- El Mundo Al Revés by Leon Schwitter, Agostina Di Luciano
- 2022
- Réduit by Leon Schwitter
- 2021
- So weit so gut by Leon Schwitter
Cinematographer
- 2025
- El Mundo Al Revés by Leon Schwitter, Agostina Di Luciano
Editor
- 2025
- El Mundo Al Revés by Leon Schwitter, Agostina Di Luciano
- 2021
- So weit so gut by Leon Schwitter
Producer
- 2025
- El Mundo Al Revés by Leon Schwitter, Agostina Di Luciano
- 2025
- First Days by Kim Allamand, Michael Karrer
- 2022
- Réduit by Leon Schwitter
Lighting Designer
- 2019
- ENOXAIAR by Lea Gygli