Nico Drechsel

Cinematographer, Lighting Designer, Director, Screenwriter

Nico Drechsel is a Swiss-based Cinematographer.

In a young age Nico shoots numerous corporate videos for Swisscom where he did his apprenticeship as a mediamatician. Later during his apprenticeship he accompanies several brand campaigns, where he gets first insights in big film productions. At the Zürich University of Arts he discovered his fascination for cinematography. Nico gained experience in the camera and lighting department on countless short film shoots. Alongside his studies, he occasionally works as a lighting technician on featurefilms and commercials. After directing a shortfilm and shooting six shortfilms as a cinematographer Nico completes his Bachelor of Arts in Film in 2022 with a major in camera.
His camera work is based on his deep understanding of the characters, he finds the best possible way to visually express their feelings. Even though he always tries to find the most beautiful shots, for him the most important aspect of an entertaining Film is the story.

In the future Nico is looking forward to work on humorous and exciting feature films and commercials.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2020
dr Bsundrig by Nico Drechsel
2019
Tropentage oder Ausstieg beim Gebüsch rechts by Matthias Sahli, Pascale Egli, Aurelio Ghirardelli, Michael Schwendinger, Ian Oggenfuss, Nico Drechsel

Screenwriter

2020
dr Bsundrig by Nico Drechsel

Cinematographer

2024
Halbi Gspröch by Valentin Raeber
2024
Alleine kommst du nicht weit genug by Aiyana De Vree
2024
Toasted Love by Valerio Alexander Johler
2022
Verschwundä by Stefania Burla
2022
The Black Cat (2022) by Aiyana De Vree
2021
Du by Stefania Burla
2019
Tropentage oder Ausstieg beim Gebüsch rechts by Matthias Sahli, Pascale Egli, Aurelio Ghirardelli, Michael Schwendinger, Ian Oggenfuss, Nico Drechsel

Lighting Designer

2023
Odomo by Emanuel Hänsenberger
2023
Marion by Mina Tomic
2022
Abseits by Dorentina Imeri
2020
Dirt Devil 550 XS by Rolf Hellat
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