Lisa Brühlmann

Actor, Director, Screenwriter

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Born in 1981 in Zurich, Switzerland. 2005-08 Attends acting school Berlin. 2010-13 Studies film, directing and screenwritiing at the ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts). 2013 Bachelor in Film and 2016 Master in Film, both with focus in film directing, from ZHdK. 2018 Swiss Film Award, Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay for BLUE MY MIND (2017). In 2019 she received an Emmy Award Nomination in the category “Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series“ for KILLING EVE (2018). The internationally successful filmmaker returns to her origins in feature films with WHEN WE WERE SISTERS. For the first time, the director and actress stars in one of her own films and tells a personal story.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2024
When We Were Sisters by Lisa Brühlmann
2017
Blue my Mind by Lisa Brühlmann
2013
Hylas und die Nymphen by Lisa Brühlmann
2010
Frühlingserwachen by Lisa Brühlmann
2010
Flügge by Lisa Brühlmann

Screenwriter

2024
When We Were Sisters by Lisa Brühlmann
2017
Blue my Mind by Lisa Brühlmann
2013
Hylas und die Nymphen by Lisa Brühlmann

Actor

2024
When We Were Sisters by Lisa Brühlmann
2017
Goliath by Dominik Locher
2015
Männer by Stefan Künzler
2015
Destiny by Wendy Pillonel
2013
Tempo Girl by Dominik Locher
2013
Eldorado by Wendy Pillonel
2012
Das Künstlerleben by Patrick Claudet
2012
Das Missen Massaker by Michael Steiner
2011
Evermore by Philip Hofmänner
2009
Frühling im Herbst by Petra Volpe

Awards

(a selection)

2019
New York, 71st Emmy Awards , Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series (Nomination)
2018
Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2018, Swiss Film Award, Best Screenplay (Winner) in Blue my Mind
Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Beste Regie (Winner) in Blue my Mind
Long Island International Film Expo, Best Supporting Actress (Winner) in Tempo Girl
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