Nikita Merlini
Director, Cinematographer, Screenwriter, Editor, Sound Editor
Born in 1992 in Locarno, Switzerland. 2015 Received BA in English Literature and Film Aesthetics from University of Zurich. 2017-20 Bachelor in film at ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne), with the diploma film RONDINELLA, presented in San Sebastian. Since 2020 he is a founding member of the Mercuriales collective, based in Lausanne, which just presented his latest short film LE PIETRE NON VOLANO (2022) at the Solothurn Film Festival and previously received an honourable mention at the Short Film Festival in Winterthur. Merlini also works as an assistant director.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2022
- Le pietre non volano by Nikita Merlini
- 2021
- Rondinella by Nikita Merlini
- 2019
- L'ultima by Nikita Merlini
- 2019
- Shamanín by Nikita Merlini
Screenwriter
- 2021
- Rondinella by Nikita Merlini
- 2019
- Shamanín by Nikita Merlini
Cinematographer
- 2025
- Osteria all'undici by Filippo Demarchi
- 2019
- L'ultima by Nikita Merlini
- 2018
- La Caricia by Aurel Ganz
Editor
- 2022
- Le pietre non volano by Nikita Merlini
- 2019
- L'ultima by Nikita Merlini
Sound Editor
- 2019
- Il prezzo del biglietto by Mariama Baldé