Kevin Merz

Né en 1978 en Suisse.
Entre 1998 et 1999 il a étudié la photo à l'Institut Italien de Photographie et le cinéma au Los Angeles Film School. Depuis 2005, il travaille comme cinéaste indépendant.
Il est le petit frère de l'acteur Suisse-Nigérian, Jarreth Merz (par son père, un célèbre médecin) qui lui vit à Los Angeles (USA).

Filmography/Filmographie
2001 Akwabaa / (short film/Court métrage)
2001 Felix in Berlin (short film/Court métrage)
2002 Der Konkurs / (short film/Court métrage)
2003 Rekrutenschule Schweiz / (documentary/documentaire)
2003 / Un viaggio a ginevra / (documentary/documentaire)
2004 Sankofa / (short film/Court métrage)
2005 Ghanaba / (documentary/documentaire)
2006 Shipwreck / (short film/Court métrage)
2008 Glorious Exit (documentary/documentaire)
2010 An African Election - codirected by Jarreth Merz (documentary/documentaire)

Born in 1978 in Switzerland.
1998-99 Studies photography at the Italian Institute of Photography and filmmaking at the Los Angeles Film School. Since 2005 works as independent filmmaker.

FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR

2007
"Glorious Exit", 75', documentary

2006
"Shipwreck" Director/DOP, Super 35mm, short film
An emotional landscape of a man abandoned in the desert.

2005
"Falling Stars" Director/DOP, HD/Super 16mm, short film
The dream of fame goes beyond death.

2005
"One Minute to Act a Title: Kim Jong II favorite movies" DOP, (artist Mario Garcia Torres), Super 16, video installation, Frieze Art Fair, Maison Rouge, Paris

2005
"100 %" DOP, (dir. Teresa Paoli) super 16 mm, short film
In a futuristic society people are only allowed to have relationships if their economic profile is 100% compatible. Turin Film Festival, Italy. Winner Eugenea Movie Movement Film Festival, Italy. Winner Corto Imola Film Festival, Italy. Winner Pratometraggi Film Festival, Italy

2005
"The Kiss" DOP, DV/PS Technics, short film
On an afternoon an onlooker usurps a young woman's blown kiss.
2005

"Ghanaba" Director/DOP, DV, documentary
A portrait of the divine drummer of Ghana. Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles. Pan African Film Festival, Denver. National Theatre Ghana.

2004
"Sankofa" Director/DOP, DV, short film
A young man comes to terms with his Ghanaian roots. Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland.

2003
"Un viaggio a Ginevra" Director/DOP, documentary
Two friends make a journey to escape drug addiction. Trieste Film Festival, Italy. San Gio' Film Festival, Italy.

2003
"Rekrutenschule Schweiz" Director/DOP, DV, documentary
A visual diary of a filmmaker's experience in the Swiss army.
Locarno international Film Festival, Switzerland.

2002
"Der Konkurs" Director/DOP, DV, short film
Two friends must face the crash of the new economy, the crash of their dreams and shattered families. Poetry Film Festival, Berlin.

2002
"Love" Director/DOP, video installation
A visual journey through Ghana II. GTA Theatre Company, Berlin.
2001 "Felix in Berlin" DOP, (dir. Jarreth Merz), DV, short film
A man travels through the subway system trying to find a plan?

- "Akwabaa" Director/DOP, DV, video installation
A visual journey through Ghana I, Gallery 64, Zurich.

EXPERIENCE
1999/2000 Assistant to Wolfgang Lindroos, DOP TV production, Zurich.
2000/2001 Internship Thoto Film production company, Berlin.
2002/2003 Assistant to Peter Fleischmann, Director/Producer, Babelsberg Studios, Berlin
2003/2004 Activity as independent filmmaker in Ghana
2006 Assistant to Ueli Steiger A.S.C (10'000 B.C) Warner Brothers

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1997/1999 Italian Institute of Photography, Milan
2004/2005 Los Angeles Film School
2006 Workshop at Gamma & Density, Los Angeles


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Geboren 1978. 1998-99 Istituto Italiano di Fotografia. Seit 2003 freiberuflicher Kameramann und Regisseur.