Directing
Valentin Merz
DE, FR, ES, XX cinema · 11 credits
Born
1 January 1985 (age 41)
Birthplace
Zurich, Switzerland
Also known as Valentin Merz Tanoren · Valentin Merz Tanören
Born in 1985 in Zurich, Switzerland, Valentin Merz moved to Mexico City in 2007 where he worked as a typographer and studied at Haute école d’art et de design in Geneva. DE NOCHE LOS GATOS SON PARDOS (2021) won the Cinegrell First Look Award at this year’s Locarno Festival for its complexity, playfulness and its innovative and challenging storytelling. A VULGAR ADVENTURE is his feature debut.
Known for
Filmography
A Vulgar Adventure
Actor, Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Chocolat amer
Dark Chocolate
Director, Writer
Mouths
Actor, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
At Night All the Cats Are Black
as Valentin Tanören, Screenplay, Producer, Director
Mi organillo
2023
Mi organillo
Director, Writer, Editor
The Navel
Producer
Unrest
as Factory Director Roulet
Brüder - Ein Familienfilm
2020
Brothers: A Family Film
Actor, Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
Dreaming Like Louis
Director, Writer
The Trial of Klara Wendel
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography