Valentin Merz
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1985 (age 41)
Birthplace
Zurich, Switzerland
Biography
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.
Best known work
Unrest
2022
Dreaming Like Louis
2020
At Night All the Cats Are Black
2023
The Trial of Klara Wendel
2018
Gotta Fabricate Your Own Gifts
2021
A Vulgar Adventure
Mouths
2024
Brothers: A Family Film
2020Mi organillo
2023
The Navel
2023Filmography
TBA
A Vulgar AdventureEditor, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
TBA
Dark ChocolateDirector, Writer
2024
MouthsDirector, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
2023
The NavelProducer
2023
At Night All the Cats Are Blackas Valentin Tanören, Screenplay, Producer, Director
2023
Mi organilloEditor, Writer, Director
2022
Unrestas Factory Director Roulet
2021
2020
Dreaming Like LouisDirector, Writer
2020
Brothers: A Family FilmProducer, Director, Editor, Screenplay
2018
The Trial of Klara WendelScreenplay, Editor, Director, Director of Photography