Simon Jaquemet
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Simon Jaquemet | |
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| Born | 1978 (age 47–48)[1] |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter |
Simon Jaquemet (born 1978) is a Swiss filmmaker and AI artist.[1]
Jaquemet was born in Zurich and was raised on a farm near Basel. He studied filmmaking at Zurich University of the Arts.[2]
Career
After directing a series of short films, Jaquemet's feature debut, the teenage drama film War, premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2014.[3] War won the Max Ophüls Award for Best Feature Film and was nominated for Best Feature at the 2015 Swiss Film Awards.[4][5]
Jaquemet's second feature film The Innocent, starring Judith Hofmann as a neuroscience researcher who struggles to reconcile her devout Christian faith with her employer's radical experiments on primates, premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] The film garnered Jaquemet a nomination in the Best Screenplay category at the 2019 Swiss Film Awards.[1]
In 2024, Jaquemet's science fiction thriller film Electric Child was selected to premiere at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.[7]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Ref. |
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| 2014 | War (Chrieg) | [3] |
| 2018 | The Innocent (Der Unschuldige) | [6] |
| 2024 | Electric Child | [7] |