Valentin Merz

Directing · b. 1985 · Zurich, Switzerland

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

3.3

Dreaming Like Louis

2020 · Director

2.0

The Trial of Klara Wendel

2018 · Director

5.0

At Night All the Cats Are Black

2023 · Director

Mouths

2024 · Director

Directed

Mouths

2024 · Director

Mi organillo

2023 · Director

5.0

At Night All the Cats Are Black

2023 · Director

Brothers: A Family Film

2020 · Director

3.3

Dreaming Like Louis

2020 · Director

2.0

The Trial of Klara Wendel

2018 · Director

Acting

Mouths

2024

5.0

At Night All the Cats Are Black

2023 · Valentin Tanören

6.5

Unrest

2022 · Factory Director Roulet

5.0

Gotta Fabricate Your Own Gifts

2021

Brothers: A Family Film

2020

In development

A Vulgar Adventure

Dark Chocolate

Director