Ivo Zen

Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Editor

Copyright: Vito Zen

Born in 1970 in Santa Maria, Val Müstair, Switzerland. 1992-96 Studies architecture at the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich). 2003 Receives degree from ESBA (École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Geneva), film and video department. 2004 Founds Alva Film. Since 2008 lecturer for documentary film at HEAD – Genève (Haute école d'art et de design) Geneva. Two-time recipient of an artistic grant by the canton of Grisons. Since 2018 board member of the Swiss Filmmakers Association ARF/FDS.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2026
Chess Behind Bars by Ivo Zen
2020
Suot tschêl blau by Ivo Zen
2016
Zaunkönig – Tagebuch einer Freundschaft by Ivo Zen
2010
Films d'amaturs – Amaturs da films by Ivo Zen
2009
Maurus, Nadia, Flurina by Ivo Zen
2004
Pizzet by Ivo Zen
2002
Pirmin by Ivo Zen
2001
Frédéric by Ivo Zen
2000
Sterki-li by Ivo Zen

Screenwriter

2026
Chess Behind Bars by Ivo Zen
2023
Security by Mischa Hedinger
2020
Suot tschêl blau by Ivo Zen
2016
Zaunkönig – Tagebuch einer Freundschaft by Ivo Zen
2009
Maurus, Nadia, Flurina by Ivo Zen
2004
Pizzet by Ivo Zen

Editor

2004
Pizzet by Ivo Zen

Producer

2020
Nossa Chasa by Manuela Steiner
2020
Suot tschêl blau by Ivo Zen
2009
Maurus, Nadia, Flurina by Ivo Zen
2004
Pizzet by Ivo Zen
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