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Born in 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland. Over the course of his distinguished career, he has produced and financed more than 100 auteur films, including the 2017 Swiss Oscar entry MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI.
- Maps to The Stars – David Cronenberg
- Aquarius – Dir. Kleber Mendonca Filho
- Zama – Dir. Lucrecia Martel
- Elle – Dir. Paul Verhoeven
- Toni Erdmann – Dir. Maren Ade
There’s as much to love as there is to disdain about this pulpy Hollywood nightmare from Cronenberg. As far as Los Angeles soap operas go, Maps to the Stars could have been better served with a tighter edit as it labors to be as much of a cultural parody as it is a supernatural thriller (this would make a great double feature with Zoe Cassavetes’ D...
For his sophomore effort, Brazilian director crafts an intriguing character study around a brazen Sonia Braga in what is possibly the most magnificent role of her career with Aquarius. Breaking out in 2012 with his feature debut Neighboring Sounds, which focused on a neighborhood in Recife with intersecting narratives of several residents, he disti...
Narratively speaking, Zama feels related to plenty of similarly themed desperate scenarios centered on government officials struggling to escape from a culture they’re charged with suppressing. Whether it’s the Portuguese soldiers in the recent Conrad adaptation An Outpost of Progress(2016) or even this year’s Joaquim from Marcelo Gomes, which deli...
Arriving with a knotty snarl of perverse commentary, Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven proves he’s lost none of the daring which marked his early works in his latest feature, Elle, an adaptation of a novel by Philippe Djian (Betty Blue; Love is the Perfect Crime). Headlined by the inimitable Isabelle Huppert, the vehicle once again proves her to be a lea...
Comedic films coming out of Germany, at least those nabbing international acclaim and/or distribution, are few and far between. And although one could describe director Maren Ade’s lovely third film, Toni Erdmannin such terms as novelty, it’s also much more complex and elegant than what such a label connotes. Spectacularly engrossing and emotionall...
Michel Merkt discography and songs: Music profile for Michel Merkt, born 19 November 1972.
Aug 7, 2017 · One of the remarkable things about Swiss producer Michel Merkt (“Elle” “Acquarius”), the Locarno Festival’s Raimondo Rezzonico Prize winner for independent producer of the year ...
Feb 17, 2017 · Producer Michel Merkt is known as “the man in the shadows” in his native Switzerland thanks to the low profile he likes to keep.
Producer: Bacurau. Michel Merkt was born on 19 November 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a producer, known for Bacurau (2019), Elle (2016) and Toni Erdmann (2016).
SAÏD BEN SAÏD and MICHEL MERKT present a film by PAUL VERHOEVEN starring ISABELLE HUPPERT, LAURENT LAFITTE from the comédie-française, ANNE CONSIGNY, CHARLES BERLING, VIRGINIE EFIRA, JUDITH MAGRE, CHRISTIAN BERKEL, JONAS BLOQUET, ALICE ISAAZ and VIMALA PONS screenplay by DAVID BIRKE based on the novel “oh…” by PHILIPPE DJIAN
