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MICHAEL BELTRAMI

Producer and Director, Switzerland

MICHAEL BELTRAMI
He made his first film at the age of 9, using a Super8. He started shooJng his first film, BELA?, as a student, and he finished it in 1984. The film was screened at several European film fesJvals, including the 33rd Mannheim FesJval, where it was received as a true surprise. For two years he worked as assistant director, primarily with the Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi. In 1990 he graduated from UCLA with a degree in film direcJng. He directed and produced OUR HOLLYWOOD EDUCATION, which won the Swiss Film Centre Award for best feature at 1992 Swiss Film Days in Solewa. From 1991 to 1992 he worked as producJon director for several independent American and European films shot in LA. For five years (1993-1997) he was the director of the Pardi di domani secJon of the Locarno IFF. He has been a collaborator of the Swiss TV since 1993, realising numerous documentaries. With his own producJon company E-MOTION FILMS he has developed and realised numerous feature and documentary projects.