ROMED WYDER
Curriculum vitae long
born in 1967 in Brig - Suisse citizen
languages: german, french, english, (italien)
1981 - 1987
programmer and projectionist of Kino 35 (Brig, Switzerland)
1987
diploma in economics, Kollegium Spiritus Sanctus (Brig, Switzerland)
1987
responsable at Venetz Photo-Lab (Brig, Switzerland)
1987 - 1989
studies in physics, ETH (Zurich)
1987 - 1991
executive committee member of the cine-club Filmstelle VSETH (Zurich)
1989 - 1995
diploma in film and video, Ecole Superieure des Beaux Arts (Geneva)
1989 - 1995
projectionist at Fonction:Cinema (Geneva)
since 1989
executive committee member of Cinema Spoutnik (Geneva)
since 1993
executive committee member of Laïka Films (Geneva)
1993 - 2006
development and operation of a video to film transfer system
1995 - 1997
secretary of the Cinema Spoutnik (Geneva)
since 1999
executive committee member of the Swiss Filmmakers Association
2002 - 2011
member of the Federal Film Commission
2003
fondation of Paradigma Films SA
2005 - 2008
president of the Swiss Filmmakers Association
since 2005
executive committee member of the Forum romand
since 2002
vice president of REGIO Films
2008 - 2011
development and operation of an online widget generator
2011
vice president of the Federal Film Commission

Curriculum vitae short

Romed Wyder was born in Brig (Switzerland) in 1967. In 1995, he graduated with a degree from the cinema department of the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Geneva. He is an active member of Cinéma Spoutnik and founded Laika Films with five other filmmakers in 1993. Romed developed a tape to film system and works as a director and producer. Since 2002 he's been a member of the Federal Film Commission. He founded Paradigma Films SA in 2003. Between 2005 and 2008 he was the president of the Swiss Filmmakers Association. Recently, he developed an online widget generator.
Filmographie
1992
"November am Meer", 16mm, 5 min. (fiction)
Directed, written and produced by Romed Wyder
Coproduction: Laïka Films, Switzerland; Ecole Supérieure d’Art Visuel, Switzerland
Quality-prime of the State of Geneva
Festivals: Soleure, Nevers, Locarno, Leeds, Arnhem, Barcelona, Namur, Berlin, Wilhelmshaven
1995
"Squatters", 16mm, 70 min. (documentary)
Directed, written and produced by Romed Wyder
Coproduction: Laïka Films, Switzerland; Ecole Supérieure d’Art Visuel, Switzerland
Distribution in cine-clubs, Sold to TSR and to Planète Câble
Festivals: Genève, Nyon, Spiez
1996
"Excursion", 35mm, 21 min. (fiction)
Directed, written and produced by Romed Wyder
Coproduction: Laïka Films, Switzerland; Ecole Supérieure d’Art Visuel, Switzerland
FSDAV-Prime of the Sate of Geneva
Festivals: Locarno, Genève, Lodz, Trieste, Soleure, Trento, Diableres, Kiev
1997
"Ecran d'argile", 16mm, 53 min. (documentary)
Directed, written and produced by Romed Wyder and Maria Watzlawick
Coproduction: Laïka Films, Switzerland; Ecole Supérieure d’Art Visuel, Switzerland; Centre National de Production Cinématographique, Mali
Quality-prime of the State of Geneva, Study-prime of the DFI
Distribution in cine-clubs
Festivals: Nyon, Acadie, Zürich, Soleure, Manosque, Milano, Abidjan, Ouagadougou, Namur
1999
"Pas de télé, pas de café, pas de sexe", 35mm, 87 min. (fiction)
Directed and produced by Romed Wyder, written by Romed Wyder and Maria Watzlawick

Coproduction: Laïka Films, Switzerland; Télévision Suisse Romande, Switzerland;

Quality-prime of the State of Geneva, "Cannes-Junior-Price" at the Bratislava Festival, 2 nominations at the Swiss Film Price 2000
Cinema release in Switzerland (Agora Films), France (Boomerang Productions), Belgium (Eliza Films) and Germany (Neue Visionen Filmverleih), Other sales: Disques Office, Good Movies, Schweizer Fernsehen
Festivals: Locarno, Villefranche, Namur, Hof, Augsbourg, Soleure, Las Vegas, Alger, Vienne, Bratislava, Lyon, San Francisco, Valencia, Bourboule, Karlovy Varly, Port Townsend, Hambourg, Alexandria, Rome, Tachkent
2004
"Absolut", alias "Lücke im System" 35mm, 94 min. (fiction)
Directed and produced by Romed Wyder, written by Romed Wyder, Yves Mugny and Maria Watzlawick

Coproduction: Paradigma Films, Switzerland; Laïka Films, Switzerland; Télévision Suisse Romande, Switzerland; Almaz Film Productions, Switzerland

Nomination for best original screenplay at EBU in Berlin
Cinema release in Switzerland (Frenetic Films), Germany (Neue Visionen Filmverleih), Other sales: Moviemento, Good Movies, Teleclub, Schweizer Fernsehen, ZDF, Astro, Be-TV, R-Film, HBO Central Europe
Festivals: Locarno, Bangkok, Soleure, Saarbrücken, Rotterdam, Salerno, Washington, Seattle, Genève, Brooklyn, Shanghai, Sydney, Alpinale, Dubrovnik, Raindance, São Paulo, Leeds, Manille, Denver, Leipzig, Damas, Mar de Plata, Wien, Tiburon, Chisnau, Kiev, Sousse, Santiago, Stresa, Tel Aviv, Havana, Sétif, Singapore
2007 "Ménagerie intérieure", 35mm, 18 min. (fiction)
Directed by Nadège de Benoit-Luthy, written by Nadège de Benoit Luthy and Nicole Borgeat, produced by Romed Wyder

Coproduction: Paradigma Films, Switzerland; Laïka Films, Switzerland; Télévision Suisse Romande, Switzerland; Aurora Films, France

"Cinema e Gioventù" at Locarno Film Festival, "Prix européen des premiers films" at Images Vevey

Sales: France3, TV Man Union, Mediaset

Festivals: Vevey, Angers, Soleure, Locarno, Silhouette, CTE Genève, Ismir, Amiens, Bucarest, Sétif, St. Petersburg, Wien, Trieste