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Lydia Zimmermann
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Lydia Martina Zimmermann Kuoni
30 December 1966 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
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| Years active | 1989– |
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| Known for | Filmmaking |
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Notable work
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Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino (2002) |
| Style | Art film |
| Movement | Late modernism |
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Lydia Martina Zimmermann Kuoni (born 30 December 1966) is a talented Spanish Catalan artist. She is well-known as an actress and a film director.
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About Lydia Zimmermann
Lydia Zimmermann was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, which is a region in Spain. Her father, Yves Zimmermann, was Swiss and worked as a graphic designer. Her mother, Bignia Silvia Zimmermann-Kuoni, was an anthropologist and textile designer.
Lydia studied film in Melbourne, Australia. She has worked on movies and filmed in many different countries. These include Spain, Haiti, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Colombia, and Switzerland.
Lydia as a Teacher
Lydia Zimmermann has also shared her knowledge by teaching. She taught at the European Film Actor School. She was also a professor at the Pompeu Fabra University. There, she taught courses on directing and screenwriting. She also taught at the Ciné Institute in Jacmel, Haiti.
Starting Companies
Lydia is one of the people who started Artisan Films GmbH. This is a film production company located in Zürich, Switzerland. She also helped create a cultural group called Kunstruktur. Another group she co-founded is Artists in Residency Curtidas.
Her Work in Film
Lydia Zimmermann is most famous for her first movie as a director. It was called Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino (2002). She directed this film with Agustí Villaronga and Isaac Pierre Marcel Racine. She even had a small, uncredited acting role in it.
Acting Roles
Besides directing, Lydia has acted in several films. Her first acting role was in Agustí Villaronga's film Moon Child (1989). She also appeared in Presence of Mind (1999) and Elisa K (2010). In 2013, she played the role of Ana de Pombo in the TV series Carta a Eva.
Other Film Projects
Lydia Zimmermann has worked on many other film projects. She co-directed a TV documentary called Fe with Agustí Villaronga. This documentary was shown on RTVE. She also worked as a camera operator for films like Mi hermano del alma (1994).
Video Art and Screenwriting
Lydia also creates video art. Her art explores many interesting ideas and artists. She has shown her video art at places like the Centre d'Art Santa Mònica. She also wrote a screenplay called Correspondencia. This script was based on a short story collection by Paul Auster.
Awards and Recognition
Lydia Zimmermann has received several awards for her work.
- She won the Best Director Award at the St Kilda Short Film Festival in 1995 for her film Wake.
- Wake also received a Special Mention of the Jury Award at the Girona Film Festival.
- It won the Best Film Award at Zinebi in 1995.
- In 2003, she won an Ariel Award for Best Original Screenplay for Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino.
See also
In Spanish: Lydia Zimmermann para niños
