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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 |
| Children | 1 |
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Lydia Martina Zimmermann Kuoni (born December 30, 1966) is a talented Spanish film director and actress. She is known for her creative work in movies and her passion for storytelling.
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About Lydia Zimmermann
Lydia Zimmermann was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, a region in Spain. Her father, Yves Zimmermann, was a graphic designer from Switzerland. Her mother, Bignia Silvia Zimmermann-Kuoni, was an anthropologist and textile designer.
Education and Early Career
Lydia studied film in Melbourne, Australia, at the University of Melbourne. She has worked and filmed in many different countries. These include Spain, Haiti, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Colombia, and Switzerland.
Teaching and Other Projects
Besides making films, Lydia Zimmermann has also taught at several schools. She taught at the European Film Actor School. She was also an Associate Professor at Pompeu Fabra University. There, she taught directing and screenwriting. She also taught at the Ciné Institute in Jacmel, Haiti.
Lydia helped start Artisan Films GmbH, a film company in Zürich. She also helped create the cultural group Kunstruktur and the Artists in Residency Curtidas. She has a master's degree from Zurich University of the Arts.
Lydia Zimmermann's Creative Work
Lydia Zimmermann is well-known for her first movie as a director. It was called Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino (2002). She directed it with Agustí Villaronga and Isaac Pierre Marcel Racine. She also had a small, uncredited acting role in this film.
Acting Roles
Lydia has acted in several films and TV shows. Her first acting role was in Agustí Villaronga's film Moon Child (1989). She played a caregiver in that movie.
She also appeared in the 1999 film Presence of Mind. This movie was based on a story by Henry James. In 2009, she played a mother in the short film The Jung Files. She was also a mother again in the 2010 film Elisa K. In 2013, she played Ana de Pombo in the TV series Carta a Eva.
Directing and Camera Work
Lydia Zimmermann has directed other projects too. She co-directed a TV documentary called Fe with Agustí Villaronga. This documentary was shown on RTVE in 2009. She also worked as a camera operator for the film Mi hermano del alma (1994). She also worked on Barcelona, abans que el temps ho esborri (2011).
Video Art and Screenwriting
Lydia Zimmermann also creates video art. Her art explores many different ideas and artists. Her work has been shown at places like the Centre d'Art Santa Mònica.
She has also written screenplays. She wrote a screenplay called Correspondencia. It was based on a short story collection by Paul Auster called The Red Notebook. Two TV films she directed, La dona de gel (2003) and Perfecta pell (2005), were shown on TV.
See also
In Spanish: Lydia Zimmermann para niños
