Karim Patwa (born August 13, 1968) is a

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and

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. He gained international attention especially through his film ''

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'', which won three prizes at the Max Ophüls Festival 2015 and the NDR-directing prize, and was also nominated for the

Swiss Film Award The ''Swiss Film Award'' (formerly ''Swiss Film Prize'', also called ''Quartz'') (french: Prix du cinéma suisse, german: Schweizer Filmpreis, it, Premio del cinema svizzero, rm, Premi dal film svizzer) is the national film award of Switzerland, ...

2015.

Life and career

Karim Patwa grew up in

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. After school he did an apprenticeship as an electrical mechanic, at the same time he attended evening classes in photography at the Biel School of Design. Then he worked from 1989 to 1991 as a press photographer at the

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. From 1992 to 1996 Karim Patwa studied at the Lucerne School of Art and Design and graduated with the diploma of the faculty of video. Since then he has worked as a freelance film director and screenwriter. His creations include music videos, commercials and short films.

Filmography

Feature Film

* 2015: ''

Video

* 2004: ''Karim Patwa's Spaceship''

Shorts

* 1996: ''ON-OFF'' * 1997: ''Unglaublich aber war'' * 1999: ''Der AV-Werkstattsupporter'' * 2002: ''Heartcore'' * 2007: ''High Above Ground'' * 2007: ''Die Chronomanen'' * 2008: ''Brüder''

Music Videos

* ADO – ''All tomorrows birthday partys'' *

Züri West Züri West ( Swiss German for ''Zürich West'') is a Swiss rock band. Most of their songs are written in Bernese German. The band's name is an ironic reference to Bern, the capital of Switzerland, as merely a place west of Zürich, the largest ...

– ''One more blues'' * Salmonella Q – ''Kill the DJ''

External links

Official website
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Karim Patwa
at the Swiss Films website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patwa, Karim 1968 births Living people Swiss film directors British film directors Swiss screenwriters Male screenwriters British screenwriters German-language film directors