Lionel Baier (born 13 December 1975 in

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...

) is a Swiss film director.

Career

Lionel Baier studied Art at University of Lausanne from 1995–98. In 2009, he co-founds the production company Bande à Part films, together with

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and Frédéric Mermoud. Several of his films have been nominated for or awarded with the Swiss Film Award: ''Émile de 1 à 5'' was nominated in the Best Short Film category in 2012, ''Comme des voleurs'' was nominated for Best Feature Film in 2007, as was ''Longwave'' (''Les grandes Ondes (à L'ouest'')) in 2014 and '' Vanity (La vanité)'' in 2016; the latter two were also nominated for the Best Screenplay award, which Baier co-wrote with Julien Boussioux. For their performance in ''Vanity'', actor Patrick Lapp was awarded the prize for best male lead, as well as Ivan Georgiev for best supporting actor. His films have been screened at various prestigious festivals: ''Vanity'' premiered at the 2015

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in the ACID section, and later screened in the Piazza Grande at the Locarno Film Festival. In 2018, ''

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: First Name: Mathieu'' (Ondes de choc – Prénom: Mathieu) was released, as part of the loose TV crime series ''Shock Waves (Ondes de choc)'', based on true stories. The film premiered at the

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in 2018. His latest feature film, ''Continental Drift (South) (La dérive des continents (au Sud))'', has premiere in the

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section at

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in 2022. Besides his work as a director and screenwriter, he teaches at

École cantonale d'art de Lausanne The École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL) is a university of art and design located in the Renens suburb of Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded in 1821 and is affiliated with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerla ...

(ÉCAL) in Lausanne, which's film department he chaired from 2002–21.

Filmography (selection)

* 2000: ''Celui au pasteur'' * 2002: ''La Parade (notre histoire)'' * 2004: '' Stupid Boy (Garçon stupide)'' * 2006: ''Comme des voleurs'' * 2008: ''Un autre homme'' * 2011: ''La faute à Rousseau (co-directed)'' * 2012: ''Émile de 1 à 5 (short film)'' * 2013: '' Longwave (Les grandes ondes (à l'Ouest))'' * 2015: '' Vanity (La vanité)'' * 2018: ''

: First Name: Mathieu (Ondes de choc – Prénom: Mathieu)'' * 2022: ''

Continental Drift (South) ''Continental Drift (South)'' (french: La dérive des continents (au sud)) is a 2022 Swiss-French comedy-drama film written by Lionel Baier and Laurent Larivière, directed by Baier and starring Isabelle Carré and Théodore Pellerin. Cast * ...

(La dérive des continents (au Sud))''

Theatre

;Director * 2022: : ''Foucault en Californie'', based on the book by Simeon Wade, , Lausanne.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baier, Lionel 1976 births Living people Swiss film directors People from Lausanne