Lydia Zimmermann

{{Infobox person

| name = Lydia Zimmermann

| birth_name = Lydia Martina Zimmermann Kuoni

| birth_place = Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|12|30|df=yes}}

| nationality = Spanish

| education = {{Flat list|

{{Ill|Centre d'Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya|es}} (1994)
University of Melbourne Faculty of VCA and MCM School of Film and Television (1996)}}

| occupation = {{Flat list|

Academic
Activist
Actress
Author
Businesswoman
Cinematographer
Director
Editor
Screenwriter}}

| employer = {{Flat list|

Artisan Films GmbH
Ciné Institute
Comicastros
Curtidas
Gebrüder Kuoni
European Film Actor School
Pompeu Fabra University
Ramuni Paniker Trust

}}

| movement = Late modernism

| spouse =

| yearsactive = 1989–

| notable_works = Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino (2002)

| known_for = Filmmaking

| style = Art film

| children = 1

| parents = {{Flat list|

{{Ill|Yves Zimmermann|ca}} {{small|(father)}}
Bignia Silvia Zimmermann-Kuoni {{small|(mother)}}}}

| awards = {{Flat list|

Best Director Award, St Kilda Short Film Festival, May 1995 (Wake)
Special Mention of the Jury Award, Girona Film Festival, October 1995 (Wake)
Best Film Award, Zinebi, December 1995 (Wake)
{{Ill|Ariel a mejor guion original|ca}}, Ariel Awards, April 2003 (Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino)}}

| website = [http://lydiazimmermann.com Lydia Zimmermann's Official Website]

}}

Lydia Martina Zimmermann Kuoni (born 30 December 1966) is a Spanish Catalan actress and film director.Aroca, María Victoria. «[http://smoda.elpais.com/placeres/lydia-zimmermann-sencillez-escogida Lydia Zimmermann, sencillez escogida]» ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120310045751/http://smoda.elpais.com/articulos/lydia-zimmermann-sencillez-escogida/705 Archive]). S Moda El País (in Spanish). 7 January 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2015. «los padres de Lydia –el diseñador gráfico {{Ill|Yves Zimmermann|ca}} y la diseñadora textil y antropóloga Bignia Kuoni,» «Actriz, nominada a los premios Gaudí por su papel en F, realizadora, guionista y directora,» «Presumida a su pesar, le gusta la sencillez. Los años vividos en Estados Unidos, Australia y Canadá la han acostumbrado a comprar en comercios de segunda mano,» and «Los padres de Lydia, ambos suizos, se conocieron en Estados Unidos y llegaron a Barcelona por motivos laborales.»

Biography

Lydia Zimmermann was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, the daughter of Swiss Yves Zimmermann, a graphic designer, and Bignia Silvia Zimmermann-Kuoni, an anthropologist and textile designer.

She studied film in VCA Melbourne, Australia, and has worked and filmed in Spain, Haiti, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Colombia and Switzerland.

In addition, Zimmermann has taught at the European Film Actor School, at the Pompeu Fabra University Communication Department as an Associate Professor offering directing and screenwriting courses and presenting the works during conferences held at the {{Ill|Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya|ca}}, as well as at the Ciné Institute in Jacmel, Haiti.{{cite web|url=http://cineinstitute.com/annual_report2012/annual-report2012-sm.pdf|title=Ciné Institute Annual Report 2012|publisher=Ciné Institute|access-date=4 March 2017}} {{cite web|url=http://cineinstitute.com/annual_report2011/CI-AnnualReport-2011-large.pdf|title=Ciné Institute Annual Report 2011|publisher=Ciné Institute|access-date=4 March 2017}} She is one of the founders of the Zürich-based film production company Artisan Films GmbH, the cultural verein Kunstruktur{{Cite web|url=https://kunstruktur.ch/|title=KUNSTRUKTUR}} and the Artists in Residency Curtidas.{{cite web | last=Ruperez | first=Ernest | title=home | website=CURTIDAS | date=2018-02-19 | url=https://curtidas.org/ }} She has studied under Jonathan Demme, Lindsay Kemp, and {{Ill|Cesc Gelabert|es}}, directed Sergi Belbel's {{Ill|Después de la lluvia|es}} and a stage adaptation of Sergio Cabrera's film The Strategy of the Snail for the theatre group Comicastros, and has a M.A. at Zurich University of the Arts.

Work

Zimmermann is probably best known for her directorial debut Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino (2002), codirected with Agustí Villaronga and Isaac Pierre Marcel Racine,Haddu, Miriam. Whodunit? In Search of the Real/Reel (and Imagined) Aro Tolbukhin in Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino. In {{cite book|last1=Haddu|first1=Miriam|last2=Page|first2=Joanna|title=Visual Synergies in Fiction and Documentary Film from Latin America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWHJAAAAQBAJ|accessdate=4 March 2017|date=8 June 2009|publisher=New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan Studies of the Americas, pp. 163–178|isbn=9780230622159}} {{cite AV media|url=http://cameo.es/cofre-agusti-villaronga-edicion-limitada-5-dvd.html|title=Cofre Agustí Villaronga|people=Agustí Villaronga|publisher=Cameo Media S.L.|accessdate=4 March 2017|format=DVD|date=22 September 2010|language=es}} in which she also had an uncredited cameo and for which she appeared, together with Racine and Villaronga, on {{Ill|Versión española|es}}, directed by Félix Piñuela and broadcast by Televisión Española, on 1 April 2005 and on Sala 33, directed by {{Ill|Àlex Gorina i Macià|ca}} and broadcast by TV3, on 18 December 2010.{{cite web|url=http://ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/sala-33/entrevista-als-codirectors-daro-tolbukhin-dins-la-ment-de-lassassi/video/3273890|title=Sala 33: Entrevista als codirectors d'Aro Tolbukhin, dins la ment de l'assassí|date=19 December 2010|website=TV3 a la carta|access-date=31 October 2015|language=ca}} She has also, among other activities, played the role of a caregiver in Agustí Villaronga's film Moon Child (1989), her acting debut, as well as the roles of a mourner in Antoni Aloy's 1999 film adaptation of the 1898 Henry James novella The Turn of the Screw titled Presence of Mind, a mother in Gemma Ventura's 2009 short film about Carl Jung The Jung Files and once again in the 2010 film {{Ill|Elisa K|ca}}, directed by Jordi Cadena i Casanovas and Judith Colell, in which she appears among the acknowledged, and of {{Ill|Ana de Pombo|es}} in Agustí Villaronga's 2013 television series Carta a Eva broadcast by La 1.{{cite web|url=http://rtve.es/alacarta/videos/carta-a-eva/carta-eva-capitulo-1/3345038|title=Carta a Eva: Capitulo 1|date=2 November 2015|website=RTVE a la carta|access-date=8 November 2015|language=es}} {{cite web|url=http://rtve.es/alacarta/videos/carta-a-eva/carta-eva-capitulo-2/3345197|title=Carta a Eva: Capitulo 2|date=2 November 2015|website=RTVE a la carta|access-date=8 November 2015|language=es}} She appeared on 27 November 2014 on the television program Àrtic broadcast by Betevé. She codirected with Agustí Villaronga a television documentary titled Fe about and broadcast by RTVE as part of the series 50 años de on 10 December 2009, and worked as a camera operator during the production of Mariano Barroso's 1994 film Mi hermano del alma and the 2011 film {{Ill|Barcelona, abans que el temps ho esborri|ca}} directed by {{Ill|Mireia Ros|es}}.{{cite web|url=http://rtve.es/alacarta/videos/50-anos-de/50-anos-fe/647115|title=50 años de: Fe|date=10 December 2009|website=RTVE a la carta|access-date=8 November 2015|language=es}}

Zimmermann's video art, dealing with topics ranging from Andrei Tarkovsky's 1966 film Andrei Rublev, Blanca Portillo's incarnation of Mary during a stage adaptation of Colm Tóibín 2012 novel The Testament of Mary directed by Agustí Villaronga, the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc, and fashion designer Jesús del Pozo to Théodore Géricault's 1818–1819 painting The Raft of the Medusa as well as his other work, a 2012 homage to Maria Mercè Marçal titled {{Ill|Ferida arrel: Maria-Mercè Marçal|ca}} and the personas of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and Robert Capa, supported by the {{Ill|Consell Nacional de la Cultura i de les Arts|ca}} and by Banco Sabadell, has appeared at the Centre d'Art Santa Mònica and at the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc. Two television films directed by her, La dona de gel (2003) and Perfecta pell (2005), were broadcast by RAI and TV3, and she has also written a screenplay based on Paul Auster's 1995 short story collection The Red Notebook titled Correspondencia. She was also listed in the acknowledgments in Antonio Chavarrías' film Volverás.

Reception

In April 2003, Zimmermann, together with Villaronga and Racine, won the {{Ill|Premi Ariel al millor guió original|ca}} and was nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Director at the Ariel Awards for Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino (2002). In January 2011, she was nominated for the {{Ill|Gaudí a la millor actriu secundària|ca}} at the Gaudí Awards for her role in Elisa K (2010), and, in September 2002, she was nominated for the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino (2002). She appeared during the televised ceremony broadcast by TV3 and titled {{Ill|Premis Gaudí de 2011|ca}}, directed by Joel Joan and Adrian Smith. A 1995 short film directed by her titled Wake also won the Best Director Award at the St Kilda Short Film Festival as well as the Best Film Award at the Zinebi and a Special Mention of the Jury Award at the Girona Film Festival.{{Cite web |last=Azad |first=Navid Nikkhah |date=2022-05-02 |title=Brussels Short Film Festival unveils 2022 award winners - DEED.NEWS |url=https://www.deed.news/2022/05/02/news/brussels-short-film-festival-2022-award-winners/3239/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |language=en-US}}

Bibliography

Agustí Villaronga, Lydia Zimmermann, e Isaac Pierre Racine. [http://google.com/books?id=oBkcAQAAIAAJ Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino: Guión cinematográfico], Colección Espiral, Colección dirigida por Jesús Robles, 23. Madrid: Ocho y Medio Libros de Cine, 2002, 128 páginas ({{ISBN|9788495839237}}). {{in lang|es}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lalibreradelsavoy.es/es/autor/racine-isaac-p/|title=Racine, Isaac Pierre|website=La Librera del Savoy|access-date=4 March 2017|language=es}}{{cite web|url=http://www.imosver.com/gl/autor/racine-isaac-p/|title=Racine, Isaac Pierre|website=Imosver|access-date=4 March 2017|language=es}}{{cite web|url=http://www.buscalibre.com.ar/libro-aro-ttolbukmin-en-la-mente-del-asesino/30336814/p/30336814|title=Aro Tolbukmin: En la mente del asesino|website=Buscalibre|access-date=4 March 2017|language=es}}{{cite web|url=http://data.bnf.fr/15900043/isaac-pierre_racine/|title=Isaac Pierre Racine|website=Data.bnf.fr|access-date=4 March 2017|language=fr}}{{cite web|url=http://viaf.org/viaf/44639161/|title=Racine, Isaac P.|website=OCLC Virtual International Authority File|access-date=4 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2003046713/|title=Racine, Isaac P.|website=WorldCat|access-date=4 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_dvd_14?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=Isaac-Pierre+Racine&search-alias=dvd|title=Isaac Pierre Racine|website=Amazon.com|access-date=4 March 2017|language=fr}}

References

External links

{{Official|http://lydiazimmermann.com }}
{{IMDb name|0956845}}
{{Rotten Tomatoes person|lydia_zimmermann}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160106230952/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2bbd3707a7 Lydia Zimmermann]'s British Film Institute Filmography
[http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/lydia-zimmermann/2082468/main Lydia Zimmermann] at Moviefone

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