Dominik Locher Screenwriter and Director

Portrait - Dominik Locher

Filmography

2020 

NEUMATT

Screenplay for 1 Episode
TV Series Company Zodiac Pictures Broadcaster SRF

2017 

GOLIATH

Screenplay and Director
Cinema Company Catpics AG, ZHdK Distributor Wide World premiere International Competition at the 70. Locarno Film Festival

2012 

TEMPO GIRL

Screenplay and Director
Cinema Company Hugofilm, ZHdK Distributor Spot On Distribution World premiere Hofer Filmtage

Theater

2019 

KIDS OF NO NATION

Writer and Director
Theater am Neumarkt, Zürich

2018 

HATE

Writer and Director
Fabriktheater Zürich

2017 

TITANIC

Writer and Director
Bernhard Theater, Zürich

2016 

EIN GESPENST GEHT UM IN EUROPA

Writer and Director
Theater Winkelwiese

2015 

CHARLES BRONSON BIN ICH

Co-Writer and Director
Fabriktheater Zürich

2014 

VOICES FROM BEYOND THE DARK

Diretor with Miriam Walther Kohn
Kunst(Zeug) Haus Rapperswil

2013 

FRÄULEIN JULIE

Director
Theater Bonn

2012 

ANGELINA UND DER MILLIONEN-DOLLAR-HENGST

Writer and Director
Zürcher Theater Spektakel

In development

 

WENN WIR WÖLFE WÄREN

Creator, Headwriter and Director
TV Series Company DCM Film Broadcaster SRF

FAMILY

Screenplay with Honeylyn Joy Alipio and Director
Cinema Company Close Up Films

Awards

2017 

GOLIATH

Detroits Trinity International Film Festival Award Best Screenplay
Västerås Film Festival Award Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best International Film
Mérida International Film Festival Award Best Film
Lincoln Indie Film Festival Award Best Film
Collateral 102 Torino Cinefest Award Best Film
Queen Palm International Film Festival Award Best Film, Best Director

2013 

TEMPO GIRL

Harlem International Film Festival Award Best Director
Cinequest San José Film Festival Award Global Vision Award
Long Island International Film Expo Award Best Foreign Language Film

Biography

As the eldest son of a bricklayer and a caregiver, Dominik Locher (1982) grew up in the Swiss Alps. After various jobs as a construction worker, circus animator and tabloid journalist, Dominik made his passion his purpose in life. Since 2013 he has directed numerous plays and two feature films. His second feature GOLIATH screened in the 2017 “Concorso Internationale” of the Locarno Film Festival and won numerous awards. His main focus is currently on social dramas with a genre touch.

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