Jonas Schaffter

Director, Producer, Location Sound Mixer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor, Location Sound Mixer, Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Rerecorder

Born in 1988 in Metzerlen, Switzerland. 2007-08 Attends preparatory course in design at SfG (Schule für Gestaltung) Basel. 2009-13 Attends HGK (Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst), Basel. 2011-12 Studies Photography at Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul. 2013 BA in Visual Communication from HGK Basel. 2013-16 Works at point de vue in Basel. He graduated with a Master in Film from the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) in 2020. ARADA is his diploma film.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2022
FUTURA! by Youssef Youssef, Laura Morales, Elisa Gómez Alvarez, Basil Da Cunha, Sean Wirz, Jonas Schaffter, Wendy Pillonel, Milly Miljkovic, Maria Kaur Bedi, Agnese Làposi
2022
Flurin by Jonas Schaffter
2020
24 Stunden Grenze by Jonas Schaffter, Max Carlo Kohal
2015
Offside Istanbul by Jonas Schaffter
2014
Claramatte – Frühjahr 2013 by Jonas Schaffter

Screenwriter

2020
Arada by Jonas Schaffter
2015
Offside Istanbul by Jonas Schaffter
2014
Claramatte – Frühjahr 2013 by Jonas Schaffter

Cinematographer

2022
Flurin by Jonas Schaffter
2015
Offside Istanbul by Jonas Schaffter
2014
Claramatte – Frühjahr 2013 by Jonas Schaffter

Editor

2015
Offside Istanbul by Jonas Schaffter
2014
Claramatte – Frühjahr 2013 by Jonas Schaffter

Location Sound Mixer

2022
Flurin by Jonas Schaffter
2021
Bewegung im Stillstand by Lea Fröhlicher

Producer

2025
Fitting in by Fabienne Steiner
2024
Missing Time by Simon Jäggi
2015
Offside Istanbul by Jonas Schaffter

Rerecorder

2014
Claramatte – Frühjahr 2013 by Jonas Schaffter

Location Sound Mixer

2020
Arada by Jonas Schaffter
2015
Offside Istanbul by Jonas Schaffter
2014
Claramatte – Frühjahr 2013 by Jonas Schaffter

Sound Editor

2014
Claramatte – Frühjahr 2013 by Jonas Schaffter

Sound Designer

2014
Claramatte – Frühjahr 2013 by Jonas Schaffter
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