Joël Louis Jent
Producer, Screenwriter, Director, Location Sound Mixer, Lighting Designer, Editor
- Website
- www.joeljent.com
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Born in 1983, grew up in Toggenburg (Switzerland). From 2004 to 2010 Joël Jent pursued a program of study in film, political science and social/economic history at University of Zurich. He then worked briefly as a journalist. Since 2003, Joël Jent has produced several short- and feature films, including films under his own direction. He produced the Award winning films "Baghdad in my Shadow" and 3D documentary "Iraqi Odyssey" as well as the short films "Bon Voyage" and "Facing Mecca" (Student Academy Award 2017). Joël Jent lectures at Zurich Art University and is a member of the European- as well as the Swiss Film Academy. He works as an independent screenwriter and filmmaker and is father to one son.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2020
- Eating the Silence by Joël Louis Jent, Ali Al-Fatlawi
- 2013
- Désamour by Joël Louis Jent
- 2009
- Vivre le piano by Joël Louis Jent
- 2008
- Frühlings erwachen by Joël Louis Jent
- 2007
- Im Lift by Joël Louis Jent
- 2006
- La paix blanche by Joël Louis Jent
- 2005
- Revolution ohne Nelken by Joël Louis Jent
Screenwriter
- 2026
- Rebelión de la memoria by Joël Louis Jent
- 2024
- Al Baseer – Der blinde Fährmann by Ali Al-Fatlawi
- 2020
- Eating the Silence by Joël Louis Jent, Ali Al-Fatlawi
- 2019
- Fensterlos by Samuel Flückiger
- 2013
- Désamour by Joël Louis Jent
- 2009
- Vivre le piano by Joël Louis Jent
Editor
- 2009
- Vivre le piano by Joël Louis Jent
Producer
- 2020
- The Saint of the Impossible by Marc Wilkins
- 2020
- Radiograph of a Family by Firouzeh Khosrovani
- 2019
- Baghdad in my Shadow by Samir
- 2019
- Fensterlos by Samuel Flückiger
- 2019
- Shalom Allah by David Vogel
- 2017
- Facing Mecca by Jan-Eric Mack
- 2016
- Bon voyage by Marc Wilkins
- 2015
- Nachtlicht by Samuel Flückiger
- 2014
- Iraqi Odyssey by Samir
- 2014
- 2 Francos 40 Pesetas by Carlos Iglesias
- 2013
- Désamour by Joël Louis Jent
- 2010
- Kings Of The Gambia by David Vogel
- 2009
- Vivre le piano by Joël Louis Jent
Lighting Designer
- 2009
- Vivre le piano by Joël Louis Jent
Location Sound Mixer
- 2009
- Vivre le piano by Joël Louis Jent