Jacques Kieffer
Rerecorder, Sound Designer, Sound Editor, Location Sound Mixer, Location Sound Mixer
He was born in Luxembourg City in 1985. He discovered music as a passion at an early age and took music lessons at the conservatory in Luxembourg. He completed his sound engineer training at the ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts) in Switzerland in 2010. There he gained his first experience with film soundtracks. Since 2013, he has worked as a freelance sound mixer, sound designer and dialogue editor for documentaries and feature films. In 2014, he completed his master's degree in sound engineering at the ZHdK. In 2016, he received the Academy's special award for the sound mixing of ABOVE AND BELOW.
Filmography
(a selection)
Location Sound Mixer
- 2023
- The Driven Ones by Piet Baumgartner
- 2022
- ERICA JONG Breaking the Wall by Kaspar Kasics
- 2021
- Wild – Jäger und Sammler by Mario Theus
- 2020
- Apenas el sol by Arami Ullón
- 2019
- Shalom Allah by David Vogel
- 2018
- Das Jesus Comeback by Lorenz Suter, Bigna Tomschin
Rerecorder
- 2025
- Sie glauben an Engel, Herr Drowak? by Nicolas Steiner
- 2024
- Citron et myrtille à la chasse au soleil by Louis Rebetez
- 2024
- Norma Dorma by Lorenz Suter
- 2024
- Von Kindern und Bäumen – Ein Jahr in der Waldschule by Natalie Pfister
- 2024
- Jakobs Ross by Katalin Gödrös
- 2024
- Bergfahrt by Dominique Margot
- 2024
- When we Were Sisters by Lisa Brühlmann
- 2024
- Avant il n'y avait rien by Yvann Yagchi
- 2024
- Al Baseer – Der blinde Fährmann by Ali Al-Fatlawi
- 2023
- KRÄHEN – Nature Is Watching Us by Martin Schilt
- 2023
- Die Nachbarn von oben by Sabine Boss
- 2023
- 8 Tage im August by Samuel Perriard
- 2023
- While the Green Grass Grows (Part 1 & 6) by Peter Mettler
- 2023
- Wir waren Kumpel by Christian Johannes Koch, Jonas Matauschek
- 2023
- Early Birds by Michael Steiner
- 2022
- Die goldenen Jahre by Barbara Kulcsar
- 2022
- Sur le pont by Samuel Guillaume, Frédéric Guillaume
- 2022
- 99 Moons by Jan Gassmann
- 2022
- Lost in Paradise by Fiona Ziegler
- 2022
- Girl Gang by Susanne Regina Meures
- 2021
- Wild – Jäger und Sammler by Mario Theus
- 2021
- Wet Sand by Elene Naveriani
- 2021
- Monday um Zehn by Mareille Klein
- 2021
- Und morgen seid ihr tot by Michael Steiner
- 2020
- Spagat by Christian Johannes Koch
- 2020
- Paul Nizon Der Nagel im Kopf by Christoph Kühn
- 2020
- Zoom sur le cirque by Dominique Margot
- 2020
- Miraggio by Nina Stefanka
- 2020
- Wanda, mein Wunder by Bettina Oberli
- 2020
- Saudi Runaway by Susanne Regina Meures
- 2020
- Schwesterlein by Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
- 2019
- Gateways to New York – Othmar H. Ammann and His Bridges by Martin Witz
- 2019
- Ayaneh by Nicolas Greinacher
- 2019
- Bruno Manser – Die Stimme des Regenwaldes by Niklaus Hilber
- 2018
- Wer hat eigentlich die Liebe erfunden? by Kerstin Polte
- 2018
- Le sens de la marche by Jela Hasler
- 2018
- Becoming Animal by Emma Davie, Peter Mettler
- 2018
- Architektur der Unendlichkeit by Christoph Schaub
- 2018
- Der Klang der Stimme by Bernard Weber
- 2017
- Strangers by Lorenz Suter
- 2017
- Flitzer by Peter Luisi
- 2017
- Willkommen in der Schweiz by Sabine Gisiger
- 2016
- Raving Iran by Susanne Regina Meures
- 2016
- Marija by Michael Koch
- 2016
- Lady by Jennifer Heinen
- 2016
- Looking Like My Mother by Dominique Margot
- 2016
- Analysis Paralysis by Anete Melece
- 2016
- La femme et le TGV by Timo von Gunten
- 2016
- Alafia by Jan Baumgartner
- 2015
- Rider Jack by This Lüscher
- 2015
- Above And Below by Nicolas Steiner
- 2014
- Zu Ende Leben by Rebecca Panian
- 2014
- Viktoria – A Tale Of Grace And Greed by Men Lareida
- 2014
- Tauchä by Dominik Locher
- 2014
- Schweizer Helden by Peter Luisi
- 2014
- Nocturne by David F. Geiser
- 2013
- Tempo Girl by Dominik Locher
- 2013
- Ma Na Sapna by Valerie Blankenbyl
- 2011
- Unter Wasser atmen by Stefan Muggli, Andri Hinnen
Location Sound Mixer
- 2018
- Der Klang der Stimme by Bernard Weber
- 2018
- Becoming Animal by Emma Davie, Peter Mettler
- 2018
- Architektur der Unendlichkeit by Christoph Schaub
- 2017
- Strangers by Lorenz Suter
- 2017
- Goliath by Dominik Locher
- 2016
- Looking Like My Mother by Dominique Margot
- 2016
- La femme et le TGV by Timo von Gunten
- 2015
- Yes No Maybe by Kaspar Kasics
- 2015
- Between by Flo Linus Baumann
- 2014
- Schweizer Helden by Peter Luisi
- 2014
- Die Hose by Karin Vogel
- 2013
- Tapeten by Bigna Tomschin
- 2013
- Tempo Girl by Dominik Locher
Sound Editor
- 2022
- Die goldenen Jahre by Barbara Kulcsar
- 2021
- Imago by Remy Blaser
- 2021
- Und morgen seid ihr tot by Michael Steiner
- 2019
- Sousaphone by Flo Linus Baumann
- 2019
- Bruno Manser – Die Stimme des Regenwaldes by Niklaus Hilber
- 2018
- Le sens de la marche by Jela Hasler
- 2018
- Becoming Animal by Emma Davie, Peter Mettler
- 2017
- Strangers by Lorenz Suter
- 2017
- Goliath by Dominik Locher
- 2017
- Double Sentence by Léa Pool
- 2017
- Flitzer by Peter Luisi
- 2016
- Lady by Jennifer Heinen
- 2016
- La femme et le TGV by Timo von Gunten
- 2015
- Between by Flo Linus Baumann
- 2014
- Schweizer Helden by Peter Luisi
- 2013
- Tempo Girl by Dominik Locher
- 2013
- Ma Na Sapna by Valerie Blankenbyl
- 2011
- Unter Wasser atmen by Stefan Muggli, Andri Hinnen
Sound Designer
- 2023
- La gravidité by Jela Hasler
- 2023
- Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wüste by Margarethe von Trotta
- 2022
- Don't Worry About India by Nama Filmcollective
- 2021
- Monday um Zehn by Mareille Klein
- 2021
- The Bubble by Valerie Blankenbyl
- 2021
- Wild – Jäger und Sammler by Mario Theus
- 2020
- Paul Nizon Der Nagel im Kopf by Christoph Kühn
- 2020
- Mata Ne by Christina Sayaka Kerber
- 2020
- The Saint of the Impossible by Marc Wilkins
- 2019
- Al-Shafaq – When Heaven Divides by Esen Isik
- 2019
- Ayaneh by Nicolas Greinacher
- 2018
- Le sens de la marche by Jela Hasler
- 2018
- Der Klang der Stimme by Bernard Weber
- 2018
- Becoming Animal by Emma Davie, Peter Mettler
- 2017
- Strangers by Lorenz Suter
- 2017
- Goliath by Dominik Locher
- 2017
- Flitzer by Peter Luisi
- 2016
- Lady by Jennifer Heinen
- 2016
- Raving Iran by Susanne Regina Meures
- 2016
- La femme et le TGV by Timo von Gunten
- 2014
- Zu Ende Leben by Rebecca Panian
- 2014
- Viktoria – A Tale Of Grace And Greed by Men Lareida
- 2014
- Schweizer Helden by Peter Luisi
- 2014
- Nocturne by David F. Geiser
- 2013
- Tempo Girl by Dominik Locher
- 2013
- Ma Na Sapna by Valerie Blankenbyl
Awards
(a selection)
- 2021
- Genève, Swiss Film Award 2021, Swiss Film Award, Best Sound (Nomination) in Schwesterlein
- 2024
- Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2024, Best Sound (Nomination) in Bergfahrt