Elias Bötticher

Cinematographer, Editor, Director, Sound Designer, Screenwriter

Born in 1997 in Arlesheim, Switzerland. Nowadays a Zurich-based director and photographer, he worked for acteTM in Berlin, and in Basel for various commercial and documentary projects. Since 2020 he is a Bachelor in Film student at ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts) focusing on camerawork and directing. His work engages with sociopolitical and ecological inevitabilities. SCHLAFSAND (2024) premiered at IFFR in Rotterdam.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2026
A Memory of Something That Never Existed by Elias Bötticher
2024
Schlafsand by Elias Bötticher
2024
Silent Mode by Elias Bötticher
2022
Satellites by Simona Volpe, Elias Bötticher

Screenwriter

2026
A Memory of Something That Never Existed by Elias Bötticher
2024
Silent Mode by Elias Bötticher
2024
Schlafsand by Elias Bötticher

Cinematographer

2026
A Memory of Something That Never Existed by Elias Bötticher
2025
Passagères by Camille Briffod
2025
Mary by Nevin George
2025
Fiori d'aurora by Simona Volpe
2025
Forum by Simona Volpe
2025
Die schwarze Katze by Yves-Bernard Larboulette
2024
Schlafsand by Elias Bötticher
2024
Silent Mode by Elias Bötticher
2022
Satellites by Simona Volpe, Elias Bötticher

Editor

2026
A Memory of Something That Never Existed by Elias Bötticher
2024
Schlafsand by Elias Bötticher
2024
Silent Mode by Elias Bötticher
2022
Satellites by Simona Volpe, Elias Bötticher

Sound Designer

2026
A Memory of Something That Never Existed by Elias Bötticher
2024
Schlafsand by Elias Bötticher
2024
Silent Mode by Elias Bötticher
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