Manuel Karel Seiler

Cinematographer, Lighting Designer, Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Editor

Born in 1996 in Basel, Switzerland. In 2019, he began studying film at ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts), specialising in cinematography. In 2022, he spent an exchange semester at FAMU (Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts) in Prague. His Bachelor's degree film ZIMNÍ MONOLOGY (2024) premiered at the Kurzfilmtagen Winterthur and won the Young Talent Award at the Solothurner Filmtagen. He works as a freelance cinematographer and director.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2026
Threads of a Veil by Diana Köpplová, Manuel Karel Seiler
2024
Cherry You by Manuel Karel Seiler, Tina Muffler
2024
Zimní monology by Manuel Karel Seiler

Screenwriter

2026
Threads of a Veil by Diana Köpplová, Manuel Karel Seiler
2024
Cherry You by Manuel Karel Seiler, Tina Muffler
2024
Zimní monology by Manuel Karel Seiler

Cinematographer

2026
Talion by Micha Straub
2026
Threads of a Veil by Diana Köpplová, Manuel Karel Seiler
2025
Three Nights Until Tomorrow by Flavio Araujo
2025
Reef by Reef by Samuel Perriard
2025
Maya und das Imperfekt by Dominic Curseri
2024
Fahrt in die Ferien by Stella Mach
2024
1:10 by Sinan Taner

Editor

2024
Cherry You by Manuel Karel Seiler, Tina Muffler
2024
Zimní monology by Manuel Karel Seiler

Producer

2026
Threads of a Veil by Diana Köpplová, Manuel Karel Seiler
2024
Cherry You by Manuel Karel Seiler, Tina Muffler
2024
Zimní monology by Manuel Karel Seiler

Lighting Designer

2023
Sehen wir uns morgen? by Edgar Gomes Ferreira
2021
Phlegm by Jan-David Bolt
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