Mirjam von Arx

Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Location Sound Mixer

Born in 1966 in Weinfelden, Switzerland. Studied journalism and worked for close to two decades as a writer for various magazines. In 1991, she moved to New York and started directing her first films. She founded ican films in 2002, through which she has produced several awardwinning theatrical documentaries, including VIRGIN TALES, finalist of the Maysles Brothers Award 2012. Her latest film THE SCENT OF FEAR (2021) won the Migros Culture Percentage Swiss Documentary film competition in 2017.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2021
The Scent of Fear by Mirjam von Arx
2014
Freifall – Eine Liebesgeschichte by Mirjam von Arx
2012
Virgin Tales by Mirjam von Arx
2010
Seed Warriors by Mirjam von Arx, Katharina von Flotow
2005
Building The Gherkin by Mirjam von Arx
2003
abXang by Mirjam von Arx
1997
Shooting Stars by Mirjam von Arx
1996
Tunnelmenschen by Mirjam von Arx

Screenwriter

2021
The Scent of Fear by Mirjam von Arx
2014
Freifall – Eine Liebesgeschichte by Mirjam von Arx
2012
Virgin Tales by Mirjam von Arx
2005
Building The Gherkin by Mirjam von Arx
2003
abXang by Mirjam von Arx

Producer

2024
Home is the Ocean by Livia Vonaesch
2021
The Scent of Fear by Mirjam von Arx
2017
Die Gentrifizierung bin ich. Beichte eines Finsterlings by Thomas Haemmerli
2015
Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel by Aya Domenig
2014
Freifall – Eine Liebesgeschichte by Mirjam von Arx
2012
Virgin Tales by Mirjam von Arx
2010
Seed Warriors by Mirjam von Arx, Katharina von Flotow
2007
Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche by Thomas Haemmerli
2005
Building The Gherkin by Mirjam von Arx

Location Sound Mixer

2010
Seed Warriors by Mirjam von Arx, Katharina von Flotow
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