Jean de Meuron
Jean de Meuron | |
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 Jean de Meuron at the 89th Academy Awards | |
| Born | November 29, 1985 Basel, Switzerland |
| Education | The New School |
| Occupations | Writer, Director, Producer |
Jean de Meuron (born November 29, 1985) is a Swiss writer, director and producer. He is best known for writing, directing and producing Edge of Space, which gathered widespread entertainment industry recognition, received multiple awards, top honors and prizes at international film festivals, and was Shortlisted in the Best Live Action Short Film category for the 97th Academy Awards in 2024.
De Meuron and his team won a total of 6 Telly Awards, honoring excellence in video and television across all screens since 1979, for Edge of Space at The 46th Annual Telly Awards, including Gold for Craft-Directing, General-Science & Technology, Craft-Videography & Cinematography and Craft-Drone & Aerial Cinematography, as well as Silver for General-History and Craft-Use of Archival Footage. He is also known for producing the critically acclaimed La femme et le TGV that got several accolades at major film festivals around the world and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017, as well as the viral Megan (2018 film) for which de Meuron won a Silver Telly Award at The 40th Telly Awards (Online: General-Viral). Before his filmmaking career, de Meuron worked for internationally renowned writer, director and producer Roland Emmerich at Centropolis Entertainment, contributing as part of the creative team to Tides (film) and Moonfall (film). In 2019, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a member.
Early life and education
De Meuron was born in Basel, Switzerland as the son of architect Pierre de Meuron, co-founder of the prestigious global firm Herzog & de Meuron. He is an alumnus of the New York Film Academy (NYFA), USC School of Cinematic Arts and UCLA Extension. In 2016, he graduated from The New School, New York with a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts – Film & Media Studies.
Work
Acting as Manager Industry at the Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland, de Meuron is in charge of co-curating and co-organizing the Zurich Summit conference with ZFF Festival Director & Co-Owner, Reta Guetg.
Filmography
Short Film
| Year | Film | Functioned as | Notes |
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| Director | Producer | Writer | ||||
| 2016 | La femme et le TGV | No | Executive | No | ||
| 2017 | The Suitcase | No | Executive | No | ||
| Blood Brothers | No | Yes | No | |||
| 2018 | Megan (2018 film) | No | Yes | Story | ||
| Child of the Earth | No | Executive | No | |||
| 2019 | First Contact | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2021 | Atom | No | Executive | No | ||
| 2024 | Edge of Space | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2026 | Pigeons | No | Executive | No | ||
Documentary
| Year | Film | Functioned as | Notes |
Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Writer | ||||
| 2012 | CINEMAsuisse: Marc Forster | No | Associate | No | ||