Lionel Rupp

Born in Switzerland in 1983, Lionel has directed several shorts
(Poisson, Eskapop and La Forêt) that were shown in international film
festivals and garnered several prizes as well before finishing film school
(HEAD, Geneva) in 2011.
Since then he has worked with artists, stage directors, playwrights and musicians
on different interdisciplinary projects. He collaborates with the other
members of Zooscope on individual or collective projects since its creation in
2008. In 2012 he co-directed his first feature film Quai Ouest with his brother,
Adrien Rupp. In 2015 he co-directed the feature film Heimatland, which was
selected for the international competition at Locarno Film Festival.