Mauro Mueller | |
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Born | Switzerland |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 2009–present |
Notable work | Copenhagen |
Mauro Mueller is an independent narrative filmmaker. He won in the Student Academy Awards in 2013. He is best known for directing the short films Ge.hen'nah in 2010, A World for Raúl (Spanish: Un mundo para Raúl) in 2012, Fingerspiel in 2013 and producing the feature film Copenhagen in 2013 and the omnibus feature film A Quintet.
Mauro Mueller was born in Switzerland. In 2008, he moved to New York City to study film directing and writing at Columbia University. Mueller graduated from the film program when he received his Master’s degree with honors in 2013.
While attending Columbia, he directed six short films: In for a surprise (2009), Ge.hen'nah (2010), Lee (2010), Santiago del otro lado (2011) and A World for Raúl (2012) and Fingerspiel. The films won a number of film festival awards including the Student Academy Awards and the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award twice, a directing award that marked the early careers of Steven Spielberg, Mike Nichols, Robert Zemeckis and Ken Burns.
Mauro was also part of the Masterclass Atelier Paris-Ludwigsburg at La Femis in 2011, a post-graduate program which is tailored around European co-production/distribution.
In 2012 Mauro was selected as at the Talent Campus of Berlin Film Festival with his feature-length script Fingerplay, which was among 10 projects chosen to participate in the Script Station. In 2013, Mauro was chosen as part of the Guadalajara Talent Campus in Guadalajara Mexico. He is a recipient of the IFP Marcie Bloom Fellowship in Film.