Jean de Meuron
Jean de Meuron | |
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 Jean de Meuron at the 89th Academy Awards | |
| Born | November 29, 1985 Basel, Switzerland |
| Alma mater | The New School |
| Occupation(s) | 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.[1][2][3]
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.[4] 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,[5][6] 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).[7][8] 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).[9] In 2019, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a member.[10]
Early life and education
[edit]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 alumni of the New York Film Academy (NYFA),[11] USC School of Cinematic Arts[12][13] and UCLA Extension.[14] In 2016, he graduated from The New School, New York with a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts – Film & Media Studies.[15]
Filmography
[edit]Short Film
| Year | Film | Functioned as | Notes |
Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Writer | ||||
| 2016 | La femme et le TGV | No | Executive | No | [16] | |
| 2017 | The Suitcase | No | Executive | No | [17] | |
| Blood Brothers | No | Yes | No | |||
| 2018 | Megan (2018 film) | No | Yes | Story | [18][19] | |
| Child of the Earth | No | Executive | No | [20] | ||
| 2019 | First Contact | Yes | Yes | Yes | [21] | |
| 2021 | Atom | No | Executive | No | [22] | |
| 2024 | Edge of Space | Yes | Yes | Yes | [23][24] | |
Documentary
| Year | Film | Functioned as | Notes |
Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Writer | ||||
| 2012 | CINEMAsuisse: Marc Forster | No | Associate | No | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "'Edge Of Space' Short Film About USAF Test Pilot Turns Heads In Hollywood; Watch First Trailer". Deadline. December 6, 2024.
- ^ "Oscars Live Action Short Film: Projects Backed By Mindy Kaling, Colin Farrell & Zoe Saldaña Land On Shortlist". Deadline. December 17, 2024.
- ^ "97TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED". press.oscars.org. December 17, 2024.
- ^ "2025 – The Telly Awards". The Telly Awards.
- ^ "Jane Birkin's Comeback: Why She Chose Oscar-Nominated Short 'La Femme et le TGV' As Her Final Film". IndieWire. February 16, 2017.
- ^ "Film Review: '2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action'". Variety. February 24, 2017.
- ^ "'Cloverfield': Unofficial Short Film About Never-Before-Seen '10 Cloverfield Lane' Character Goes Viral — Watch". IndieWire. August 3, 2018.
- ^ "2019 – The Telly Awards". The Telly Awards.
- ^ "Jean de Meuron - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Academy Invites 842 New Members". The Hollywood Reporter. July 1, 2019.
- ^ "NYFA Alumni - Jean de Meuron". New York Film Academy.
- ^ "SCA Family Stories: Jean de Meuron". USC Cinematic Arts. February 13, 2017.
- ^ "USC alum builds buzz for his Oscar-nominated film". USC Today. February 17, 2017.
- ^ "Oscars 2017: Alum brings short film to nomination through marketing know-how". Daily Bruin. February 24, 2017.
- ^ "Jean de Meuron". SWISS FILMS.
- ^ "Jane Birkin to Get Locarno Film Fest Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. July 14, 2016.
- ^ "The Suitcase". Palm Springs International ShortFest.
- ^ "Gradient Effects Unveils Sci-Fi Short to Test 8K". The Hollywood Reporter. July 16, 2018.
- ^ "Unofficial Cloverfield short from Hollywood VFX guru expands the mystery box". Entertainment Weekly. August 3, 2018.
- ^ "Child of the Earth". Claudio Fäh.
- ^ "First Contact". YouTube.
- ^ "CAA Signs Emerging Filmmaker Brandon Caruso, Watch Sci-Fi Short Being Adapted Into Feature". Deadline. November 16, 2021.
- ^ "'Edge of Space' director Jean de Meuron on his X-15 film and having 'the right stuff' (exclusive)". Space.com. October 20, 2024.
- ^ "'Edge of Space': Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video)". Space.com. December 17, 2024.