Mauro Mueller is an independent Swiss-Mexican narrative

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. He won in the

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in 2013 Student Academy Awards , 40th (2013) , Winners: Mauro Mueller
/ref> and is member of the

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.New Members of the Academy
/ref> He is best known for directing the short films ''Ge.hen'nah'' in 2010, ''

A World for Raúl ''A World for Raúl'' ( es, Un mundo para Raúl) is a short drama film. The film's run time is 15 minutes. It was written and directed by Mauro Mueller, and produced by Laura Pino and Ivan Madeo. It won a Student Academy Awards in 2013. The fi ...

'' ( es, Un mundo para Raúl) in 2012, ''Fingerspiel'' in 2013, ''

Dear Chickens ''Dear Chickens'' is a short dramedy. The film's run time is 14 minutes. It was co-written and directed by Mauro Mueller, and produced by Björn Hering, Mauro Mueller, Tim Birkhofer and David Figueroa García, and co-produced by Rocio Lopez. The f ...

'' starring

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and

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in 2018 and producing the feature film ''Copenhagen'', the omnibus feature film ''A Quintet'', and the Mexican feature ''In Times of Rain''. He was the 2nd unit director on ''Awake'' and co-directed the 4th season of the Swiss mystery thriller ''Wilder''.

Life and career

Mauro Mueller was born and raised in Switzerland. In 2008, he moved to

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to study film directing and writing at

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. Mueller graduated from the film program when he received his master's degree with honors in 2013. While attending Columbia, he directed six award-winning short films: ''In for a surprise'' (2009), ''Ge.hen'nah'' (2010), ''Lee'' (2010), ''Santiago del otro lado'' (2011),

(2012) and ''Fingerspiel''. The films won a number of film festival awards including the

and the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award twice, a directing award that marked the early careers of

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, Robert Zemeckis and

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. 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

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with his feature-length script ''Fingerplay'', which was among 10 projects chosen to participate in the Script Station.''Berlinale Talent Campus 2012''
/ref> In 2013, Mauro was chosen as part of the Guadalajara Talent Campus in Guadalajara Mexico. The feature film ''Copenhagen'' won the Audience Award at Slamdance 2014 and the Grand Jury Prize at Florida Film Festival and Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa, Florida. It is a 2015 indie Netflix hit and sold to more than 90 countries. Mauro attended the 2016 Rotterdam Producer's Lab and received the prestigious Young Creators grant from the National Fund for Culture and Arts in Mexico. He further was part of Trans Atlantic Partners, Cannes Producer's Network and IFP Marcie Bloom Fellowship. In 2018, Mauro was invited to join the

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Awards

In 2012, Mauro has been nominated as one of ten finalists in the New Asian Force category at the Hong Kong Independent Film & Video Awards for his short film ''Ge.hen'nah''. ''

'' ( es, Un mundo para Raúl) (2012), Mauro's thesis short film at

graduate film program, starring Alexandré Barceló, Adrián Alonso,

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, Roberto Luis Meza, and Adriana Paz received numerous awards, including in the narrative category of the

2013, Best Student Short at Aspen Shortsfest, Best drama at New York Shortsfest, Upcoming Talent Awards at

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, among others. The film received a review by Hammer to Nail, a film review site focused on Truly Independent Film. *

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Golden Eagle Award for ''Ge.hen’nah'' (2010) and ''

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/ref> *Golden Horseman Award at Filmfest Dresden for ''

'' (2012) *Upcoming Talent Award at Solothurner Filmtage for ''

'' (2013)

Fidelio Films

Mauro Mueller is co-owner of the production company Fidelio Films, a

-based

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founded by

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David Figueroa García,

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, Mauro Mueller and Mauricio Leiva-Cock in 2010. All four of them met while studying at the MFA program in directing and screenwriting at

. The company has produced a number of acclaimed short films, winning twice in a row in the

with ''Under'' in 2012 and ''Un mundo para Raúl'' in 2013. In 2014, for the third time in a row, they had a short ''Perfidia'' in the regional final of the Student Academy Awards. Their first feature film ''

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'', featuring

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winner Frederikke Dahl Hansen,

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, and

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/ref> was theatrically released in North America in 2014. The company has offices in Los Angeles, Bogota, Mexico City and Zurich.

Filmography

* ''Wilder'' (2022, mystery crime TV series, co-director) * ''Awake'' (2021, sci-fi film, 2nd unit director) * ''

'' (2018, short film, director, writer, producer) * ''In Times of Rain'' (2018, feature film, producer) * ''A Quintet'' (2014, feature film, producer, director of New York segment) * ''Copenhagen'' (2014, feature film, producer) * ''Fingerspiel'' (2014, short film, director, writer) * ''

'' (2012, short film, director, writer, co-producer) * ''Santiago del otro lado'' (2011, short film, director, writer, producer) * ''Lee'' (2011, short film, director, writer) * ''Ge.hen'nah'' (2010, short film, director) * ''In for a Surprise'' (2009, short film, director)

References

External links

*
official website Fidelio Films Mauro Mueller
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