Julian M. Grünthal
Director, Author, Cinematographer
I was born in 1981 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany and
I live in the Swiss town of Tamins.
EDUCATION
2026 Education course in Cultural History & CAS Cultural Management ZHAW Winterthur
2014/15 Prague Film School - majoring in Camera, Screenwriting & Film Directing
2005 Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Acting, ZhdK (Zurich Arts School)
2000 German Abitur
AWARDS
2022 Sabotage is nomitated for Best film, Best screenplay (J.M.Grünthal),
Best actor (Christoph Oswald), Best actress (Tizia Florence)
at Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest
2020 To the Sea wins jury prize at the Ourense Festival
2020 Juror Marc Forster awards Hakuna Matata best Musicvideo at Graubünden Music Award
2020 Werkbeitrag (contribution award for production) City of Chur
2016 Polder wins Zinema Zombie Festival Bogota
2016 Polder wins Best Film, Best Directing, Best Script, Best FX, Best Female Actress, Best
Male Actor at Nocturna Festival Madrid
2016 Big City Fever (Dir.Karoline Vielemeyer, Camera: Julian Grünthal) wins "Best
Student Film" at Long Beach Indie Festival
2016 Swiss National Theatre Award with the group 400ASA
2015 Polder wins Méliès d'Argent Filmfestival Trieste for Best European Fantastic Film
2015 Graduation Prague Film School "with honours"
2011 Bern Filmprize as director for the feature „Mary&Johnny“
2011 Premio theatre-directing-prize best young director for „Nico's Love“
2007 Stipendium of the culture centre Nairs (Switzerland) as author
2005 Oprecht Prize as best actor, diploma Theatre School Zurich
NEWS
WYLD in Cinemas & at Solothurner Filmtage. I had the pleasure to contribute as Co-Director and Cinematographer.
Check out the Reviews
Check out the new Website of our Theatre-Production Group
OUT NOW! - THE LOYAL FATHER, which I had the honor to direct and be the DOP.
Check out the Website of our International Poetry and Singer-Songwriter Project Air&Skin
SABOTAGE celebrated it's world Premiere at the Show me Shorts Filmfestival in New Zealand.
TO THE SEA won the JURY PRIZE at Ourense Festival - after a festival run that included the World Premiere at the International Short Film Festival Winterthur, the International Premiere at the Alcine Festival Madrid, the Solothurner Filmtage & Max Ophyls Preis Saarbrücken.
Now we decided to put it out there for free. Watch the entire film here.
PIZ PALÜ, a theatre play written by Meret Hottinger and me, celebrated it's world premiere in Chur - after the audioplay-version could be heard in Kunsthaus Zürich last year. What a joy it was, being on stage again for once.
The marionette-shortfilm for children "The journey of little Mo" (Presence Production Gmbh) screens at Children Short Film Festival London, Providence Children’s Film Festival, Moscow international Children’s film Festival and at Goldener Spatz Erfurt!
HAKUNA MATATA wins Best Music Video at Graubünden Music Award. Great thanks to Marc Forster, who was the jury.
The Science Fiction Film POLDER is now on Playsuisse! Directed by S.Schwarz and J.M.Grünthal.