Lisa Blatter

Lisa Blatter (1979) was born as the daughter of the author Silvio Blatter and the artist Mona Blatter in Heide (Germany) and grew up in Zurich. She attended High School in Stadelhofen and worked part-time as a journalist for TA-Media and Ringier. Again and again she spent several months on journeys. The roadtrips led her across the USA, to Japan and the Balkans.

She learned the craft of filmmaking at the school of art and design in Zürich where she studied from 2002 to 2008. The short films, SAD BOYS DANCE WHEN NO ONE‘S WATCHING and AFTERGLOW which were produced during her studies, were shown successfully at numerous festivals, the latter was also shown at the LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 2008. AFTERGLOW was nominated for the German Junior Award by First Steps in 2008.

In cooperation with Jan Gassmann and Julia Tal, she founded the production company 2:1 Film GmbH in 2010 where she now works as director and producer. Her first full length feature SKETCHES OF LOU was released at the Zürich Film Festival in september 2016 and and theatrically exploited in Switzerland in the spring 2017.