Karim Patwa (born August 13, 1968) is a Swiss-English film director and screenwriter. He gained international attention especially through his film Drift, which won three prizes at the Max Ophüls Festival 2015[1][2] and the NDR-directing prize,[3] and was also nominated for the Swiss Film Award 2015.[4]

Karim Patwa
Karim Patwa at the Max Ophüls Film Festival 2015
Born	Karim Patwa (1968-08-13) August 13, 1968 (age 54) London, England
Nationality	Swiss, British
Education	Institute of Applied Arts, Schule für Gestaltung
Known for	Film
Notable work	Drift

Life and career

Karim Patwa grew up in Orpund. After school he did an apprenticeship as an electrical mechanic, at the same time he attended evening classes in photography at the Biel School of Design. Then he worked from 1989 to 1991 as a press photographer at the Bieler Tagblatt.[5] From 1992 to 1996 Karim Patwa studied at the Lucerne School of Art and Design and graduated with the diploma of the faculty of video.[2] Since then he has worked as a freelance film director and screenwriter. His creations include music videos, commercials and short films.

Filmography

Feature Film

• 2015: Drift

Video

• 2004: Karim Patwa's Spaceship

Shorts

• 1996: ON-OFF
• 1997: Unglaublich aber war
• 1999: Der AV-Werkstattsupporter
• 2002: Heartcore
• 2007: High Above Ground
• 2007: Die Chronomanen
• 2008: Brüder

Music Videos

• ADO – All tomorrows birthday partys
• Züri West – One more blues
• Salmonella Q – Kill the DJ

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karim Patwa.

• Official website
• Karim Patwa at IMDb
• Karim Patwa at the Swiss Films website

References

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