Giacun Caduff

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Giacun Caduff (born 1979) is a Swiss director and producer. Best known for his work on La femme et le TGV as producer, which earned him critical appraisal and recognition including Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017 [1] [2] with director Timo von Gunten. [3]

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Early life and education

He was born in Gempen, Solothurn in 1979. [4] Having made several short movies in school, [4] he moved to Los Angeles in the United States in 2001 to study film at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television from which he earned a M.A. in creative producing in 2008. [5] His graduation film Etienne!, played at several film festivals. [5]

Professional career

After having returned to Switzerland, he founded the Gässli Film Festival in Basel in 2009, [5] which he led until 2020. [6] In 2014 he directed the feature film 20 rules for Sylvie. [7] In 2016 he produced the movie La femme et le TGV for which he was nominated to the academy awards in 2017. [8] In June 2017, he was nominated to become one of the jurors for the Oscar nominations. [9]

Filmography

Awards

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  2. ↑ "Oscar Nominations 2017: The Complete List - 89th Academy Awards". Oscars.com. January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List". Vanity Fair. January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "SOKULTUR - Kantonales Kuratorium für Kulturförderung". sokultur.ch. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  5. 1 2 3 "Producers Marketplace". University of California, Los Angeles . 2017. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  6. ↑ Nüsseler, Hannes. "Gässli Film Festival - Ein frischer Wind fürs "Gässli": Marion Nyffenegger übernimmt von Giacun Caduff". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  7. 1 2 "20 Regeln für Sylvie". swissfilms (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  8. ↑ "La femme et le TGV". swissfilms (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  9. ↑ "Sieben neue Academy-Mitglieder - Die Schweiz hat bei der Vergabe der Oscars jetzt mehr zu sagen". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  10. 1 2 3 "Oscar-Nominated NYFA Alum Giacun Caduff Working on New Projects". New York Film Academy Blog. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
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