Nicolas Wadimoff was born in 1964 in Geneva and is a Swiss director, documentary filmmaker and producer. He is the cofounder of Etat d’Urgences, an association managing the cultural centre USINE in Geneve. He has been a guitar player in a rock band, touring around Europe. In 1988 he graduated from UQAM (Université du Québec a Montreal) in communications with a specialization in cinema.
Nicolas made his first documentary in 1990. He worked as a film director at Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) and founded Akka Films, devoted to the development of fiction films and production of documentaries.
He has directed more than 20 films, both fiction and documentaries, among them the multi awarded CLANDESTINS (1997), AISHEEN, STILL ALIVE IN GAZA (2010), OPERATION LIBERTAD (2012), SPARTIATES (2014), JEAN ZIEGLER, THE OPTIMISM OF WILLPOWER (2016) and THE APOLLO OF GAZA (2018) which have been shown at major international film festivals such as Berlinale, Festival del film Locarno, Canne’s Director’s Fortnight, etc.
Filmography
- 2018 The Apollo of Gaza (L’Apollon de Gaza)
- 2016 Jean Ziegler – The Optimism of Willpower ( Jean Ziegler – l’optimisme de la volonté)
- 2014 Spartans (Spartiates)
- 2014 Crime Hunters (Chasseurs de crimes)
- 2012 Opération Libertad
- 2010 Aisheen, Still alive in Gaza (Aisheen, Chroniques de Gaza)
- 2007 Toutes les télés du monde
- 2007 Les mystères de Monte Sana
- 2007 Israël-Palestine, Deux peuples, deux états pour une paix
- 2005 L’accord
- 2005 Last Supper
- 2003 Alinghi – The Inside Story
- 2002 Kadogo, l’enfant soldat
- 2000 15, rue des Bains
- 2000 Mondialito
- 1998 Nuit et jour la télé…
- 1997 Stowaways (Clandestins)
- 1996 Cyber-Guerilla
- 1995 Quand on allait voir Carlos
- 1994 Silence, on développe
- 1993 Le temps des clandestins
- 1992 Les Gants d’Or d’Akka
- 1991 Le bol
- 1990 Arménie-Jerusalem
- 1989 Yehudi Arabi Yemeni
- 1987 Ouskestekaché
- 1986 Trachéotomie
- 1984 Johnny Kichenin, poids moyen