Short biography
Roman Jenni, born in Zurich in 1962, began an apprenticeship as a decoration designer in a small studio after his regular school years. Already there he was enthusiastic about moving images. He bought a Super 8 camera with his first apprenticeship and shot small stop-motion films.
The choice of career was a stroke of luck, which gave his creative ideas a lot of freedom. When he started a family at the age of 30, he dared to make a completely new start and switched to the social sector, in which he still works today. After graduation and various further training courses, he worked in various institutions with children and young people in difficult circumstances. In workshops, he made small films with them in VHS to convey their interest in the moving images with pleasure and wit.
Today he works with adult people on the margins of society. His unbroken interest in film led him to attend various courses at the EB Zurich in computer graphics and animation. Until in 2017 he accidentally discovered a course with Urs Bühler on screenwriting, which fascinated him incredibly.
Short Film Screenplays:
«Fahrt in die Nacht» (2018)
«Way Down» (2018)
«Sonne und Schatten» (Sizilianische Novellen, Luigi Pirandello) (2018/2019)
«Das ist das Ende» (2022)
Exposee Participation in the Treatment Competition of Zurich Filmfestival 2018 «Die Wandlung»
Participation in the Treatment Competition of Zurich Filmfestival 2019 «35»
Participation in the Treatment Competition of Zurich Filmfestival 2020 «Zwiespalt»
Screenplay Screenplay «35» Drama for a feature film (96 Pages) (2022)