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Joël Jent

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Director
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Born in 1983, grew up in Toggenburg (Switzerland). From 2004 to 2010 Joël Jent pursued a program of study in film, political science and social/economic history at University of Zurich, which he completed in 2010 with a Master of Arts degree. He then worked briefly as a journalist and secondary school teacher. Since 2003, Joël Jent has written and produced several short- and feature films, including films under his own direction. He produced the Award winning films "Baghdad in my Shadow" and "Iraqi Odyssey" as well as the live-action short films "Bon Voyage" and "Facing Mecca" (Student Academy Award, 2017). Joël Jent lectures at Zurich Art University and is a member of the European- as well as the Swiss Film Academy. He lives in Zurich and works as an independent screenwriter and filmmaker.
BornJanuary 14, 1983
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    • Awards
      • 22 wins & 11 nominations total

    Known for

    Manfred Liechti in Eating the Silence (2021)
    Eating the Silence
    7.6
    Short
    • Writer(as Joël Louis Jent)
    • 2021
    Vivre le piano (2009)
    Vivre le piano
    8.8
    • Producer(as Joël Louis Jent)
    • 2009
    Désamour (2013)
    Désamour
    8.5
    Short
    • Writer(as Joël Louis Jent)
    • 2013
    Bon Voyage (2016)
    Bon Voyage
    7.0
    Short
    • Producer(as Joël Louis Jent)
    • 2016

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    • Traces of Responsibility (2024)
      Traces of Responsibility
      • development producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2024
    • Fabio Troiano and Iazua Larios in Peripheric Love (2023)
      Peripheric Love
      6.3
      • development producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2023
    • Radiograph of a Family (2020)
      Radiograph of a Family
      7.4
      • co-producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2020
    • Marcelo Durand Castro, Adriano Durand Castro, and Tara Thaller in The Saint of the Impossible (2020)
      The Saint of the Impossible
      7.0
      • producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2020
    • Sarah Spale in Fensterlos (2019)
      Fensterlos
      6.6
      Short
      • producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2019
    • Shalom Allah (2019)
      Shalom Allah
      6.8
      • producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2019
    • Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
      Baghdad in My Shadow
      6.8
      • producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2019
    • Jay Abdo in Facing Mecca (2017)
      Facing Mecca
      7.2
      Short
      • producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2017
    • Bon Voyage (2016)
      Bon Voyage
      7.0
      Short
      • producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2016
    • Offshore - Elmer und das Bankgeheimnis (2016)
      Offshore - Elmer und das Bankgeheimnis
      6.7
      • development producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2016
    • Eliess Rölli in Nachtlicht (2015)
      Nachtlicht
      8.2
      Short
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Iraqi Odyssey (2014)
      Iraqi Odyssey
      7.4
      • executive producer
      • producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2014
    • Isabel Blanco, Nieve de Medina, Javier Gutiérrez, Carlos Iglesias, Ángela del Salto, and Aldo Sebastianelli in 2 Francs, 40 Pesetas (2014)
      2 Francs, 40 Pesetas
      5.7
      • executive producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2014
    • Kings of the Gambia (2010)
      Kings of the Gambia
      8.5
      • producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2010
    • Vivre le piano (2009)
      Vivre le piano
      8.8
      • producer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2009

    Writer



    • The Blind Ferryman
      • co-author (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • Post-production



    • Manfred Liechti in Eating the Silence (2021)
      Eating the Silence
      7.6
      Short
      • Writer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2021
    • Sarah Spale in Fensterlos (2019)
      Fensterlos
      6.6
      Short
      • Writer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2019
    • Désamour (2013)
      Désamour
      8.5
      Short
      • writer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2013
    • Kings of the Gambia (2010)
      Kings of the Gambia
      8.5
      • Writer (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2010
    • Vivre le piano (2009)
      Vivre le piano
      8.8
      • written by (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2009

    Director



    • Manfred Liechti in Eating the Silence (2021)
      Eating the Silence
      7.6
      Short
      • Director (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2021
    • Désamour (2013)
      Désamour
      8.5
      Short
      • Director (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2013
    • Vivre le piano (2009)
      Vivre le piano
      8.8
      • Director (as Joël Louis Jent)
      • 2009

    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    • Alternative name
      • Joël Louis Jent
    • Born
      • January 14, 1983
    • Other works
      Book: "Stanislawski and Film". Saarbrücken: AV Akademikerverlag. ISBN 3639641760

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      • Male
    • Pronouns
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