Joël Louis Jent

Born in 1983, grew up in Toggenburg (Switzerland). From 2004 to 2010 Joël Jent pursued a program of study in film, political science, philosophy 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. Since 2003, Joël Jent has produced several short- and feature films, including films under his own direction. He produced Samir's Award winning films "Baghdad in my Shadow" and 3D feature documentary "Iraqi Odyssey" as well as the 2017 and 2018 Academy Awards® live-action shortlisted films "Bon Voyage" and "Facing Mecca" (Student Academy Award winner 2017). In 2014 "Stanislavski and Film" - his first book was published in German. In 2016 the European Film Promotion EFP selected Joël Jent as Switzerlands «Producer on the Move» at Festival de Cannes 2016. Joël Jent lectures at Zurich Art University and is a member of the European- as well as the Swiss Film Academy.