benoît dietrich
cinematography
Trained in the creation of cinematographic images in fiction, I then developed versatility, moving more and more towards documentary images. I have always chosen a form and a method of image creation according to the reason for which I am making it. This showreel is a palette of my work and can be read both ways. I've built up my experience as a cinematographer, cameraman, camera assistant, electro and solo.
CV
photography
Landscapes
Curious moments
directing
Metal enveloppe
Short fiction flim, 15min, 2025
Post-production stage
XIVe century, alpine valley, Aelis, 13 years old is sent on an unexpected mission …
Looking for that theater thing
Documentary experiment, 20min, 2024
In Post Production
During summer 2021, a group wander throught west Switzerland, searching for many things with theater …
Butterfly hunting
Short film, 4 min., 2024
Post production stage
Co-directed with Vincent Annen
Three friends, one car, one ladder, one quest, one butterfly
The strong man
Short fiction film, 8 min, 2022
Christophe, 60 years old, is fired from an ornithology club. Affected, he is looking for help through a motivational CD. However, the birds will never leave his spirit, until he meets a human-sized chicken.
Marie & Larry
Short fiction film, 13min, 2020
A young couple in their thirties bored themselves from an already successful life. Lost, Marie develops a chaotic rage. Larry doesn't care for anything and the butler can't stop his routines.
about
Benoît Dietrich is a Swiss filmmaker who began his career in the applied arts at the age of 15. He then moved on to the theatre, before finally studying film in London. After a period in Paris, he returned to Switzerland to work freelance and launch the Abordage collective with other filmmakers.
As director, he is particularly fond of the diversity provided by the style of the absurd, which he uses to explore the boundaries of perception of reality. As a committed filmmaker, he likes to explore the theme of the human being and how it is perceived by others in society.
As a cinematographer, he likes to capture atypical humans, suspended moments and elements of nature that are difficult to access. Loving small teams and productions, both fiction and documentary, he supplements his skills with on-set work as a camera assistant or grip, always keen to create the strongest image from the elements given.
side projects
Co-founder en 2018
We create a cinema in between
what documentaries demand,
the possibilities of fiction
and collective curiosity.
Committee member since 2021
Founded in 2018, Fribourg Films is the umbrella association for film professionals in Fribourg. The original committee set up a directory packed with talent from the Fribourg region. Our current aim is:
- To become a facilitator for its members and their networking.
- To promote the canton of Fribourg as an essential film location.
- To be a privileged interlocutor with the authorities and politicians.
Co-founder in 2023
Studio Plein Format is an open space that brings together filmmakers Miguel Béchet, Henri Marbacher and Benoît Dietrich, as well as a multi-purpose studio for experimentation, photography, pre-production, casting and filming.
In this form since 2023, the space houses the associations Grimalkin, Abordage and Social Movies Production and host various filmmakers and artists.
admin : Place du Petit-Saint-Jean 27 - 1700 Fribourg - Suisse
studio : c/o La maison des artistes - Rue Jean-Prouvé 6 - 1762 Givisiez - Suisse
insta: @benoitdietrichfilms