
Maria Brendle
Script Writer & Director
Tel.: +41 (0)78 632 72 71
About
Maria Brendle was born in Singen in 1983. Having passed her vocational
baccalaureate diploma, she studied graphic design and attended a film school
in Spain. In 2007 she worked for an advertising company. This was followed
by freelance commissions for advertising, TV as well as various film projects.
In 2013 she degreed as a Bachelor of Film Arts at the Zurich University of Arts.
Maria is now working as a filmmaker in Switzerland.
Maria Brendle ist 1983 in Singen (D) geboren. Sie studierte Grafikdesign und
arbeitete für Werbung, TV und für diverse Filmprojekte. 2008 ging sie in die
Schweiz, um an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Film zu studieren. 2013
schloss sie das Studium mit dem Bachelor of Arts in Film ab. Maria arbeitet seit
dem als Filmemacherin in der Schweiz.
Filmography
2013 Blinder Passagier / The Stowaway (Writer/Director)
20 min / HD/ Fiction
Awards:
BEST SCRIPT WRITER, Mobile SIFF, Shanghai International Film Festival (A listed)
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT, Adult Jury, Chicago International Children's Film Festival (Oscar qualifying)
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT, Children's Jury, Chicago International Children's Film Festival
ROYAL REEL 2014, Canada Intenational Film Festival
WINNER OF THE 3rd PRIZE, Ascona Film Festival
2013 Special Guest (Co-Writer/Co-Director)
5 min / HD / Fiction
Award: Swiss Hotel Film Award 2013
2012 Schwarze Trauer, Rote Lippen (Writer/Director)
7 min / HD / Fiction
2012 Meeresfrüchtchen (Writer/Director)
11 min / HD / Fiction
2011 Home.ch - Commercial (Co-Writer/Co-Director)
0:30 min / HD / Fiction
2009 Timeshift (Co-Writer/Co-Director)
4.30min / HD / Fiction
Award: Winner Hamilton Shortfilm Contest 2009
2009 Singen im Herbst (Writer/Director)
17 min / HD / Dok
2008 Puzzled (Co-Writer/Co-Director)
6 min / HD / Fiction
2008 Blickwinkel (Writer/Director)
3 min / SD / Dok
2007 Iss dich schön (Writer/Director)
3 min / SD / Fiction
2005 Zielsicher (Writer/Director)
3 min / SD / Fiction