Villi Hermann

Villi Hermann was born in 1941 in Lucerne. He began making films in the late sixties, with films between documentary and fiction, informed by a constant social concern, which Cannes, Venice, Moscow and Berlin later showed. In 1981, he founded his production company in Lugano, at first for his own films, then to support young Ticino filmmakers, and he is credited with part of the rise of Italian-language Swiss cinema. He lives in Lugano, and Swiss cinema presented him with its honorary award in March 2026.

In the catalogue 1

• Feature filmSan GottardoVilli Hermann · 1977Cinema