Jean-Stéphane Bron

Jean-Stéphane Bron (b. 1969, Lausanne, Switzerland) initially studied film in Italy at the film school headed by Ermanno Olmi, and then went on to study directing at ECAL (L'Ecole Cantonal d'Art de Lausanne), where he gained a diploma in 1995. He made his first feature-length documentary Connu de nos services, well received at the Locarno festival, in 1997. He continued making documentaries, filming three major projects, one of which, La bonne conduite (1999), won the "Special Vision" award presented by the New York Times. In 2004 he won the Swiss Film Prize as Best Documentarist. The comedy with its serious undertones My Brother Is Getting Married, whose script he co-wrote with his permanent editor Karine Sudan, is his feature film debut.

MFF Karlovy Vary