Biographie
Carlo S. Hintermann is an Italian-Swiss filmmaker and producer. After studying classical percussion and Film History in Italy, he pursued film directing in the US, where he directed several shorts and worked as a second unit director and coordinator. Alongside Luciano Barcaroli, Gerardo Panichi, and Daniele Villa, he began his documentary filmmaking career with Rosy-fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (Venice Film Festival, 2002). He continued with Chatzer: Inside Jewish Venice (Turin Film Festival, 2004) and The Dark Side of the Sun (Rome International Film Festival, Extra - Jury Special Mention prize Enel Cuore, 2011), blending animation and live-action. He also directed the animated short H2O (Annecy Animated Film Festival, 2007). Hintermann produced and directed the Italian Unit of Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life (Palm d'Or at Cannes Film Festival, 2011), strengthening his collaboration with Malick. In 2013, he directed a TV spot for Rare Disease Day in partnership with Annie Lennox and the Eurythmics, followed by directing the 2015 campaign spot. His fantasy film The Book of Vision, executive produced by Terrence Malick, premiered at Venice Film Critics Week during the 2020 Venice Film Festival and went on to compete at festivals such as Sitges, Pingyao, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal, and Warsaw Film Festival (opening film).
As a producer with his associate Gerardo Panichi, Hintermann has co-produced numerous films, documentaries, and shorts including Tsili by Amos Gitai (Venice Film Festival, 2014), Rabin: The Last Day by Amos Gitai (Venice Film Festival, 2015), Mountain by Amir Naderi (Venice Film Festival - Glory to the Filmmaker Award, 2016), Dal Ritorno by Giovanni Cioni, and Rhinoceros by Kevin Jerome Everson. Hintermann is also a musician, composer, and film critic. Together with Luciano Barcaroli and Daniele Villa, he has written and edited several books on film: Addio terraferma: Ioseliani secondo Ioseliani (Ubulibri, 1999); Una storia vera - The Straight Story (Ubulibri, 2000); Il cinema nero di Takeshi Kitano: Sonatine - Hana-Bi - Brother (Ubulibri, 2001); Scorsese secondo Scorsese (Ubulibri, 2003); and Terrence Malick: Rehearsing the Unexpected (Faber & Faber, 2015).
