Xavier Grin – producteur
Né à Paris. Etudes en Arts visuels et cinéma. Diplômé de la HEAD-Genève. Xavier Grin débute comme directeur de production et travaille sur plus de 50 long-métrages avec des cinéastes comme Godard, Kieslowski, Reusser, Tanner, Goretta, Mocky, Chabrol, Pawlikovski, ou encore le chorégraphe Jean-Claude Galotta. Participe ensuite à l’éclosion de nouveaux cinéastes suisses, supervisant des films de Sabina Boss, Denis Rabaglia, Romed Wyder, Rolando Colla, Bettina Oberli, Petra Volpe.
Fonde en 2000 P.S. Productions, devient producteur exécutif et crée la commission du film Filmlocation Riviera pour mieux accueillir les productions étrangères en région. A partir de 2006, il développe ses propres projets et devient producteur à part entière en produisant Cœur animal, de Séverine Cornamusaz, Prix du meilleur film suisse en 2010. Il contribue depuis à la vitalité du cinéma suisse avec près de 30 long-métrages (fiction et documentaires), la plupart en coproduction internationale.
Xavier Grin – Producer
Biography
Born in Paris. Went to school in Paris, Zurich and Vevey. Studied Arts and Cinema. Master in Visual Arts (HEAD Geneva). Worked at the Lausanne Opera and The Theatre Vidy in Lausanne backstage during his studies. Collaborated as assistant director, then production director in more than 50 features films with filmmakers as Jean-Luc Godard, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Francis Reusser, Alain Tanner, Claude Goretta, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Claude Chabrol, Paul Pawlikovsky or the choreographer Jean-Claude Galotta. Worked with new Swiss filmmaker, supervising the films of Sabina Boss, Denis Rabaglia, Romed Wyder, Rolando Colla, Bettina Oberli, Petra Volpe.
In 2000, he founded P.S. Productions, became executive producer and set up the Filmlocation Riviera film commission to make foreign productions more welcome in the region. From 2006, he developed his own projects, producing Cœur animal, by Séverine Cornamusaz, which won the Best Swiss Film Award in 2010. Since then, he has contributed to the vitality of Swiss cinema with almost 30 feature films (fiction and documentaries), most of them international co-productions.
Other Activities
1995-2000 Co-founder of the « Galerie de la Poste » Lavaux, Contemporary art gallery
1999-2000 ECAL consultant for the Bachelor films.
2000 Created the Film Commission Filmlocation Riviera Vevey and Montreux
2003-2011 FOCAL, Foundation for professional training in cinema and audiovisual media: Responsable for the department of production, management and film rights.
2000 Cofounder and President of the Association Cin&Lettres
2003-2011 Organised and conducted seminars for FOCAL and symposiums for the International Film Festival « Tous Ecrans». Outside contributor for Media at the Yverdon HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
2010-2014 Head of study for the Creative Europe Media program Digital Production Challenge I.
2014-2016 Expert on the Zurich Film foundation (Fachkommission Fiktion)
2016- 2019 Member of the CFC/EFIK Filmcommission of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture
2020- Expert on the Swiss Federal Office of Culture FOC (film commision)
Member of
IG – Independent Swiss Film Producers
Award (as producer only)
2010 Cœur Animal – won the Swiss Cinema award for best fiction film ; (Quartz for best film)