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{{Infobox person | name = Mauro Mueller | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|Month DD, YYYY}} --> | birth_place = Switzerland | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Filmmaker | notable_works = ''A World for Raúl'' ''Copenhagen'' | years_active = 2009&ndash;present }}

'''Mauro Mueller''' is an independent Swiss-Mexican narrative filmmaker. He won in the Student Academy Awards in 2013 <ref name="oscars">[https://www.oscars.org/saa/ceremonies/2013 Student Academy Awards | 40th (2013) | Winners: Mauro Mueller]</ref> and is member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.<ref name="ampas">[https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/the-academy-invites-928-new-members-1201978382 New Members of the Academy]</ref> He is best known for directing the short films ''Ge.hen'nah'' in 2010, ''A World for Raúl'' ({{langx|es|Un mundo para Raúl}}) in 2012, ''Fingerspiel'' in 2013, ''Dear Chickens'' starring Philip Baker Hall and Kerris Dorsey in 2018 and producing the feature film ''Copenhagen'', the omnibus feature film ''A Quintet'', and the Mexican feature ''In Times of Rain''. He was the 2nd unit director on ''Awake'' and co-directed the 4th season of the Swiss mystery thriller ''Wilder''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3539169/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr5 Mauro Mueller on imdb]</ref> and showran the Swiss sitcom "Our Little Embassy" for Swiss Television SRF, the first sitcom in more than 20 years.

== Life and career ==

Mauro Mueller was born and raised in Switzerland. In 2008, he moved to New York City to study film directing and writing at Columbia University. Mueller graduated from the film program when he received his master's degree with honors in 2013.

While attending Columbia, he directed six award-winning short films: ''In for a surprise'' (2009), ''Ge.hen'nah'' (2010), ''Lee'' (2010), ''Santiago del otro lado'' (2011), A World for Raúl (2012) and ''Fingerspiel''. The films won a number of film festival awards including the Student Academy Awards<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shm2Gc3ZuK4|Student Academy Award winner Mauro Mueller]</ref> and the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award twice,<ref>[http://www.cine.org/about-cine/cines-rising-stars/ CINE Golden Eagle Award |CINE’s Rising Stars]</ref> a directing award that marked the early careers of Steven Spielberg, Mike Nichols, Robert Zemeckis and Ken Burns.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cine.org/about-cine/ |title=CINE Golden Eagle Award "CINE Golden Eagle Award" |access-date=2012-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209214942/http://www.cine.org/about-cine/ |archive-date=2013-02-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Mauro was also part of the Masterclass Atelier Paris-Ludwigsburg at La Femis in 2011, a post-graduate program which is tailored around European co-production/distribution.

In 2012 Mauro was selected as at the Talent Campus of Berlin Film Festival with his feature-length script ''Fingerplay'', which was among 10 projects chosen to participate in the Script Station.<ref name=BerlinTalentCampus>[https://archive.today/20131120234945/http://www.berlinale-talentcampus.de/campus/talent/mauro-mueller/profile?pos=26 ''Berlinale Talent Campus 2012'']</ref> In 2013, Mauro was chosen as part of the Guadalajara Talent Campus in Guadalajara Mexico.<ref>[http://www.centrodecine.go.cr/index.php/noticias/620-resultados-oficiales-talent-campus-guadalajara-5 Centrodecine | Official Results Talent Campus Guadalajara #5]</ref>

The feature film ''Copenhagen'' won the Audience Award at Slamdance 2014 and the Grand Jury Prize at Florida Film Festival and Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa, Florida. It is a 2015 indie Netflix hit and sold to more than 90 countries.

Mauro attended the 2016 Rotterdam Producer's Lab<ref>[https://www.screendaily.com/rotterdam/rotterdam-lab-selects-61-producers/5099582.article Rotterdam Lab selects 61 producers]</ref> and received the prestigious Young Creators grant from the National Fund for Culture and Arts in Mexico. He further was part of Trans Atlantic Partners, Cannes Producer's Network and IFP Marcie Bloom Fellowship.

In 2018, Mauro was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.<ref>[https://www.app.oscars.org/newmembers2018/ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences New Members 2018]</ref>

== Awards ==

In 2012, Mauro has been nominated as one of ten finalists in the New Asian Force category at the Hong Kong Independent Film & Video Awards for his short film ''Ge.hen'nah''.<ref>[http://www.ifva.com/2011/en/#/festival/page/the17th/finalist/asia_programme ''New Asian Force category'']</ref>

''A World for Raúl'' ({{langx|es|Un mundo para Raúl}}) (2012), Mauro's thesis short film at Columbia University graduate film program, starring Alexandré Barceló, Adrián Alonso, Gerardo Taracena, Roberto Luis Meza, and Adriana Paz received numerous awards, including in the narrative category of the Student Academy Awards 2013,<ref name="oscars" /> Best Student Short at Aspen Shortsfest,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2401813/awards?ref_=tt_awd imdb | Un mundo para Raúl | Awards]</ref> Best drama at New York Shortsfest, Upcoming Talent Awards at Solothurn Film Festival, among others.

The film received a review by Hammer to Nail, a film review site focused on Truly Independent Film.<ref>[http://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/a-world-for-raul-film-review A World for Raúl]. ''Hammer to Nail'', 17 December 2012</ref>

*CINE Golden Eagle Award for ''Ge.hen’nah'' (2010) and ''A World for Raúl'' (2012).<ref name="imdb">[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3539169/awards?ref_=nm_awd imdb | Mauro Mueller | Awards]</ref> *Golden Horseman Award at Filmfest Dresden for ''A World for Raúl'' (2012)<ref>[http://www.filmfest-dresden.de/files/pm23-ff26-golden_horsemen_2014_engl.pdf Filmfest Dresden | Un mundo para Raúl | Awards]</ref> *Upcoming Talent Award at Solothurner Filmtage for ''A World for Raúl'' (2013)

== Fidelio Films ==

Mauro Mueller is co-owner of the production company Fidelio Films,<ref>[http://www.fideliofilms.com Fidelio Films]</ref> a New York City-based independent film production company founded by producers David Figueroa García, Mark Raso, Mauro Mueller and Mauricio Leiva-Cock in 2010. All four of them met while studying at the MFA program in directing and screenwriting at Columbia University. The company has produced a number of acclaimed short films, winning twice in a row in the Student Academy Awards with ''Under'' in 2012<ref>[http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/winners/raso.html Student Academy Awards | 39th (2012) | Winners: Mark Raso] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109181449/http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/winners/raso.html |date=2013-11-09 }}</ref> and ''Un mundo para Raúl'' in 2013.<ref name="oscars" /><ref>[https://variety.com/2013/film/news/student-academy-awards-2013-1200481071 Variety | 2013 Student Academy Awards winners revealed]</ref> In 2014, for the third time in a row, they had a short ''Perfidia'' in the regional final of the Student Academy Awards. Their first feature film ''Copenhagen'', featuring Gethin Anthony, Bodil Awards winner Frederikke Dahl Hansen, Sebastian Armesto, Mille Dinesen, Baard Owe, and Tamzin Merchant<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2459156/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm imdb | Copenhagen | Full Cast & Crew]</ref> was theatrically released in North America in 2014. The company has offices in Los Angeles, Bogota, Mexico City and Zurich.

== Filmography ==

* ''111'' (2026, drama, co-writer, director, executive producer) * ''A Few Days in the Sun'' (2026, thriller, co-writer, director, executive producer) * ''The Janitor'' (2025, drama, director) * ''Our Little Embassy'' (2025, comedy sitcom, showrunner, developed by, executive producer) * ''Wilder'' (2022, mystery crime TV series, co-director) * ''Awake'' (2021, sci-fi film, 2nd unit director) * ''Dear Chickens'' (2018, short film, director, writer, producer) * ''In Times of Rain'' (2018, feature film, producer) * ''A Quintet'' (2014, feature film, producer, director of New York segment) * ''Copenhagen'' (2014, feature film, producer) * ''Fingerspiel'' (2014, short film, director, writer) * ''A World for Raúl'' (2012, short film, director, writer, co-producer) * ''Santiago del otro lado'' (2011, short film, director, writer, producer) * ''Lee'' (2011, short film, director, writer) * ''Ge.hen'nah'' (2010, short film, director) * ''In for a Surprise'' (2009, short film, director)

== References ==

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== External links ==

*{{IMDb name|id=3539169|name=Mauro Mueller}} * [http://www.fideliofilms.com/#about official website Fidelio Films Mauro Mueller]

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