Florian Gunzenhauser is an award-winning Swiss TV and film director and assistant director, living in New York City.

In December 2021 he finished his 1-Year filmmaking program at the New York Film Academy.

About me

 

I have more than six years experience in casting for major nonfictional TV shows, developing and directing them. My thesis film for the New York Film Academy Glasgow won Best Drama Short at the Coney Island Film Festival.

 

Projects

 

Previous projects I have directed include The Voice Of Switzerland, The Bachelor (CH) and The Bachelorette (CH).

As assistant director I have worked on several films in and around New York City throughout as well as commercials for companies like JVN, BooHooMAN and LIDL.

In 2022, bigger 1st AD fiction projects such as the TV film From Paradise With Love and the TV pilot Here She Comes followed, as well as the feature Silver Star with stars like Grace Van Dien, directed by Ruben Amar and Lola Bessis.

At the end of 2022 I was the 1st AD for the award winning producer Jeff Schroeder on his directorial debut Or Something.

In 2023, I further got to expand my resume with 1st AD jobs for brands like The Glenlivet, Google or the Boulder Crest Foundation.

JVN (2022)

1st AD for the commercial

The Glenlivet (2023)

1st AD for the commercial

Bernegger & Juric (2018)

1st AD for the Swiss feature film

Contact

Send me a message to florian[dot]gunzenhauser[at]gmail[dot]com

or call me

+1 (929) 326-0774 // +41 76 463 83 34