Laurent Wyss

Born in Biel, Laurent Wyss first completed an apprenticeship as a landscape gardener. In 2001, he changed his professional orientation by completing a journalism internship at TeleBielingue. In 2004, he graduated as a PR journalist and started working for the regional TV station in Biel, first in the field of news and sports. He then produced documentary series and developed several program formats. Since 2013, Laurent Wyss also produces and directs commercials, some of which are intended for the international market. In 2014, he wrote and shot his first feature film, a fiction filmed in black and white that tells the story of the strange friendship between an innocent Bernese doctor and a hitman from the East. Manche Hunde müssen sterben had its Grand Premiere at the FFFH in 2014. Since January 2021, he has been in charge of the programs of TeleBielingue. Peter K. - Alone against the State is his second feature film, which evokes a real-life story that made headlines in 2010 in Biel.