Stefano Knuchel

Stefano Knuchel is a Swiss documentary film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Biography

Knuchel spent his childhood traveling around Europe with his family. In 1988, he started working at the Italian-language Swiss Radio Rete. Ten years later, he moved to Swiss Television and hosted experimental programmes, at the same time working as a critic and a writer.

In 2004, he founded a production company Venus and beyond and created his first documentary, Nocaut (2004), which was presented during the Semaine de la critique of the Locarno Film Festival.

In 2017, he released Quand j'étais Cloclo, a tragicomic story of his family.

In 2021, Knuchel presented Hugo in Argentina at the Venice Film Festival and was screened at numerous film festivals. The film covers Pratt's Argentine years: landed in Buenos Aires in 1950, Pratt was dreaming about the United States, but fell in love with Argentina and remained there, overwhelmed with its vibrance.

In 2022, Knuchel announced working on the third film about Hugo Pratt, Hugo in Venice.

Filmography 2022 — Dawn Chorus (writer) 2021 — Hugo in Argentina 2017 — Quand j'étais Cloclo 2009 — Hugo en Afrique 2005 — Paint Me a Life 2004 — Nocaut