Marc Forster is ZFF jury president

Marc Forster (43), Swiss-German director, producer and screenwriter, presides the International Film Competition Jury at the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF).

Forster had his breakthrough in 2001 with MONSTER’S BALL and got widely known with the James Bond film QUANTUM OF SOLACE in 2008. Most recently he directed WORLD WAR Z, and he is delighted with his appointment: “I have followed the success story of the Zurich Film Festival from afar and I’m certain that a fascinating task awaits me.”

Other Jury members:
Stacy Sher (USA, producer, born 1963, PULP FICTION, DJANGO UNCHAINED)

Guneet Monga (India, producer, born 1983, THE LUNCHBOX, MONSOON SHOOTOUT)

Andrew Dominik (Australia, director/screenwriter, born 1967 THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD, KILLING THEM SOFTLY)

Thomas Imbach (Switzerland, director/screenwriter/producer, born 1962, HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN)

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