---
name: "Michel Merkt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michel-merkt"
fi1m_id: "michel-merkt"
imdb_id: "nm4752699"
tmdb_id: 1386894
wikidata_id: "Q29525764"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "19 November 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-03T01:15:17.398706+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michel Merkt

## Identity

Michel Merkt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michel-merkt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michel-merkt
- **IMDb ID:** nm4752699
- **TMDB ID:** 1386894
- **Wikidata ID:** Q29525764
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29525764, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4752699/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1386894

Producer. Born 19 November 1972 in Genève, Switzerland.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 19 November 1972, Genève, Switzerland
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** Мишель Меркт
- **Frequently works with:** [Saïd Ben Saïd](https://film.one/person/said-ben-said.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (7), 2020s 77 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 77 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Comedy 3, Thriller 2, Animation 1, Crime 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $143m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29525764, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4752699/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1386894

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Elle*](https://film.one/film/elle.md) (82)
- **MUBI:** [*Passages*](https://film.one/film/passages.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michel Merkt is a Swiss film producer. He was born on 19 November 1972 in Geneva.

Merkt runs the production company KNM Films with his wife and frequently collaborates with Saïd Ben Saïd of SBS Productions. His credits include *Capernaum* (2018), *The Sisters Brothers* (2018), *Elle* (2016), *It's Only the End of the World* (2016), *Bacurau* (2019), *Benedetta* (2021) and *Passages* (2023). He has served on juries at several international film festivals, including Cannes and Karlovy Vary.

*Sources: imdb.com, metacritic.com, oak3.the-numbers.com, ioncinema.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Passages* (2023), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/passages.md)
- *Les Misérables* (2019), Fi1m 77, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2019.md)
- *Capernaum* (2018), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/capernaum.md)
- *The Sisters Brothers* (2018), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md)
- *Foxtrot* (2017), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/foxtrot.md)
- *Elle* (2016), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/elle.md)
- *My Life as a Zucchini* (2016), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/my-life-as-a-zucchini.md)
- *Toni Erdmann* (2016), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/toni-erdmann.md)

## Complete filmography (76)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Shrouds* (2025), Producer
- *Passages* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/passages.md)
- *Sparta* (2022), Producer
- *Good Mother* (2021), Producer
- *Tralala* (2021), Producer
- *Marx Can Wait* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Benedetta* (2021), Producer
- *Heroes Don't Die* (2020), Associate Producer
- *Siberia* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Tommaso* (2020), Executive Producer
- *The Spellbound* (2019), Producer
- *It Must Be Heaven* (2019), Producer
- *The Wild Goose Lake* (2019), Associate Producer
- *Les Misérables* (2019), Associate Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2019.md)
- *Homeward* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Little Joe* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Fanny Lye Deliver'd* (2019), Producer
- *Matthias & Maxime* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Atlantics* (2019), Associate Producer
- *Inherit the Viper* (2019), Producer
- *The Song of Scorpions* (2019), Producer
- *You Deserve a Lover* (2019), Associate Producer
- *Martin Eden* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Swallows of Kabul* (2019), Producer
- *Invisible Life* (2019), Associate Producer
- *Bacurau* (2019), Producer
- *An Easy Girl* (2019), Associate Producer
- *Frankie* (2019), Producer
- *The Operative* (2019), Co-Producer
- *Beanpole* (2019), Associate Producer
- *Zombi Child* (2019), Associate Producer
- *A Brother’s Love* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Traitor* (2019), Co-Producer
- *Photograph* (2019), Producer
- *Synonyms* (2019), Producer
- *Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché* (2018), Associate Producer
- *Empire Hotel* (2018), Co-Producer
- *Capernaum* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/capernaum.md)
- *The Sisters Brothers* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md)
- *Pearl* (2018), Co-Producer
- *Paul Sanchez Is Back!* (2018), Co-Producer
- *Volcano* (2018), Producer
- *Happy as Lazzaro* (2018), Co-Producer
- *Place publique* (2018), Producer
- *Jahilya* (2018), Producer
- *Apatride* (2018), Producer
- *Ayka* (2018), Co-Producer
- *The Guardians* (2017), Co-Producer
- *Jupiter's Moon* (2017), Producer
- *The Arrow of Time* (2017), Co-Producer
- *Foxtrot* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/foxtrot.md)
- *Western* (2017), Producer
- *Memoir of War* (2017), Producer
- *Frost* (2017), Producer
- *Lover for a Day* (2017), Producer
- *AWOL* (2017), Producer
- *Strong Island* (2017), Executive Producer
- *White Sun* (2016), Producer
- *Vape Wave* (2016), Producer
- *My Life as a Zucchini* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/my-life-as-a-zucchini.md)
- *It's Only the End of the World* (2016), Producer
- *Aquarius* (2016), Producer
- *Letters from War* (2016), Co-Producer
- *Mimosas* (2016), Co-Producer
- *Toni Erdmann* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/toni-erdmann.md)
- *Right Here Right Now* (2016), Producer
- *The Assignment* (2016), Producer
- *Elle* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/elle.md)
- *Life* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One* (2015), Co-Producer
- *In the Shadow of Women* (2015), Producer
- *Walter* (2015), Executive Producer
- *German Angst* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Valentin Valentin* (2015), Producer
- *Maps to the Stars* (2014), Producer
- *8* (2008), Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 2018: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Happy as Lazzaro*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2016: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *Toni Erdmann*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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