Ursula Meier
Ursula Meier (born 24 June 1971) is a French-Swiss film director and screenwriter.[1] A native of Besançon, the capital of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France, near the Swiss border, Ursula Meier graduated from Belgium's Institut des Arts de Diffusion [Institute of Visual Arts] and served as assistant director to the Swiss auteur, Alain Tanner, on his films Fourbi (Gear) (1996) and Jonas et Lila, à demain (Jonas and Lila, 'Till Tomorrow) (1999).[7] It has also been selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards,[8] making the January shortlist.[10] She took part in the collective film Bridges of Sarajevo, together with twelve other renowned directors.[13] The Line (La Ligne), her next feature, premiered again in the competition at Berlin Film Festival in 2022.