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Michel Merkt

Michel Merkt

Producer · Born November 19, 1972 (53) · Genève, Switzerland

Independent Spirit Award nominee

Michel Merkt was born on 19 November 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a producer, known for Bacurau (2019), Elle (2016) and Toni Erdmann (2016).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 19, 1972 (53)
From
Genève, Switzerland
Works as
Producer
Titles
76 on MovieCove · 95 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 18% in 30 days

What are Michel Merkt's films like?

Across their 72 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama33 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy16 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Documentary5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile
: browse their Documentary movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 87th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 97th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
24%
Bonds
20%
Society
16%
Survival
14%
Power
12%
Morality
11%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds14 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love11 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief11 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression8 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose9 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass9 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 72 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 15 · Serious 18 · Dark 39

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 35 · Stylized 23 · Heightened 14

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 15 · Charged 32 · Intense 24

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 38 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 10

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 50 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 52 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 11 · Engaged 50 · Full focus 11

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 27 · Heavy 35

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 18 · Open-ended 24 · Ambiguous 30

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
37
Melancholic
40
Contemplative
33
Dread
16
Warm
13
Other
48

How their films linger

Thought-provoking38 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet33 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 9 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet35
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous27

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Michel Merkt's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 41 of their 76 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Michel Merkt's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

95 credits, 76 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Shrouds(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Passages(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Whale Nation(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Sparta(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Triangle of Sadness(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Good Mother(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Tralala(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Marx Can Wait(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Benedetta(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Annette(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Vortex(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Heroes Don't Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Associate Producer

  • Siberia(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Tommaso(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Spellbound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Producer

  • The Wild Goose Lake(2019)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • It Must Be Heaven(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Les Misérables(2019)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Homeward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Executive Producer

  • Little Joe(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Delivered(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Matthias & Maxime(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Atlantics(2019)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Inherit the Viper(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Song of Scorpions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Producer

  • You Deserve a Lover(2019)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Martin Eden(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Swallows of Kabul(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Invisible Life(2019)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Bacurau(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • An Easy Girl(2019)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Frankie(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Operative(2019)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Beanpole(2019)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Zombi Child(2019)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • A Brother's Love(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Traitor(2019)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Photograph(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Synonyms(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Oh Mercy!(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché(2018)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Empire Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Co-Producer

  • Capernaum(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Sisters Brothers(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Pearl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Co-Producer

  • Paul Sanchez Is Back! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Co-Producer

  • Volcano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer

  • Happy as Lazzaro(2018)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Place publique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer

  • Jahilya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer

  • Apatride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer

  • Ayka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Co-Producer

  • Climax(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Under the Silver Lake(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Yomeddine(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Guardians(2017)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Jupiter's Moon(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Arrow of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Co-Producer

  • Foxtrot(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Western(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Memoir of War(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Frost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Producer

  • Lover for a Day(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • AWOL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Producer

  • Strong Island(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Alive in France(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Zama(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • White Sun(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Vape Wave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Producer

  • My Life as a Zucchini(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • It's Only the End of the World(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Aquarius(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Letters from War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Co-Producer

  • Mimosas(2016)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Toni Erdmann(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Right Here Right Now(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Assignment(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Elle(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Between Us(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Boris Without Béatrice(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Diamond Island(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The 4th Company(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Life(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One(2015)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • In the Shadow of Women(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Walter(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • German Angst (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Executive Producer

  • Valentin Valentin(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Maps to the Stars(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Da Sweet Blood of Jesus(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • 8 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 76 titles from 2008 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Capernaum (2018)

$64M worldwide

Highest rated

Capernaum (2018)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Triangle of Sadness (2022)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing76 of 76: 76 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s65 · crew2020s10 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2024, Best Feature.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Michel Merkt's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 76; across their 72 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 72

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 72

Reach · how many have seen their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 72

Midcredits score across 76 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up31
  • 50th to 74th24
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

36 of their 76 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser36
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed25

Most divisive · producer

Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo (2019)

96th percentile spread · 50% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Capernaum (2018)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Michel Merkt's work okay for kids?

Across up to 37 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore28 titles10–84 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity37 titles28–80 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity26 titles29–86 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs26 titles32–64 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense25 titles12–87 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Michel Merkt work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michel Merkt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Olivier Père shares the most, 19.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles