Petra Biondina Volpe

Petra Biondina Volpe was born on Aug 06, 1970 in Switzerland. Petra Biondina Volpe's big-screen debut came with La fidanzata directed by Petra Biondina Volpe in 2004. Petra Biondina Volpe is known for Heidi directed by Alain Gsponer, Anuk Steffen stars as Heidi and Anna Schinz as Dete. Petra Biondina Volpe has got 11 awards and 14 nominations so far. The most recent award Petra Biondina Volpe achieved is Film Club's The Lost Weekend. The upcoming new movie Petra Biondina Volpe plays is Heidi which will be released on Oct 25, 2016.

Swiss/Italian screenwriter and director Petra Volpe studied film at the Film Academy Konrad Wolf in Potsdam Babelsberg, Germany. Her feature "The Divine Order" was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. The film had its international premiere at the Tribeca Filmfestival and won three awards: The Nora Ephron Prize, Prize for best actress in an International Film, and the Audience Award. "The Divine Order" was a box office hit in Switzerland and was nominated for seven Swiss Film Awards and won three. Volpe's debut film "Dreamland" was nominated for four Swiss Film Awards. Volpe also wrote the screenplay for "Heidi" (2015) the internationally most successful Swiss film of all time. "Labyrinth of Peace," the mini-series she created and wrote, earned rave reviews and sold internationally. Petra Volpe lives in New York and has an office in Berlin.