Laura Kaehr

Laura Kaehr is a director, writer and film choreographer. Born in Locarno, Switzerland, Laura trained as a professional ballet dancer at the Centre de Danse de Cannes, Rosella Hightower, and at the Academy of Ballet, San Francisco, CA. She danced at the Zürich Opera for three seasons. She studied with Jack Waltzer in the Sanford Meisner technique in Paris and New York, and worked as an actress, notably in Raymond Vouillamoz's awards winning TV film "Déchaînées." Laura studied art, film directing and screenwriting at ZHdK, Zürich University of the Arts, and UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles. Her debut short film, "1927," opened at the International Locarno Film Festival in 2014, "L'immagine e la parola." She is also the co-author of the web series "TILT," which aired in December 2017 on the Swiss National Broadcaster, SRF. Laura is co-Founder and co-President (2018-2020) of the SWAN Association (Swiss Women's Audiovisual Network). She is also a member of Women in Film, Hollywood, CA advocating for gender equality and diversity in film. In 2022 she directed and did the cinematography of her feature length debut documentary "Becoming Giulia". Currently she is developing a cinema feature film "The Limits of Being" and a documentary "Love Revolution".