Petra Volpe
Petra Volpe is a screenwriter and director who studied at the Konrad Wolf Film University in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Her feature film debut, DREAMLAND (TRAUMLAND, 2014), was nominated for four Swiss Film Awards. In 2017, Volpe gained international recognition with her film THE DIVINE ORDER (DIE GÖTTLICHE ORDNUNG). The film became a major box office success in Switzerland, was sold to over 30 countries, and represented Switzerland in the Oscar race. She also wrote the screenplay for the film HEIDI, the successful SRF series LABYRINTH OF PEACE, and THE GOLDEN YEARS (DIE GOLDENEN JAHRE), which became the most successful Swiss feature film of 2022 in German-speaking Switzerland and was sold internationally, including in the USA.
In addition to her Swiss projects, Volpe works as a screenwriter and director in the United States. She is currently working on her fourth feature film, FRANK & LOUIS. She lives and works in Berlin and New York. In Germany, she is represented by DIE AGENTEN, and in the US by RANGE MEDIA PARTNERS.
