Reto Stamm was born in 1967 and lives in Zurich. He spent several years working in the electronics industry and then pursued history and film studies at Zurich University. Since 1998 he has acquired hands-on experience on TV and film productions in sound and postproduction, as well as documentary directing. Since 2002 he has worked on his own projects and attended several documentary direction, postproduction and sound design courses and seminars, including the DokWerkstatt Bern (2001), the documentary master school at the Filmwerkstatt Münster (2004), and the Binger Documentary Directors’ Coaching Programme (Amsterdam 2005).