Olivier Zuchuat was born in 1969 in Geneva, Switzerland.

After studying Theoretical Physics and Literature he became a Teaching Assistant at the Université de Lausanne (Switzerland).

In 1998 and 1999, he was an assistant for German director Matthias Langhoff.

He directed several theatrical productions of plays by Bertolt Brecht and Heiner Müller before turning his attention to documentary cinema.

Olivier has also worked in editing documentaries (mainly for the channel ARTE) with directors Nicolas Philibert, Fréderic Compain, Patrick Rotman, Patrick Barberis, Dominique Gros and with video artist Alejandra Rieja. He also worked as editor on the fiction 17 filles (Directed by Delphine et Muriel Coulin, Festival de Cannes, Semaine de la critique 2011).

Since 2006, Oliver has been teaching Film Studies at the Université de Paris-Est Marne la Vallée and at LA FEMIS Cinema School (Paris).

He now lives between France and Switzerland.