Xavier Ruiz
2009 VERSO
2005 SWISS MADE IN HOLLYWOOD
2003 PHOTO SUISSE
2001 NEUTRE
Born in 1970 in Geneva. 1992-94 Attended ESRA (École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle). 1995 Attended AVID Workshop Film, Video & Arts in New York. 1992-99 Producer and production director of numerous short films. International sales at Alliance International, Paris and Fox Lorber, New York. 1997 Director of a television series for Hamster/France 2. 1995-99 Independent film editor. 1999 Founded Navarro Films SA audiovisual production company. 2001 Teaches audiovisual production and film editing classes at Polycom in Lausanne and at ESCAC mixed post-production atelier, Barcelona. Since 2002 representative for Ascot Elite Entertainment Group AG for the French-speaking region of Switzerland. 2003 Atelier EAVE (Entrepreneurs de l'Audiovisuel Européen). Since 2004 director at Fonction Cinéma (independent cinema association) in Geneva.