Frédéric Zeimet is a Luxembourgish-born screenwriter and director.
He is a European Short Pitch, Torino Filmlab and European TV Lab Alumni.
Diagnosed with dyslexia from an early age on, Frédéric Zeimet has always had trouble expressing himself... For a long time, he found refuge in mathematics before he discovered the power of pictures and his need to tell stories.
After studying History of Art and Archeology, Frederic Zeimet has been mentored by Luc Dardenne (the multi-awarded Belgian director) during his screenwriting studies.
During his first years as a screenwriter, Frederic was awarded as best junior screenwriter in France, first time for a foreigner and was selected two times to the Screenwriters’ White Night at Cannes Film Festival.
He recently took his first step as a director. His first short-film “Cowboy” has been selected to over 20 festivals around the world, being awarded at Festivals like Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival.
He wrote, directed and produced the first Luxembourgish Web-series W. on a small budget.
"Zeréck" and "Chevalier" are his latest shortfilm and he is working on his first feature film.