Florian Halbedl

Born in Luzern, Switzerland, Florian Halbedl Hess immigrated to Canada with his family in 2000. While studying Medical Sciences at Western University, he shot his very first short film for a Vertebrate Biology class. Halbedl Hess graduated with a double major in Film Studies and Medical Sciences and received his B.A. in 2009.

While living in Vancouver with partner and collaborator Luna Ferguson, some of Halbedl Hess’ credits in the film and television industry include Joe Carnahan’s The A-Team, Gareth Edward’s Godzilla, Patricia Rozema’s Into the Forest, Duncan Jones’ Warcraft, Gene Stupnitsky’s Good Boys as well as Hulu’s Shut Eye, FX’s Wayward Pines, History’s Project Bluebook, Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle and CW’s Batwoman.

In 2012, Halbedl Hess founded Turbid Lake Pictures with Ferguson, an independent production company “that focuses on innovative, cinematic stories created for global audiences.” During that collaboration, Halbedl Hess has written and directed five short films, which combined have screened at over to sixty film festivals around the world: the award-winning and Directors Guild of Canada-nominated Whispers of Life (2013), Limina (2016) which made Canadian history in the industry for its trans inclusivity, Henry’s Heart (2019), CIRCLE (2021), and most recently 0UTL4W, to be released in 2022.

Halbedl Hess is currently developing his feature film debut Nebel - a psychological family thriller set in the Swiss mountains, and he is writing a reimagined road movie as well as a comedy series.