Biography

Marcel Barsotti, director, is known for the highly acclaimed multi-award-winning films 'Imperia' and 'Transformation', both films made with artificial intelligence. He won 34 international awards & 51 nominations, among the RIFF Award, the IPF Award, the Camgaroo Award and the Austrian Independent Award. Barsotti began working as a music video director on various projects in 2020 and received the David Award (2023) for his electronic music video "The New Human" and the Onkyo Award (2023) for "Fields". Barsotti is still working on his third ai film motion picture project.

Multi-award winning composer Marcel Barsotti is an impressive and extraordinary talent who creates powerful individual film scores and electronic music that expand the possibilities of storytelling. The composer is known for a wide range of international projects, from the impressive highly awarded international drama La Línea Imaginaria (2023), to the acclaimed Constantin Production Pope Joan (2009) and The Miracle of Bern (2003), the dystopian thriller Forgiveness (2022), to the Warner family entertainment comedy Jesus Loves Me (2012) and to the german documentary Germany. A Summer's fairytale (2006).

Barsotti's numerous more than 80 wins & nominations include the German Record Critics Award, Rome & Madrid International Movie Award, New York Cinematography Award, Goldspire International Film Award, Atlantis Moondance Award, nominations at the Cannes World Film Festival, International Sound & Film Music Festival, Next Generation Indie Film Awards, Global Film Festival Los Angeles, German Television Award, German Film Academy Award, German Film Critics Award and the German Music Authors Award.

Since 1995 Barsotti has composed the scores for more than 100 national and international movies & commercials. During these years he worked with famous collaborations like Carl Schenkel, Josée Dayan, Luc Besson Production, Sönke Wortmann, Constantin, Caroline Link (Oscar), Warner and Universal.
- IMDb mini biography by: Marcel Barsotti