Lydia Martina Zimmermann Kuoni (born 12 December 1966 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish Catalan actress, film director and editor, businesswoman, author, and educator.

Biography

Lydia Zimmermann is the daughter of two Swiss people, Yves Zimmermann, a graphic designer, and Bignia Zimmermann-Kuoni, an anthropologist and textile designer. Her parents met in the United States and moved to Spain. In addition to Spain, she has lived in Australia, Canada, Haiti, Switzerland, and the United States.

As of 2012, Zimmermann was working on a script of a film that was scheduled to begin shooting in Canada in 2012. Her partner is Isaac Pierre Racine, also a filmmaker, on whose 1998 film Remedios de Cuba: Scuba Drive she served as editor. Her son, Nilo Mur, is a filmmaker as well, and she acted in and produced his 2007 short film Forse Domani. In addition, she teaches at the European Film Actor School, at the Pompeu Fabra University, as well as at the Ciné Institute in Jacmel, Haiti. She is one of the founders of the Zürich-based film production company Artisan Films GmbH.