Born in Aarberg, Switzerland, in 1982. Zürcher studied at the Bern University of the Arts with a focus on video. He went on to take a directing degree at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. He directed, with his brother, Silvan Zürcher, “The Strange Little Cat” (2013), premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, and has won several international awards, and “The Girl and the Spider” (2021, 45th Mostra), which received the critics and best direction awards in the Encounters section at the Berlinale, and best script and editing at the Mar del Plata Film Festival.