Noëmi Steffen








Even if you take everything away,
you still have an awkwardness.

Mathematician and neuroscientist Conor Houghton 
on Samuel Beckett´s play „Quad“














 Noëmi Eva Steffen is a screenwriter, playwright and dramaturge of Swiss/Mexican background based in Berne. Her focus lies on stories of precisely observed human interactions, told with empathy, an intact backbone and a dark sense of humour.

She studied stage directing at Ernst Busch in Berlin and ZhdK in Zurich and screenwriting at Screen Academy Scotland. Since graduating, she has continuously worked as a staff writer on various tv series and as a playwright and dramaturge for the theatre. She is currently developing her own series concepts and a first feature film.

A current CV is available upon request.
Participant in the ZFF Academy 2025

Participant in Cannes Series Writer's Club 2025

Writer in residence 2022/23 at Neues Theater Dornach

MA Screenwriting at Edinburgh Napier University, graduated with distinction 

Quarter finalist Screen&Story festival 2020 with „MM“

Ekran+ 2019 Swiss delegate with „Palace“

Interplay Europe 2008 Swiss delegate with „Being Wilma“


PORTFOLIO STAGE (selection)
 MIT EINEM FUSS DRAUSSEN
Adaptation for the stage of Anais Meier's noveldramaturge, writer2024 DER FLUCH DES DON QUIJOTEOriginal musicalwriter, songwriter2023 DIE FAHRENDE BRÜCKE 
Original playwriter2021 ERNST
Collaborative playwriter, dramaturge2019 ENGLISH MONDAYS
Bi-monthly eventorganiser, host2015–2017
PORTFOLIO SCREEN (selection)
 UNSERE KLEINE BOTSCHAFT
Sitcomstaff writer2025– MALONEY Crime comedy seriesstaff writer2024– BEATRIX
Short filmwriter, actor2013 GOLDEN BOY Short filmwriter, director2012
IN DEVELOPMENT
 CODENAME GARFIELD
Crime comedy seriesco-creator BURNING DESIRE
Satirical seriesco-headwriter P-26
Historical comedy seriesstaff writer MORD IM GRANDHOTEL
Murder mystery seriesco-writer INTERMISSION
Feature filmwriter, co-director
PORTFOLIO OTHER POSITIONS (selection)
 THE ONLY ONES
Tilt Productions Zurich, SRFactor2017 SKETCHES OF LOU
2:1 Productions Zurichactor2015 LECTURER
Institut für Sprachkunst, Universität der Angewandten Künste, Vienna2025– CAPTAIN ON MS JURA
The best summer job of all.2014–2020
Screenwriter, Playwright, Dramaturge
noemisteffen@posteo.de