Karim Patwa (born August 13, 1968) is a Swiss-English film director and screenwriter.

He gained international attention especially through his film Drift, which won three prizes at the Max Ophüls Festival 2015[1][2] and the NDR-directing prize,[3] and was also nominated for the Swiss Film Award 2015.

At the same time, he attended evening classes in photography at the Biel School of Design.

[5] From 1992 to 1996, Karim Patwa studied at the Lucerne School of Art and Design and graduated with the diploma of the faculty of video.

His creations include music videos, commercials and short films.