Michael Koch (born 2 July 1982 in Lucerne) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter.

In 2003 he played the lead role in the Swiss comedy Achtung, fertig, Charlie!.

In the same year, Koch began studying at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, while at the same time working occasionally as an actor for television films until 2007.

In 2005, his short documentary film We Are the Faithful about the chief supporter in the FC Basel fan curve was released.

[7] In 2016 Koch's feature-length film debut Marija was released, for which he wrote the screenplay together with Julian Großheim.