Education
European Film Actor School.
European Film Actor School.
In 2004 he started his career and acted as a bold teenager named Zizou for the weekly soap Lüthi und Blanc. In 2007 director Tobias Ineichen gave the main part to Joel for his film Jimmie. There he played an autistic boy.
In October 2008 he got the prize for the best main part from „Cinema Tous Ecrans“.
At the Schauspielhaus Zürich Joel Basman acted 2003 for a youth-theatre project In 2004 and 2005 he played with students, who were at their final project
He finished his studies at the „European Film Actor School“ in October 2008. He also played Pascal in the Swiss television-film Ziellos (Aimless).
2013: Hattie Naylor: Ivan und die Hunde.
Regie: Reto Ott (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen)
2008: Schweizer Fernsehpreis
2008: Shooting Star.