Alain Tanner
Biography
Born in 1929 in Geneva. Studied Economics at University of Geneva. 1951 Jointly responsible for the cinema club at Geneva University, founded by Claude Goretta. 1955 Worked at the British Film Institute. 1957 First film with Claude Goretta. Between 1960 and 1968 returned to Switzerland, directed several films and documentaries for television. 1962 Co-founder of the Swiss Filmmakers Association. 1969 First feature film.
Filmography
- 1957 Nice Time (co-director, documentary)
- 1961 Ramuz, passage d'un poète (short film)
- 1962 L'école (short film)
- 1964 Les apprentis (documentary)
- 1966 Une ville à Chandigarh (documentary)
- 1968 Docteur B., médecin de campagne (fiction)
- 1968 Charles, mort ou vif (fiction)
- 1971 La salamandre (fiction)
- 1973 Le retour d'Afrique (fiction)
- 1974 Le milieu du monde (fiction)
- 1976 Jonas, qui aura vingt-cinq ans en l'an 2000 (fiction)
- 1977 Temps mort (fiction)
- 1978 Messidor (fiction)
- 1981 Light Years Away (fiction)
- 1983 Dans la ville blanche (fiction)
- 1985 No Man's Land (fiction)
- 1986 Une flamme dans mon cœur (fiction)
- 1987 La vallée fantôme (fiction)
- 1989 La femme de Rose Hill (fiction)
- 1991 L'homme qui a perdu son ombre (fiction)
- 1992 Le journal de Lady M. (fiction)
- 1994 Les hommes du port (documentary)
- 1995 Fourbi (fiction)
- 1997 Requiem (fiction)
- 1999 Jonas et Lila, à demain (fiction)
- 2002 Fleurs de sang (co-director, fiction)
- 2004 Paul s'en va (fiction)