Robert Boner

Producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer

Copyright: Alessandro della Valle

Born in 1949 in Lauerz, Switzerland. He worked as a film technician in various capacities starting in 1967. After initially working as a producer at Filmkollektiv in Zurich, he founded his own production companies SAGA Production and Ciné Manufacture in Lausanne and Paris. In his long career, he not only produced over fifty fiction films but was also active in the field of documentaries and animated films. In addition to his multifaceted work as a producer, he was committed to the further development of Swiss film policy, was a cofounder of the GARP association, was involved in the creation of the Pacte de l'audiovisuel and in the introduction of Succès Cinéma before becoming the first Secretary General of Cinéforom in 2011. He is recipient of the 2024 Swiss Film Prize Honorary Award.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

1974
Arbeiterehe by Robert Boner

Screenwriter

1999
La beauté sur la terre by Antoine Plantevin
1996
Capitaine au long cours by Bianca Conti Rossini
1994
Adultère (mode d'emploi) by Christine Pascal
1974
Arbeiterehe by Robert Boner

Cinematographer

1977
Raimon - Lieder gegen die Angst by Richard Dindo
1976
Die Erschiessung des Landesverräters Ernst S. by Richard Dindo, Niklaus Meienberg

Producer

2024
Le volcan et le bébé by Danielle Jaeggi
2019
Le renard et l'oisille by Samuel Guillaume, Frédéric Guillaume
2010
Low Cost (Claude Jutra) by Lionel Baier
2010
Cleveland Versus Wall Street by Jean-Stéphane Bron
2009
Quentin et Ferdinand by Robin Harsch
2009
Traders by Jean-Stéphane Bron
2009
Complices by Frédéric Mermoud
2008
Un autre homme by Lionel Baier
2007
Le créneau by Frédéric Mermoud
2007
Max & Co by Samuel Guillaume, Frédéric Guillaume
2006
Comme des voleurs by Lionel Baier
2006
Pour aller au ciel il faut mourir by Djameshed Usmonov
2004
Poids léger by Jean-Pierre Améris
2004
Garçon stupide by Lionel Baier
2004
Bonhomme de chemin by Frédéric Mermoud
2003
Mais im Bundeshuus by Jean-Stéphane Bron
2002
Des yeux qui écoutent – Jean-François Antonioli et la Philharmonie de Timisoara by Walter Wehmeyer
2002
Jour de marché by Jacqueline Veuve
2002
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch, pour mémoire by Lionel Baier
2002
La parade (notre histoire) by Lionel Baier
2002
Macho Blues by Jacques Akchoti
2002
Pas les flics, pas les noirs, pas les blancs by Ursula Meier
2001
Thelma by Pierre-Alain Meier
2001
Newsman by Yvan Butler
2001
Travailler c'est trop dur by Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
2000
La vocation de l’écoute – Musique et spiritualité sur l’île d’Orta by Walter Wehmeyer
2000
Celui au pasteur by Lionel Baier
1999
La beauté sur la terre by Antoine Plantevin
1999
Genet à Chatila by Richard Dindo
1999
Mignon à croquer by Lionel Baier
1999
La bonne conduite by Jean-Stéphane Bron
1998
L'enfant et les loups by Pierre-Antoine Hiroz
1998
D'or et d'oublis by Yvan Butler
1997
Flammen im Paradies by Markus Imhoof
1997
Journal de Rivesaltes 1941-42 by Jacqueline Veuve
1997
Connu de nos services by Jean-Stéphane Bron
1996
Des nouvelles du bon Dieu by Didier Le Pêcheur
1996
Capitaine au long cours by Bianca Conti Rossini
1996
Entre frère et soeur by Isabelle Blanc
1994
Le ciel et la boue by Frédéric Gonseth
1994
Adultère (mode d'emploi) by Christine Pascal
1994
Ernesto «Che» Guevara: le Journal de Bolivie by Richard Dindo
1991
Arthur Rimbaud, une biographie by Richard Dindo
1981
Max Frisch-Journal I-III by Richard Dindo
1980
Le chemin perdu by Patricia Moraz
1980
Sauve qui peut (la vie) by Jean-Luc Godard
1979
Les petites fugues by Yves Yersin
1977
Les Indiens sont encore loin by Patricia Moraz
1977
San Gottardo by Villi Hermann
1977
Raimon - Lieder gegen die Angst by Richard Dindo
1974
Arbeiterehe by Robert Boner

Location Sound Mixer

1996
Une Saison au Paradis by Richard Dindo
1973
Schweizer im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg by Richard Dindo

Awards

(a selection)

2024
Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2024, Honorary Award (Winner)
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