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Alain Tanner Biography (1929-)

Born December 6, 1929, in Geneva, Switzerland; father, a writer and painter;mother, an actress. Addresses: Office: VSFG, 12 ch. du Point-du-Jour,1202 Geneva, Switzerland.

Nationality

Swiss

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, screenwriter, producer

Birth Details

December 6, 1929

Geneva, Switzerland

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Co-director (with Claude Goretta), Nice Time (documentary short),1957
• Director, Ramuz, passage d'un poete (short), 1959
• Director, L'Ecole, 1962
• Director, Les Apprentis (documentary), 1964
• Director, Une Ville a Chandigarh, 1966
• Director, Docteur B., medecin de campagne, 1968
• Director and producer, Charles, mort ou vif (also known as Charles, Dead or Alive), New Yorker, 1969
• Director, La Salamandre (also known as The Salamander), Alga, 1971
• Director and producer, Le Retour d'Afrique (also known as Return from Africa), Groupe 5 Geneve/Television Suisse/Filmanthrope, 1972
• Director, Le Milieu du monde (also known as The Middle of the World), Artificial Eye/Action/Citel Film Distribution, 1974
• Director, Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'anee 2000 (also known asJonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000), New Yorker, 1976
• Director, Messidor, Gaumont International, 1978
• Director, Les Annees lumiere (also known as Light Years Away), Artificial Eye, 1981
• Director, producer (with Paulo Branco and Antonio Vaz da Silver), executive producer (with Branco), and sound, Dans la ville blanche (also known as In the White City and A cidade branca), Contemporary Films, 1983
• Director and producer (with Marin Karmitz), No Man's Land (also known as Niemandsland), MK2/Filmograph/Westdeutscher Rundfunk/Channel Four Film on Four/SSR/Films A2, 1985
• Director and executive producer (with Karmitz), La Vallee fantome(also known as The Ghost Valley and The Phantom Valley), MK2, 1987
• Director, Une Flamme dans mon coeur (also known as A Flame in My Heart), Bac/Roxie Releasing/Films du Volcan, 1987
• Director and producer, La Femme de Rose Hill, 1989
• Associate producer, Los Angeles (also known as Angels and Der Schwarze Engel), 1990
• Director and producer, L'Homme qui a perdu son ombre (also known as El Hombre que perdio su sombra and The Man Who Lost His Shadow), 1992
• Director and producer, Le Journal de Lady M (also known as El Diario de Lady M and The Diary of Lady M), 1993
• Director, Les Hommes du port, 1996
• Director and producer, Fourbi, Alta Films, 1996
• Director and producer, Requiem, Gemini Films, 1998
• Director and producer, Jonas et Lila, a demain (also known as Jonah and Lila, till Tomorrow), Gemini Films, 1999
• Film Appearances
• Francois Simon--La presence (documentary), CSS Geneva, 1986
• Narrator, Les Hommes du port, 1996
• In the Shadow of Hollywood (also known as A l'ombre d'Hollywood) (documentary), National Film Board of Canada, 2000
• Television Work
• Series
• Assistant producer, Living with Dangers, BBC, 1958
• Director and producer, Cinq Collones a la Une (filmed reports), ORTF (French television), 1964-69
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Nice Time, 1957
• (With John Berger) Une Ville a Chandigarh, 1966
• Charles, mort ou vif, New Yorker, 1969
• (With Berger) La Salamandre (also known as The Salamander),Alga, 1971
• (With Berger) Le Retour d'Afrique (also known as Return from Africa), Groupe 5 Geneve/Television Suisse/Filmanthrope, 1972
• (With Berger) Le Milieu du monde (also known as The Middle of the World), Artificial Eye/Action/Citel Film Distribution, 1974
• (With Berger) Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'anee 2000 (also knownas Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000), New Yorker, 1976
• Messidor, Gaumont International, 1978
• Les Annees lumiere (also known as Light Years Away), Artificial Eye, 1981
• Dans la ville blanche (also known as In the White City andA cidade branca), Contemporary Films, 1983
• No Man's Land (also known as Niemandsland), MK2/Filmograph/Westdeutscher Rundfunk/Channel Four Film onFour/SSR/Films A2, 1985
• La Vallee Fantome (also known as The Ghost Valley and The Phantom Valley), MK2, 1987
• (With Myriam Mezieres) Une Flamme dans mon coeur (also known as A Flame in My Heart), Bac/Roxie Releasing/Films du Volcan, 1987
• La Femme de Rose Hill, 1989
• L'Homme qui a perdu son ombre (also known as El Hombre queperdio su sombra and The Man Who Lost His Shadow), 1991
• Les Hommes du port, 1996
• Fourbi, Alta Films, 1996
• Requiem, Gemini Films, 1998
• Jonas et Lila, a demain, Gemini Films, 1999
• Other
• (With John Berger) Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'anee 2000 (novelization), 1978

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Current Biography, June, 1990, p. 47.
• Film Comment, 1992, p. 62. May-June,
• Harper's Magazine, February, 1984, p. 68.
• World Press Review, December, 1991, p. 58.