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.

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