
Person
Yves Yersin
Directing · 1942–2018 · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Biography
Yves Yersin (4 October 1942 – 15 November 2018) was a Swiss film director. His film Les petites fugues competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. Yersin studied photography at the Center Vocational de Vevey from 1959 to 1961, and received a Federal Certificate of Capacity. He began advertising photography in 1962 and trained as a cameraman from 1963 to 1964. While at the Expo 64, Yersin assisted René Crux during the Polyvision slideshow. Yersin joined the Fondation du Groupe 5 with Alain Tanner, Jean-Louis Roy, Michel Soutter, and Jean-Jacques Lagrange in 1971. Source: Article "Yves Yersin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for

Spécial cinéma
Self

Swissmade
Director
Inventaire lausannois
Writer

Les Petites Fugues
Director

The Unburdening
Screenplay

Four of Them
Director
Le Dernier Râle du r'alboum
Director

The Last Haberdashers
Producer

Tableau noir
Director
Filmography
- 2013Tableau noirDirector
- 1983The UnburdeningScreenplay
- 1982Inventaire lausannoisWriter
- 1981Le Dernier Râle du r'alboumDirector
- 1979Les Petites FuguesDirector
- 1974Spécial cinémaSelf
- 1974The Last HaberdashersProducer
- 1969SwissmadeDirector
- 1968Four of ThemDirector
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