Person

Alain Tanner

Directing · 1929–2022 · Genève, Suisse

Biography

Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director. Influenced by his involvement with the British "Free Cinema" movement in London and with the French New Wave during his years in Paris, Tanner is best known for his movies Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000), Dans la ville blanche (In the White City) and Messidor. Dans la ville blanche was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Tanner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

2012Freddy Buache, le cinémaSelf (archive footage)
2012Cinéma Suisse: Alain TannerSelf
2006Small Is Beautiful: The Story of the Free Cinema Films Told by Their MakersSelf
2005Roger Diamantis or Real LifeSelf
2004KulturplatzSelf
2004Paul s'en vaWriter
2002Flowers of BloodDirector
2000In the Shadow of HollywoodSelf
1999Jonas and Lila, Til TomorrowDirector
1998RequiemDirector
1996FourbiDirector
1995Men of the PortSelf (uncredited)
1993The Diary of Lady MDirector
1992The Man Who Lost His ShadowDirector
1989The Woman from Rose HillWriter
1987The Ghost ValleyDirector
1987A Flame in My HeartDirector
1986Francois Simon the PresenceSelf
1985No Man's LandProducer
1984Cinématon XLN°396
1983In the White CityDirector
1981Light Years AwayDirector
1979MessidorDirector
1977Temps mortDirector
1976Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000Director
1974Spécial cinémaSelf
1974The Middle of the WorldWriter
1973Return from AfricaDirector
1971The SalamanderDirector
1970La Vie comme çaDirector
1970Charles, Dead or AliveWriter
1969Docteur B, Médecin de CampagneDirector
1968Le Pouvoir dans la rueDirector
1966A City at ChandigarhDirector
1964The ApprenticesDirector
1961Ramuz, passage d'un poèteDirector
1957Nice TimeWriter

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