Alain Tanner

Alain Tanner (b. 1929, Geneva) graduated originally in economics. With Claude Goretta he founded a film society in Geneva and together, at the end of period of study at the British Film Institute, they shot a documentary on London entitled Nice Time (1956). In the years 1960-68, after returning to Switzerland, he made films for television, primarily documentaries. Tanner occupies a major place among the few important Swiss filmmakers and film activists. He initiated the founding of the Swiss Filmmakers Association (1962). Today, including documentaries, he has more than thirty films to his credit, and his work has long been screened and awarded at top festivals. Selected filmography: Charles, Dead or Alive (Charles mort ou vif, 1969), Le retour d' Afrique (1973), Light Years Away (Les années lumières, 1981), The Woman from Rose Hill (La femme de Rose Hill, 1989), The Man Who Lost His Shadow (L'homme qui a perde son ombre, 1991), Requiem (1996), Fleurs de sang (2001).

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