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Cinema Of Switzerland
The film industry based in Switzerland dates to the 1930s. It is influenced by the neighboring countries of France, Germany and Italy, with which it shares languages. Before the mid-1960s Swiss films were often sentimental, but the French New Wave led to more experimental cinema. The Solothurn Film Festival was founded in 1966 with a declaration of showing the modern reality of Swiss Life. It is the most important festival for Swiss film productions. The Locarno Festival founded in 1946 is an annual film festival held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. As of 2014, The Swissmakers (1978) (''Die Schweizermacher'') is the highest grossing Swiss film of all time.Statistik Schweiz - Die erfolgreichsten Schweizer Filme . Bfs.admin.ch (2014-04-30). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Goretta
Claude Goretta (23 June 1929 – 20 February 2019) was a Swiss television producer and film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role .... Life and career During the 1950s, Goretta worked for the British Film Institute in their programme planning department. His first film, '' Nice Time'', co-directed with Alain Tanner, was made through the BFI Production Board. His 1973 film '' L'Invitation'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1981 film '' La provinciale'' was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. Goretta is buried at the Cimetière des Rois (Cemetery of Kings), which is considered the Genevan Panthéon. Selected filmography * '' Nice Time'' (1957), with Alain Tanner * '' The Invitation'' (1973) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibylle Blanc
''Sibylle Blanc'' (born January 3, 1974''L'illustre, Lausanne, N. 21, p. 74, May 25, 2005. in Aubonne, Vaud) is a French-speaking Swiss actress, writer and director who is actively involved in theatrical, film, television and radio productions in her native Switzerland as well as in nearby France. Her first name is easily misspelt and she is sometimes wrongly credited as ''Sybille Blanc''. Personal life Blanc is the daughter of Pierre-Alain Blanc who is a former mayor of Aubonne and a teacher of physical education.''L'illustre, Lausanne, N. 1, pp. 51-53, January 4, 2007. Sport is important to her father who organised a triathlon in Aubonne every year. As part of her fitness routine she regularly plays badminton with her father. She lived in a charming sixth floor apartment in a building without an elevator. "C'est pratique, j'ai trouvé un appartement avec fitness intégré! (It's practical, I've found an apartment with fitness built in!)" she said jokingly in an interview ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie Blanc
Anne-Marie Blanc (2 September 1919 – 5 February 2009) was a Swiss film and television actress, style icon and was commonly referred to as "The Grand Dame of the Swiss Film". Her granddaughter is the actress Mona Petri (née Fueter). Early life and education Blanc was born 2 September 1919 in Vevey, Switzerland, the eldest of three children, to Louis Blanc and Valentine Blanc (née Chevalier). Her mother hailed from a privileged banking family whom married Louis who worked land registry administrator. Unfortunately, he was a violent alcoholic and she left him in 1930 with the children and moved to Bern. Selected filmography * ''Constable Studer'' as Sonja Witschi (1939) * ''Gilberte de Courgenay'' as Gilberte Montavon (1942) * ''That's Not the Way to Die'' as Marianne (1946) * '' White Cradle Inn'' as Louise (1949) * ''Captive Soul'' as Helene (1952) * '' Palace Hotel'' as Inhaberin des Hotels (1952) * '' I'm Waiting for You'' as Frau Dr. Helm (1952) * '' Life Begins at Seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursula Andress
Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss actress and former model who has appeared in American, British, and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, '' Dr. No'' (1962). She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the 1967 Bond parody '' Casino Royale''. Other credits include '' Fun in Acapulco'' (1963), '' 4 for Texas'' (1963), '' She'' (1965), '' The 10th Victim'' (1965), ''The Blue Max'' (1966), '' The Southern Star'' (1969), '' Perfect Friday'' (1970), '' Red Sun'' (1971), '' The Sensuous Nurse'' (1975), '' Slave of the Cannibal God'' (1978), '' The Fifth Musketeer'' (1979), '' Clash of the Titans'' (1981), and ''Peter the Great'' (1986). Early life Ursula Andress, the third of six children, was born on 19 March 1936 in Ostermundigen, Canton of Bern, to a Swiss mother, Anna, and Rolf Andress, a German diplomat. Her father was expelled from Switzerland for political reasons and her grandfather, a garden designer, became h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Knuchel
Stefano Knuchel is a Swiss documentary film director, screenwriter, and producer. Biography Knuchel spent his childhood traveling around Europe with his family. He graduated from the Conservatory of Fribourg in 1987, in 2001 – from The Film & Photographic Workshop Rockport, Maine. In 1988, he started working at the Italian-language Swiss Radio Rete. Ten years later, he moved to Swiss Television and hosted experimental programmes, at the same time working as a critic and a writer. In 2004, he founded a production company ''Venus and beyond'' and created his first documentary, ''Nocaut'' (2004), which was presented during the Semaine de la critique of the Locarno Film Festival. His third documentary, ''Hugo en Afrique'', was released in 2009. An homage to Hugo Pratt, it was selected for the Horizons competition at the Venice Film Festival and won Bisato d'Oro for Best Director by the independent jury of film critics. In 2017, he released ''Quand j'étais Cloclo'', a tragic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Yersin
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. Biography 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. Filmography * ''Swiss Made'' (1968) * ''Quatre d'entre elles'' (1968) * '' Die letzten Heimposamenter'' (1974) * '' Les petites fugues'' (1979) * ''Tableau Noir Tableau (French for 'little table' literally, also used to mean 'picture'; : tableaux or, rarely, tableaus) may refer to: Arts * ''Tableau'', a series of four paintings by Piet Mondrian titled ''Tab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Tanner
Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director. Early years and education Tanner was born in Geneva, and studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had recently established at the university. After his graduation and a short time working for international shipping companies in London, he continued feeling drawn to film. Film career Tanner found work at the British Film Institute in 1955, subtitling, translating, and organizing the archive. His first film, '' Nice Time'' (1957), a short documentary film about Piccadilly Circus during weekend evenings, was made with Claude Goretta. Produced by the British Film Institute Experimental Film Fund, it was first shown as part of the third Free Cinema programme at the National Film Theatre in May 1957. The debut film won a prize at the film festival in Venice and much critical praise. Tanner went to France for a while where he assisted with seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Schnyder
Franz Schnyder (5 March 1910 – 8 February 1993) was a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1941 and 1968. His film '' Der 10. Mai'' was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography * ''Gilberte de Courgenay ''Gilberte de Courgenay'' is a 1942 Swiss biographical film about Gilberte Montavon directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Rudolf Bernhard, Anne-Marie Blanc and Zarli Carigiet. Story The Film was based on a novel by Rudolf Bolo Maegli ...'' (1941) * '' Das Gespensterhaus'' (1942) * '' Wilder Urlaub'' (1943) * '' Marie-Louise'' (1944) * '' Uli the Farmhand'' (1954) * '' Heidi and Peter'' (1955) * '' Uli the Tenant'' (1955) * '' The Mountains Between Us'' (1956) * '' Der 10. Mai'' (1957) * '' The Cheese Factory in the Hamlet'' (1958) * '' Anne Bäbi Jowäger - I. Teil: Wie Jakobli zu einer Frau kommt'' (1960) * '' Anne Bäbi Jowäger - II. Teil: Jakobli und Meyeli'' (1962) * '' Sittlichkeitsverbrecher'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Schmid
Daniel Walter Schmid (26 December 1941 – 5 August 2006) was a Swiss theatre and film director. Biography In 1982, his film ''Hécate'' was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. His film ''Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. In 1988, he was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. A new documentary film on Schmid's life, ''Daniel Schmid – Le chat qui pense'', had its U.S. premiere at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco on 20 June 2011. Filmography / works *1967: ' (dir. George Moorse) (assistant director; TV film) *1967: ''Claire (1967 film), Claire'' (dir. Peter Lilienthal) (assistant director; TV film) *1967: ''Abgründe'' (dir. Peter Lilienthal) (assistant director; TV film) *1969: ''Samuel Beckett (film), Samuel Beckett'' (dir. Rosa von Praunheim) (cinematographer; short film) *1970: ''Thut alles im Finstern, eurem Herrn das L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Othenin-Girard
Dominique Othenin-Girard (born 13 February 1958) is a Swiss-French film director. He is known for directing such films as '' After Darkness'' (1985), which was nominated for a Golden Bear Award, and '' Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers'' (1989), as well as for directing the television miniseries '' The Crusaders'' (2001). Othenin-Girard is also active in promoting awareness for Down syndrome. Early years Dominique Othenin-Girard was born in 1958 in Le Locle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, to French painter Ivan Othenin-Girard and Sonia Calame. His early years were spent traveling to lands that were in culturally different from his native Switzerland; first for an extended stay in Greece and then to live in Iran where his father established the Fine Arts Program in Tehran. At 7 years old he returned to Switzerland with his mother, brother and sister, where he remained until going to the United States as an exchange student when he was 16 years old. He began studying photograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredi Murer
Fredi M. Murer (born 1 October 1940) is a Swiss filmmaker. Life and work Murer was born Alfred Melchior Murer in Beckenried, Switzerland. He grew up in Altdorf and went to university in Zurich, where he studied drawing and photography. He began making films in the mid-1960s. His most famous works are the films ''Alpine Fire'' (1985) and '' Vitus'' (2006). From 1992 to 1996, he was president of the Swiss Film-Makers Association. As an innovative and independent filmmaker, Murer has made a major contribution to the renaissance of Swiss cinema. Winner of the City of Zurich Arts Prize in 1995 and the Central Swiss Cultural Prize in 1997, in 2005 he was honoured by the Zurich Foundation for Western Ethics and Culture with a lifetime achievement award. This was the first time the prize had been conferred on a filmmaker, the position of his work in the world of the Swiss cinema being described as "exemplary for the power of its message". Filmography * 1985: ''Alpine Fire ''Alpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
