Francis Reusser (1 December 1942 – 10 April 2020) was a Swiss

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 ...

, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. He directed 26 films since 1964. His film '' Derborence'' was entered into the

1985 Cannes Film Festival The 38th Cannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 20 May 1985. Czechoslovakian filmmaker Miloš Forman served as jury president for the main competition. Yugoslavian filmmaker Emir Kusturica won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for t ...

. Reusser died on 10 April 2020 after a long illness. His film '' War in the Highlands'' (1998) competed for the

Golden Bear The Golden Bear () is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival and is, along with the Palme d'Or and the Golden Lion, the most important international film festival award. The bear is the heraldic an ...

at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival.

Selected filmography

* ''Anthony et Cleopatra'' (1964) * '' Le grand soir'' (1976) * ''Seuls'' (1981) * '' Derborence'' (1985) * '' War in the Highlands'' (1998)

Awards

* 1976:

Locarno Festival The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival, held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narr ...

Golden Leopard The Golden Leopard () is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to b ...

for ''Le Grand Soir'' * 1986:

César Awards The César Award is the national film award of France. It is delivered in the ' ceremony and was first awarded in 1976. The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Min ...

for Best French Language Film at

11th César Awards The 11th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1985 and took place on 22 February 1986 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Madeleine ...

for Derborence

References

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Swiss Film Directory
1942 births 2020 deaths Swiss film directors Swiss screenwriters Swiss cinematographers Swiss film editors Swiss male screenwriters People from Vevey {{Switzerland-film-director-stub