Alain Tanner
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Birth Place
Switzerland
Born
December 06, 1929
Biography
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Jonah and Lila, Till Tomorrow
(1999)
Director
Requiem
(1998)
Director
Messidor
(1996)
Director
Fourbi
(1996)
Director
Les Hommes du Port
(1996)
Director
The Diary of Lady M
(1993)
Director
L' Homme qui a perdu son ombre
(1991)
Director
La Femme de Rose Hill
(1989)
Director
Une Flamme dans mon coeur
(1987)
Director
La Vallee fantome
(1987)
Director
No Man's Land
(1985)
Director
Dans la ville blanche
(1983)
Director
Les Annees lumieres
(1981)
Director
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
(1976)
Director
Le Milieu du Monde
(1974)
Director
Le Retour d'Afrique
(1972)
Director
Charles, Dead or Alive
(1972)
Director
La Salamandre
(1971)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
40X15: Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
(2008)
Les Hommes du Port
(1996)
Narration
Francois Simon - La Presence
(1986)
Writer (Feature Film)
Jonah and Lila, Till Tomorrow
(1999)
Screenwriter
Requiem
(1998)
Screenwriter
Fourbi
(1996)
Screenwriter
Messidor
(1996)
Screenplay
Les Hommes du Port
(1996)
Screenwriter
L' Homme qui a perdu son ombre
(1991)
Screenwriter
La Femme de Rose Hill
(1989)
Screenwriter
Une Flamme dans mon coeur
(1987)
Screenwriter
La Vallee fantome
(1987)
Screenwriter
No Man's Land
(1985)
Screenwriter
Dans la ville blanche
(1983)
Screenwriter
Les Annees lumieres
(1981)
Screenplay
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
(1976)
Screenplay
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
(1976)
Writer (Adaptation)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
(1976)
Writer (Dialogue)
Le Milieu du Monde
(1974)
Screenwriter
Le Milieu du Monde
(1974)
Dialogue
Le Milieu du Monde
(1974)
Adaptation
Charles, Dead or Alive
(1972)
Screenplay
Le Retour d'Afrique
(1972)
Screenwriter
La Salamandre
(1971)
Screenwriter
Producer (Feature Film)
Jonah and Lila, Till Tomorrow
(1999)
Producer
Requiem
(1998)
Producer
Fourbi
(1996)
Producer
The Diary of Lady M
(1993)
Producer
L' Homme qui a perdu son ombre
(1991)
Producer
Angels
(1990)
Associate Producer
La Femme de Rose Hill
(1989)
Producer
La Vallee fantome
(1987)
Executive Producer
No Man's Land
(1985)
Producer
Dans la ville blanche
(1983)
Producer
Dans la ville blanche
(1983)
Executive Producer
Charles, Dead or Alive
(1972)
Producer
Le Retour d'Afrique
(1972)
Producer
La Salamandre
(1971)
Producer
Sound (Feature Film)
Dans la ville blanche
(1983)
Sound
Life Events
1951
Formed university cine club, Geneva
1955
Moved to London with Claude Goretta; both worked in department store; both found jobs with British Film Institute (Tanner in information department)
1957
Co-directed first short, "Nice Time" (with Goretta)
1957
Worked as assistant producer with BBC's television service for which he made 6 documentaries
1958
Left London, moved to Paris (date approximate)
1968
Formed Groupe Cinq, Swiss filmmakers' collective (with John Berger, Claude Goretta, Michel Soutter and Jean-Louis Roy)
1969
Directed first feature film, "Charles Dead or Alive/Charles mort ou vif"
