Alain Tanner

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-12-06 (93 years old)

Deathday

2022-09-11

Place of Birth

Genève, Suisse

Alain Tanner

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.

Production

1983

1971

The Salamander

as Director

1987

The Ghost Valley

as Director

1987

2002

Flowers of Blood

as Director

2002

Flowers of Blood

as Producer

1985

No Man's Land

as Producer

1981

Light Years Away

as Director

1993

1970

1979

Messidor

as Writer

1979

Messidor

as Director

1957

Nice Time

as Director

1957

Nice Time

as Writer

1973

1998

Requiem

as Director

1998

Requiem

as Writer

1985

No Man's Land

as Director

1985

No Man's Land

as Writer

1996

Fourbi

as Director

1970

1983

In the White City

as Screenplay

1983

In the White City

as Executive Producer

1995

Men of the Port

as Director

1996

Fourbi

as Writer

1996

Fourbi

as Producer

1971

1971

The Salamander

as Producer

1983

1966

2004

Paul s'en va

as Director

2004

Paul s'en va

as Producer

2004

Paul s'en va

as Writer

1995

1968

1981

Light Years Away

as Screenplay

1987

A Flame in My Heart

as Screenplay

1964

The Apprentices

as Director

1987

The Ghost Valley

as Screenplay

1987

The Ghost Valley

as Producer

1987

1974

1977

Temps mort

as Director

1973

1970

La Vie comme ça

as Director

1973

Return from Africa

as Screenplay

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