Alain Tanner
Alain Tanner (1929, Geneva) studied economics and founded with Claude Goretta the Ciné-Club Universitaire. He also made his first shorts films with Goretta. He worked for two years at the British Film Institute and, after his return to Switzerland, he made about fifteen TV reports and several short films before making features.
Filmography
Films (features): Charles mort ou vif (1969), La salamandre (1971), Le retour d'Afrique (1973), Le milieu du monde (1974), Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (1976), Messidor (1979), Light Years Away (1982), Dans la ville blanche (1983), No Man's Land (1985), Une flamme dans mon coeur (1986), La vallée fantôme (1987), La femme de Rose Hill (1989), L'homme qui a perdu son ombre (1993), Le journal de Lady M. (1993), Les hommes du port (1995), Fourbi (1996), Requiem 91998), Jonas et Lila, à demain (1999)