Alain Tanner

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Alain Tanner

Directing December 6, 1929

Genève, Suisse

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…

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Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

9.5 1974 TV Show
Kulturplatz

Kulturplatz

6.0 2004 TV Show
In the White City

In the White City

7.0 1983 Movie
The Salamander

The Salamander

6.7 1971 Movie
Charles, Dead or Alive

Charles, Dead or Alive

6.5 1970 Movie
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

6.8 1976 Movie
Fourbi

Fourbi

5.5 1996 Movie
The Middle of the World

The Middle of the World

6.2 1974 Movie
Return from Africa

Return from Africa

6.3 1973 Movie
Nice Time

Nice Time

6.1 1957 Movie
Messidor

Messidor

6.5 1979 Movie
A Flame in My Heart

A Flame in My Heart

6.1 1987 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2012
    Freddy Buache, le cinéma

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2012
    Cinéma Suisse: Alain Tanner

    Movie Self

  3. 2006
    Small Is Beautiful: The Story of the Free Cinema Films Told by Their Makers

    Movie Self

  4. 2005
    Roger Diamantis or Real Life

    Movie Self

  5. 2004
    Kulturplatz

    TV show Self

  6. 2004
    Paul s'en va

    Movie Director

  7. 2002
    Flowers of Blood

    Movie Director

  8. 2000
    In the Shadow of Hollywood

    Movie Self

  9. 1999
    Jonas and Lila, Til Tomorrow

    Movie Director

  10. 1998
    Requiem

    Movie Director

  11. 1996
    Fourbi

    Movie Director

  12. 1995
    Men of the Port

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  13. 1993
    The Diary of Lady M

    Movie Director

  14. 1992
    The Man Who Lost His Shadow

    Movie Director

  15. 1989
    The Woman from Rose Hill

    Movie Writer

  16. 1987
    The Ghost Valley

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1987
    A Flame in My Heart

    Movie Director

  2. 1986
    Francois Simon the Presence

    Movie Self

  3. 1985
    No Man's Land

    Movie Producer

  4. 1984
    Cinématon XL

    Movie N°396

  5. 1983
    In the White City

    Movie Director

  6. 1981
    Light Years Away

    Movie Director

  7. 1979
    Messidor

    Movie Writer

  8. 1977
    Temps mort

    Movie Director

  9. 1976
    Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

    Movie Director

  10. 1974
    Spécial cinéma

    TV show Self

  11. 1974
    The Middle of the World

    Movie Director

  12. 1973
    Return from Africa

    Movie Director

  13. 1971
    The Salamander

    Movie Director

  14. 1970
    La Vie comme ça

    Movie Director

  15. 1970
    Charles, Dead or Alive

    Movie Writer

  16. 1969
    Docteur B, Médecin de Campagne

    Movie Director

  17. 1968
    Le Pouvoir dans la rue

    Movie Director

  18. 1966
    A City at Chandigarh

    Movie Director

  19. 1964
    The Apprentices

    Movie Director

  20. 1961
    Ramuz, passage d'un poète

    Movie Director

  21. 1957
    Nice Time

    Movie Director