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.

Directed

1. The Salamander (1971) — Director
2. In the White City (1983) — Director
3. Charles, Dead or Alive (1970) — Director
4. Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976) — Director
5. The Middle of the World (1974) — Director
6. Fourbi (1996) — Director
7. A Flame in My Heart (1987) — Director
8. Return from Africa (1973) — Director
9. Requiem (1998) — Director
10. Messidor (1979) — Director
11. The Ghost Valley (1987) — Director
12. The Man Who Lost His Shadow (1992) — Director
13. Light Years Away (1981) — Director
14. The Diary of Lady M (1993) — Director
15. No Man's Land (1985) — Director
16. Jonas and Lila, Til Tomorrow (1999) — Director
17. Flowers of Blood (2002) — Director
18. Paul s'en va (2004) — Director
19. The Woman from Rose Hill (1989) — Director
20. Nice Time (1957) — Director
21. A City at Chandigarh (1966) — Director
22. Men of the Port (1995) — Director
23. The Apprentices (1964) — Director
24. Docteur B, Médecin de Campagne (1969) — Director
25. Le Pouvoir dans la rue (1968) — Director
26. Ramuz, passage d'un poète (1961) — Director
27. Temps mort (1977) — Director
28. La Vie comme ça (1970) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
2. Men of the Port (1995) — Self (uncredited)
3. In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000) — Self
4. Roger Diamantis or Real Life (2005) — Self
5. Kulturplatz (2004) — Self
6. Francois Simon the Presence (1986) — Self
7. Cinéma Suisse: Alain Tanner (2012) — Self
8. Small Is Beautiful: The Story of the Free Cinema Films Told by Their Makers (2006) — Self
9. Cinématon XL (1984) — N°396
10. Freddy Buache, le cinéma (2012) — Self (archive footage)