Alain Tanner
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 6, 1929, Genève, Suisse
- Died
- September 11, 2022
- Movies
- 36
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.
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2012 | Freddy Buache, le cinéma | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Cinéma Suisse: Alain Tanner | Self |
| 2006 | Small Is Beautiful: The Story of the Free Cinema Films Told by Their Makers | Self |
| 2005 | Roger Diamantis or Real Life | Self |
| 2000 | In the Shadow of Hollywood | Self |
| 1995 | Men of the Port | Self (uncredited) |
| 1986 | Francois Simon the Presence | Self |
| 1984 | Cinématon XL | N°396 |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2004 | Paul s'en va | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 2002 | Flowers of Blood | Director, Producer |
| 1999 | Jonas and Lila, Til Tomorrow | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1998 | Requiem | Director, Writer |
| 1996 | Fourbi | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1995 | Men of the Port | Director, Writer |
| 1993 | The Diary of Lady M | Director |
| 1992 | The Man Who Lost His Shadow | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1989 | The Woman from Rose Hill | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1987 | The Ghost Valley | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1987 | A Flame in My Heart | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1985 | No Man's Land | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1983 | In the White City | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1981 | Light Years Away | Director, Screenplay |
| 1979 | Messidor | Director, Writer |
| 1977 | Temps mort | Director |
| 1976 | Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | The Middle of the World | Writer, Director |
| 1973 | Return from Africa | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1971 | The Salamander | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1970 | La Vie comme ça | Director |
| 1970 | Charles, Dead or Alive | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1969 | Docteur B, Médecin de Campagne | Director |
| 1968 | Le Pouvoir dans la rue | Director |
| 1966 | A City at Chandigarh | Director |
| 1964 | The Apprentices | Director |
| 1961 | Ramuz, passage d'un poète | Director |
| 1957 | Nice Time | Writer, Director |
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