Alain Tanner

Alain Tanner

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Genève, Suisse
December 6, 1929

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.

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Representative Works

Nice Time
Nice Time
6.1
/ English
Fourbi
Fourbi
5.5
/ French
Messidor
Messidor
6.5
/ French
Return from Africa
Return from Africa
6.3
/ French
In the White City
In the White City
7.0
/ French
Cinématon XL
Cinématon XL
No Rating Yet
/ French
The Salamander
The Salamander
6.7
/ French
Paul s'en va
Paul s'en va
6.4
/ French
Light Years Away
Light Years Away
7.1
/ French
No Man's Land
No Man's Land
5.5
/ French

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Nice Time
1957Nominee

Best Writing

Nice Time

Fourbi
1996Nominee

Best Director

Fourbi

The Middle of the World
1974Nominee

Best Writing

The Middle of the World

Career Highlights

Messidor
1979Highlight

Best Director

Messidor

Return from Africa
1973Highlight

Best Director

Return from Africa