Alain Tanner

Alain Tanner (b. 1929, Geneva) graduated originally in economics. With Claude Goretta he founded a film society in Geneva and together, at the end of period of study at the British Film Institute, they shot a documentary on London entitled Nice Time (1956). In the years 1960-68, after returning to Switzerland, he made films for television, primarily documentaries. Tanner occupies a major place among the few important Swiss filmmakers and film activists. He… (több)