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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.

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Acting (5 movies)

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Francois Simon the Presence

1986

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Men of the Port

1995

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

2006

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Roger Diamantis or Real Life

2005

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Freddy Buache, le cinéma

2012

Directing (28 movies)

Title	Year	Job
Nice Time	1957	Writer
Charles, Dead or Alive	1970	Writer
Charles, Dead or Alive	1970	Producer
The Salamander	1971	Writer
The Salamander	1971	Producer
Return from Africa	1973	Producer
Return from Africa	1973	Screenplay
The Middle of the World	1974	Writer
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000	1976	Writer
Messidor	1979	Writer
Light Years Away	1981	Screenplay
In the White City	1983	Screenplay
In the White City	1983	Executive Producer
In the White City	1983	Producer
No Man's Land	1985	Producer
No Man's Land	1985	Writer
A Flame in My Heart	1987	Screenplay
A Flame in My Heart	1987	Producer
The Ghost Valley	1987	Producer
The Ghost Valley	1987	Screenplay
The Woman from Rose Hill	1989	Writer
The Woman from Rose Hill	1989	Producer
The Man Who Lost His Shadow	1992	Screenplay
The Man Who Lost His Shadow	1992	Producer
Men of the Port	1995	Writer
Fourbi	1996	Producer
Fourbi	1996	Writer
Requiem	1998	Writer
Jonas and Lila, Til Tomorrow	1999	Writer
Jonas and Lila, Til Tomorrow	1999	Producer
Flowers of Blood	2002	Producer
Paul s'en va	2004	Writer
Paul s'en va	2004	Producer