Xavier Koller
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Xavier Koller | |
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Born | 1944 (age 76–77) Schwyz, Switzerland |
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Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 1972–present |
Xavier Koller (born 1944, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He is most known for his work on the Disney live action film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, an adventure historical fiction film based on the life of Squanto, and his film Journey of Hope, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990.[1]
Early life[]
After graduating from high school, Koller first went through a four-year apprenticeship as a precision toolmaker and then, after three years of training at the in Zurich, Switzerland, graduated as an actor/director. The next several years he spent acting and directing at German and Swiss theatres. He did a number of TV-plays as an actor, directed commercials, acted in movies, and then started to write and direct feature films.
Film career[]
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Awards and accolades[]
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Filmography[]
- (1972) (director, screenplay)
- (1976) (director: additional scenes)
- Trilogie 1848 - Der Galgensteiger (1978) (director, writer) (TV film)
- (Das gefrorene Herz) (1979) (director, screenplay)
- Tanner (Der schwarze Tanner) (1985) (director, writer)
- Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) (1990) (director, writer)
- Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994) (director)
- Gripsholm (2000) (director)
- Cowboy Up (2001) (director)
- (2002) (director, writer) (short film)
- (2006) (director) (TV film)
- (2011) (director, writer)
- (2015) (director, writer)
References[]
- ^ "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
External links[]
- Xavier Koller at IMDb
- Xavier Koller at the Swiss Film Directory
- Living people
- Swiss film directors
- Swiss screenwriters
- 1944 births
- German-language film directors
- Zurich University of the Arts alumni
- Directors of Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners
- European film director stubs
- Swiss artist stubs