Francis Reusser (1 December 1942 – 10 April 2020) was a Swiss

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. He directed thirteen films since 1968. His film ''

Derborence Derborence is a hamlet in the municipality of Conthey, in the canton of Valais, in Switzerland. It is located at 1,450 metres in an isolated valley on the south side of the Bernese Alps and is not permanently inhabited. Derborence is completel ...

'' was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. Reusser died on 10 April 2020 after a long illness.

Selected filmography

* ''Anthony et Cleopatra'' (1964) * '' Le grand soir'' (1976) * ''Seuls'' (1981) * ''

'' (1985) * ''

War in the Highlands ''War in the Highlands'' (french: La Guerre dans le Haut Pays) is a 1999 internationally co-produced war drama film directed by Francis Reusser starring Marion Cotillard. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Fi ...

'' (1999)

Awards

* 1976:

Locarno Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, sh ...

Golden Leopard The Golden Leopard () is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to be ...

for ''Le Grand Soir'' * 1986:

César Awards The César Award is the national film award of France. It is delivered in the ' ceremony and was first awarded in 1976. The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Min ...

for Best French Language Film at

11th César Awards The 11th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1985 and took place on 22 February 1986 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Madelein ...

for

References

External links

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Swiss Film Directory
1942 births 2020 deaths Swiss film directors Swiss screenwriters Male screenwriters People from Vevey {{Switzerland-film-director-stub