Franz Schnyder (5 March 1910 – 8 February 1993) 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 ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He directed 15 films between 1941 and 1968. His film ''

Der 10. Mai ''Der 10. Mai'' is a 1957 Swiss drama film directed by Franz Schnyder. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Hans Gaugler as Fritz Steiner * Linda Geiser as Anna Marti * Therese Giehse as Ida Herz * Yvette Perri ...

'' was entered into the

8th Berlin International Film Festival The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June to 8 July 1958 with the Zoo Palast as the main venue. The festival was opened by then West Berlin's newly elected mayor Willy Brandt. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Swe ...

Filmography

* '' Gilberte de Courgenay'' (1941) * '' Das Gespensterhaus'' (1942) * '' Wilder Urlaub'' (1943) * '' Marie-Louise'' (1944) * '' Uli the Farmhand'' (1954) * ''

Heidi and Peter ''Heidi and Peter'' (German: ''Heidi und Peter'') is a 1955 Swiss family drama film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Heinrich Gretler, Elsbeth Sigmund and Thomas Klameth. It was a sequel to the 1952 film ''Heidi'', which was itself an adapta ...

'' (1955) * ''

Uli the Tenant ''Uli the Tenant'' (German: ''Uli, der Pächter'') is a 1955 Swiss comedy drama film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Liselotte Pulver, Hannes Schmidhauser and Emil Hegetschweiler.Goble p.996 Based on a classic 1849 novel by Jeremias Gotthe ...

'' (1955) * ''

The Mountains Between Us ''The Mountains Between Us'' (German: '' Zwischen uns die Berge'') is a 1956 Swiss romantic drama film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Hannes Schmidhauser, Nelly Borgeaud and Peter Arens.Bock & Bergfelder p.170 Made in Eastmancolor, it wa ...

'' (1956) * ''

'' (1957) * ''

The Cheese Factory in the Hamlet ''The Cheese Factory in the Hamlet'' (German: ''Die Käserei in der Vehfreude'') is a 1958 Swiss historical comedy film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Annemarie Düringer, Franz Matter and Heinrich Gretler.Luhr p.542 It is an adaptation ...

'' (1958) * '' Anne Bäbi Jowäger - I. Teil: Wie Jakobli zu einer Frau kommt'' (1960) * '' Anne Bäbi Jowäger - II. Teil: Jakobli und Meyeli'' (1962) * '' Sittlichkeitsverbrecher'' (1963) * '' Geld und Geist'' (1964) * '' Die sechs Kummerbuben'' (1968)

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* 1910 births 1993 deaths Swiss film directors Swiss screenwriters Male screenwriters Swiss film producers German-language film directors People from Burgdorf, Switzerland 20th-century screenwriters {{Switzerland-film-director-stub