Daniel Walter Schmid (26 December 1941 – 5 August 2006) was a Swiss theatre and film director.

Biography

In 1982, his film '' Hécate'' was entered into the

33rd Berlin International Film Festival The 33rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18 February to 1 March 1983. The festival opened with the out of competition film, '' Tootsie'' by Sydney Pollack. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' Ascendancy'' ...

. His film '' Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland'' was screened in the

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section at the

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. In 1988, he was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. A new

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

on Schmid's life, ''Daniel Schmid – Le chat qui pense'', had its U.S. premiere at the

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on 20 June 2011.

Filmography / works

*1967: ' (dir.

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) (assistant director; TV film) *1967: ''

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'' (dir.

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) (assistant director; TV film) *1967: '' Abgründe'' (dir.

) (assistant director; TV film) *1969: '' Samuel Beckett'' (dir.

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) (cinematographer; short film) *1970: '' Thut alles im Finstern, eurem Herrn das Licht zu ersparen'' (director, writer; TV film) *1970: '' Der Bomberpilot'' (dir.

Werner Schroeter Werner Schroeter (7 April 1945 – 12 April 2010) was a German film director, screenwriter, and opera director known for his stylistic excess. Schroeter was cited by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as an influence both on his own work and on German cine ...

) (co-director; TV film) *1972: ' (producer, director, writer) *1974: ''

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'' (director, writer) *1976: ''

Shadow of Angels ''Shadow of Angels'' (german: Schatten der Engel) is a 1976 Swiss drama film directed by Daniel Schmid. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based upon the play ''Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod'' by Rainer Werner Fas ...

'' (director, writer) *1977: ''

Violanta ''Violanta'', Op. 8, is a one-act opera by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The libretto is by the Austrian playwright Hans Müller-Einigen. It is Korngold's second opera, written when he was seventeen years old. Performance history It was premiered o ...

'' (director, writer) *1981: '' Notre Dame de la Croisette'' (director) *1982: '' Hécate'' (director, writer) *1983: '' Mirage de la vie'' (producer, director, writer; TV film) *1984: '' Barbe-bleue'' (dir. Jean Bovon) (co-director; TV film) *1984: '' Il bacio di Tosca'' (''Der Kuss der Tosca'') (director) *1985: ''

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'' (co-director; TV film) *1986: '' Der Rosenkönig'' (producer) *1987: '' Jenatsch'' (director, writer) *1988: ''

Guglielmo Tell ''William Tell'' (french: Guillaume Tell, link=no; it, Guglielmo Tell, link=no) is a French-language opera in four acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy and L. F. Bis, based on Friedrich S ...

'' (director; TV film) *1990: '' Les amateurs'' (director) *1992: ''

Hors Saison ''Off Season'' (french: Hors Saison) is a 1992 comedy film by Daniel Schmid, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Martin Suter. The film is semi-autobiographical for Schmid, who re-imagines the hotel he grew up in the Swiss Alps. The French-Swiss ...

'' / Zwischensaison (director, writer) *1995: '' The Written Face'' (director, writer) – documentary on the Japanese

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star, Tamasaburo Bando featuring

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dancer,

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*1996: ''

Linda di Chamounix ''Linda di Chamounix'' is an operatic ''melodramma semiserio'' in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi. It premiered in Vienna, at the Kärntnertortheater, on 19 May 1842. Performance history '' ...

'' (dir. Alf Bernhard-Leonardi) (co-director; TV film) *1999: '' Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz'' (director) *2002: '' Beatrice di Tenda'' (dir.

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) (co-director; TV film)

Actor

*1972: ''

The Merchant of Four Seasons ''The Merchant of Four Seasons'' (german: Händler der vier Jahreszeiten) is a 1971 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring and Irm Hermann. The plot follows the life of a fruit-peddler, living in 1950s Munich, ...

'' – 1st Candidate *1972: '' Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King'' – Aussenminister von der Pfordten *1977: ''

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'' – Igraham *1978: '' Judith Therpauve'' – Jean *1979: ''Roberte'' – Salomon *1981: ''

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'' – Pförtner *1984: '' Cinémato'' – Himself

References

External links

*http://www.daniel-schmid.com – Official website *
Daniel Schmid
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Swiss Film Directory
* 1941 births 2006 deaths LGBT film directors LGBT theatre directors Swiss film directors Swiss theatre directors Deaths from cancer in Switzerland German-language film directors Georges Delerue Award winners 20th-century LGBT people 21st-century LGBT people {{Switzerland-film-director-stub