Dominique Othenin-Girard
Dominique Othenin-Girard (* 1958 in Le Locle , Canton Neuchâtel , Switzerland ) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter .
He graduated from the London Film School in 1981 and in the same year was assistant director to Karel Reisz for The Beloved of the French Lieutenant and for Alain Tanner for Les années lumière . For his first feature film After Darkness , he founded his own production company.
After a few more productions, he went to Los Angeles in 1987 and made the low- budget horror film Deliver Us From Evil in 1988 , which received critical acclaim and earned him the job of director and screenwriter on Halloween 5 (1989). In 1990 he re-established a production company in Los Angeles. In 2000 he and Rodica Doehnert received the Robert Geisendörfer Prize in the television category for directing the film " Florian - Liebe aus dem whole heart ".
Filmography (selection)
- 1985: After Darkness
- 1988: Deliver Us From Evil / Night Angel
- 1989: Halloween 5 - The Revenge of Michael Myers - also screenplay
- 1990: Night Angel
- 1991: Omen IV: The Awakening (Omen IV: The Awakening)
- 1993: I belong to you (Sandra, c'est la vie)
- 1994: Captivating Temptation (Private Lessons: Another Story)
- 1995: Murderous Twins
- 1996: Vegas Heat (Beyond Desire)
- 1996: The murderer of Venus
- 1996: adrenaline
- 1998: The holy whore
- 2001: The Crusaders (Crociati)
- 2005: The Death Tunnel - Only the truth counts
- 2006: Henry Dunant - Red on the Cross (Henry Dunant: Du rouge sur La Croix)
- 2008: L'infiltré
- 2009: On the Trail of Wangari Maathai
- 2013: The Swiss
Web links
- Dominique Othenin-Girard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Othenin-Girard, Dominique |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Locle , Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland |