Dominique de Rivaz

Dominique de Rivaz (* 1953 in Zurich ) is a Swiss filmmaker , screenwriter and writer .

Life

Dominique de Rivaz studied literature, history and philology at the University of Friborg . She then learned Russian and worked on filming in Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan and Estonia. As an assistant director she worked for directors such as Alain Tanner and Bakhtyar Kudoynazarov.

As a director, Dominique de Rivaz first made documentaries . Her first feature film, Mein Name ist Bach , followed in 2004 , which won the Swiss Film Prize in the Best Fiction Film category and was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category. Her second feature film, Luftbusiness , was also awarded a Swiss Film Prize in 2009 (category Best Male Actor for Dominique Jann ). In 2014 she received the Bern Film Prize for Elegy on a Lighthouse .

As a writer, Dominique de Rivaz received the Schiller Prize for her first novel Douchinka in 2009.

Filmography

• 1985: Aélia
• 1993: Georges Borgeaud ou les bonheurs de l'écriture
• 1994: Le Jour du bain (Banni Djen)
• 1997: Balade fribourgoise (together with Jacqueline Veuve )
• 1998: Surmatants
• 2003: My name is Bach
• 2005: Chère Jacqueline (portrait of Jacqueline Veuve)
• 2006: DESIGNSuisse, Martin Leuthold
• 2008: Air business
• 2013: Elegy on a lighthouse (Elégie pour un phare)

bibliography

• Case: nf (2002), Editions L´Âge d´Homme & Société Suisse des Auteurs
• Douchinka (2008), Editions de l'Aire (Prix Schiller Découverte 2009)
• Endless Loop - The Berlin Wall Trail (2009), Editions Noir sur Blanc & Benteli Verlag
• La Poussette (2011), Editions Buchet-Chastel
• Rose Envy (2012), Editions Zoé (Sélection Prix Wepler)
• The Sand People by Schoina (2013), Editions Noir sur Blanc, in collaboration with Dmitri Leltschuk
• Jeux (2014), Editions Zoé

Web links

• Dominique de Rivaz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Dominique de Rivaz at filmportal.de
• Dominique de Rivaz at swissfilms.ch
• Dominique de Rivaz's website