Hervé Dumont

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Hervé Dumont (born February 15, 1943 in Bern ) is a Swiss film scholar . As a film historian, he has made a name for himself primarily with research into Swiss film history . From 1996 to 2008 he was director of the Swiss Film Archive (Cinémathèque suisse).

Life

Hervé Dumont studied literature , art history and theater studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich , where he in 1973 with the thesis The Playhouse and City Theater Zurich 1921-1938 doctorate was.

Dumont is an internationally recognized film historian. He is the author of the standard works History of Swiss Film. Feature films 1896–1965 ( Histoire du cinéma suisse, films de fiction 1896–1965 , 1987) and - together with Maria Tortajada - its sequel Histoire du cinéma suisse 1966–2000 (2007). His film studies biographies on WS Van Dyke (1973), Leopold Lindtberg (1975), Max Haufler (1977), Robert Siodmak (1981), Frank Borzage (1993) and William Dieterle (2002) also received international attention and were partly translated into other languages translated.

In 1996, he was appointed director of the Swiss Film Archive (Cinémathèque suisse) as the successor to Freddy Buache , which he headed until he retired in 2008. Under his leadership, the workforce was increased to more than 30 employees, not least because the holdings of the Cinémathèque continued to grow: In 2005 the collection consisted of 70,000 films, 2 million photos, 100,000 color slides and 90,000 posters . In order to counter the increasing wear and tear and decomposition of the stored material, the Cinémathèque suisse operated a systematic archiving and conservation of its holdings under his responsibility .

Dr. Hervé Dumont also taught as Associate Professor ad personam at the University of Lausanne .

Awards

For his book History of Swiss Films. Feature films 1896–1965 awarded him the Institut Jean Vigo, Perpignan , in 1988 with the Prix ​​de la critique historique du cinéma . The biography Frank Borzage - Sarastro à Hollywood received the Prix ​​Simone Genevois in Paris in 1993 . In addition, Hervé Dumont was honored with the Prize of the Canton of Bern ( Prix ​​de l'Etat de Berne ) in 1998 and, as Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, is the holder of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .

Fonts

Books on film and theater history

  • The Schauspielhaus and Stadttheater Zurich from 1921 to 1938 , dissertation, Munich (as a partial print under the title Das Zürcher Schauspielhaus from 1921 to 1938 , Lausanne 1973)
  • Ciné-journal suisse au féminin, 1940–1975 , Edition Traveling 44–46, Lausanne 1975
  • Histoire du cinéma suisse, films de fiction 1896–1965 / History of Swiss film. Feature films 1896–1965 , Lausanne 1987 ( ISBN 2-88267-001-X )
  • Rise & Fall of the Legendary Swiss Film Company: Praesens Film . Emil Berna , Lazar Wechsler , Paul Hubschmid … , translation by John O'Brien, Zurich 1991
  • together with Maria Tortajada: Histoire du cinéma suisse 1966–2000 , Lausanne and Hauterive 2007

Biographies

  • WS Van Dyke , Edition Anthologie du cinéma, Paris 1973
  • Leopold Lindtberg et le cinéma suisse 1935–1953 , Edition Traveling, Lausanne 1975 (German Leopold Lindtberg and Swiss Film 1935–1953 , Ulm 1981)
  • Max Haufler. Censure l'herbier , Edition Traveling 50, Lausanne 1977
  • Robert Siodmak, le maître du film noir , Edition L'Age d'Homme, Lausanne 1981 (new edition Paris 1990)
  • Frank Borzage - Sarastro à Hollywood , Edition La cinémathèque française, Paris and Milan 1993
  • William Dieterle. Un humaniste au pays du cinéma , Edition La cinémathèque française, Paris 2002

Film studies essays and studies

  • Arsène Lupine et le Mouron Rouge à l'écran , in: Traveling No. 49, Lausanne 1977
  • Jules Verne et le cinéma , in: L'Ecran fantastique No. 9, Paris 1979
  • Curt Siodmak , écrivain et cinéaste de science-fiction , in: L'Ecran fantastique No. 33–35, Paris 1983
  • Ayesha and Antinéa. Le mythe de la reine immortelle au cinéma , in: L'Ecran fantastique No. 57–58, Paris 1985
  • Le grand livre de Dumas: Alexandre Dumas à l'écran , Edition Les Belles Lettres, Paris 1997 (pp. 214–245)
  • Napoléon et le cinéma. Un siècle d'images , Edition Cinémathèque régionale de Corse, Porto Vecchio, et Alain Piazzola, Ajaccio, 1998 (pp. 149–384)
  • Le péplum: l'Antiquité au cinéma , in: CinémAction No. 89, Paris 1998 (Chronologie du film à l'antique, pp. 129–180)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of the Cinémathèque suisse ( Memento of the original of August 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved July 26, 2009  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cinematheque.ch

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personal data
SURNAME Dumont, Hervé
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss film historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern