Nicolas Gessner

Nicolas Gessner (born August 17, 1931 in Budapest ) is a Swiss film director .

Career

The son of a Swiss and a Hungarian studied Romance languages ​​in Zurich . He then worked as assistant director to Oskar Wäterlin, Leopold Lindtberg , Jean-Louis Barrault and in 1957 in Hollywood with Henry Koster at Mein Mann Gottfried .

Then Gessner worked as a director at the city theater in Lucerne . At this time he also began directing semi-documentary short films. Since 1965 he has made several full-length films with international cast. However, only the Canadian psychological thriller The Girl at the End of the Street with the young Jodie Foster had greater success , which earned him a nomination for the Saturn Award for best director .

Filmography (selection)

• 1959: Information in the cockpit
• 1960: Operation Switzerland
• 1964: Schellen-Ursli
• 1964: The Embassy Prisoner
• 1965: Diamond billiards ( Un milliard dans un billard )
• 1967: The Blonde of Beijing ( La blonde de Pékin )
• 1969: Twelve plus one ( Una su 13 )
• 1971: Murderer behind the door ( Quelqu'un derrière la porte )
• 1973: Say good night to Grandma
• 1976: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane ( The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane )
• 1980: Two Crooks in the Desert ( It Rained All Night the Day I Left )
• 1982: Mr. Mr.
• 1984: Thieves among themselves ( Le tueur triste )
• 1985: Intrigues
• 1987: The other life
• 1989: Faster than the eye ( Quicker Than the Eye )
• 1989: Tennessee Nights
• 1991: Faces of Switzerland
• 1993: Estelle ( Le château des oliviers )
• 1994: Chêques en boîte
• 1997: Spaceship Earth

literature

• Reto Kromer / MD: Gessner, Nicolas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

• Nicolas Gessner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Films by Nicolas Gessner website reto.ch