Philippe Nicolet
Philippe Nicolet (born January 4, 1953 in Lausanne ) is a Swiss journalist and director for documentary and fiction films.
Life
After graduating from college, Nicolet studied in Minneapolis from 1971 to 1972 . There he discovered the medium of video for himself. Nicolet successfully completed his law degree at the University of Lausanne in 1978. In his spare time he sang in the pop group Sunflower, which he founded in 1975. After graduating, he worked at the cantonal court for two years.
In 1980 Nicolet switched to the daily newspaper 24 heures . There he worked as a journalist and reporter for opinion polls until 1992. From 1989 to 2006 he also created the archives of the Edipresse media group .
Since 1979 Nicolet has produced hundreds of filmed interviews with personalities from politics, science and art. For his work as a "video pioneer" he received the price of the Vaudois Foundation in 1991 for the artistic design of his work. In 1993 Nicolet founded his own production company, Nicolet Vidéo Productions (NVP). From 1994 to 1998 he was the first editor-in-chief of the Lausanne television station TVRL (Télévision de la Région Lausannoise) before taking on the task of filming a history of Switzerland's relations with Europe.
This resulted in a series of filmed interviews by the Jean Monet Foundation for Europe (Fondation Jean Monnet pour l'Europe), headed by Henri Rieben . In 2002 Nicolet began to realize the television series Rêveur sur la terre d'origine des immigrés (Dreamers in the country of origin of the emigrants). The Swiss Commission of UNESCO took over the patronage of the series in 2004.
Documentary and fiction films
- Jeanne Calment , doyenne du monde (The oldest person in the world). (1994)
- En prison (in prison). Documentary fiction on preventive detention. (1995)
- Demain peut-être (Maybe tomorrow). Science fiction series. (1996-1997)
- Les terriers de la mémoire (The hideouts of memory). Documentary fiction. (1997)
- Avec Maurice Béjart (With Maurice Béjart). Report in Italy, Switzerland and Russia. (1998)
- Le Signe de onze heures (A fantastic feature film). With Nanou Duggan, Roland Carey, Jean-Pierre Althaus and Annie Chaplin. (2000)
- Trois bâtisseurs de l'Europe (Three Architects of Europe). Interview about the euro with Jacques Delors , Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Helmut Schmidt . (2001)
- Les Voyages en Orient du Baron d'Aubonne (The Travels of the Baron of Aubonne). Documentary about Jean-Baptiste Tavernier . (2005)
Web links
- Philippe Nicolet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Homepage of NVP
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nicolet, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist and director for documentary and fiction films |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |