Rob Gnant

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Rob Gnant (born August 8, 1932 in Lucerne ; † August 4, 2019 in Zurich ) was a Swiss photographer , cameraman and film director .

Life

Rob Gnant grew up in Lucerne and began an apprenticeship as a photographer at the age of 15. In 1951 he completed a stage as a cameraman at Kern Film in Basel . In 1952 he made his first reportage trip to the Belgian coal mine area of Borinage . Gnant later worked as a freelance photographer for Die Woche (Verlag Otto Walter, Olten ), Du , Epoca , Corriere della Domenica and the weekend supplement of the NZZ (where Gotthard Schuh worked as an editor).

The first camera work with Alexander J. Seiler followed in 1962 : the 12-minute documentary In Changing Gradients was awarded the Palme d'Or du court-métrage at the Cannes Film Festival in 1963 . Various other documentaries followed in collaboration with Seiler by 1976. Rob Gnant is responsible for a total of 26 documentaries and four feature films as cameraman and has worked with numerous directors of the New Swiss Cinema (e.g. Richard Dindo , Mathias Knauer , Walter Marti and Reni Mertens , Marlies Graf and Urs Graf ). In 1989 he was awarded the City of Zurich Film Prize.

In the 1980s and 1990s Gnant carried out numerous photographic commissioned works for various Swiss companies (e.g. Telecom , Radio Schweiz / Swisscontrol , Tivolino, Saurer , Phonak , Mövenpick , Swiss Public Relations Institute, Maag).

Rob Gnant was married to Ruth Niederberger from 1953. From 1977 to 1981 he worked on the board of directors of the Radgenossenschaft der Landstrasse .

Movies

  • 1962: In a Changing Gradient ( A fleur d'eau ) (Direction: Alexander J. Seiler, Rob Gnant)
  • 1964: Siamo Italiani (Directors: Alexander J. Seiler, Rob Gnant, June Kovach )
  • 1966: Mixtures (Director: Alexander J. Seiler)
  • 1966: In the course of the year (Directors: Alexander J. Seiler, June Kovach, Rob Gnant)
  • 1967: Music competition (Directors: Alexander J. Seiler, June Kovach, Rob Gnant)
  • 1967: Via Zurich (Direction: Alexander J. Seiler, Rob Gnant, June Kovach)
  • 1968: Fifteen (Directors: Alexander J. Seiler, Rob Gnant, June Kovach)
  • 1968: Eugen is called Wellborn (Director: Rolf Lyssy )
  • 1971: Fairy Tales (Director: Regine Bebié)
  • 1971: Our teacher (directed by Alexander J. Seiler, Peter Bichsel)
  • 1973: Residencia para jovenes Obreras (Director: Regine Bebié )
  • 1974: Day of the Apes (Direction: Uli Meier, Elisabeth Gujer)
  • 1974: Swiss in the Spanish Civil War (Director: Richard Dindo)
  • 1975: I don't imagine marriage to be easy (Director: Regine Bebié)
  • 1976: The shooting of the traitor Ernst S. (Director: Richard Dindo)
  • 1978: Colleagues (Director: Urs Graf)
  • 1978: Still life (Direction: Elisabeth Gujer , Uli Meier)
  • 1979: I haven't seen the stars for a long time (Director: Rolf Reemtsen)
  • 1981: The broken track (Director: Mathias Knauer)
  • 1981: Ways and Walls (Direction: Urs Graf)
  • 1983: The Hidden Dances (Director: Peter Schweiger)
  • 1983–87: Une certaine Josette Bauer (Direction: Uli Meier, Elisabeth Gujer)
  • 1984: Almost a Christmas story (Director: Werner Zeindler)
  • 1985: Flamenco (Directors: Walter Marti, Reni Mertens)
  • 1985: El Pueblo nunca muere (Director: Mathias Knauer)
  • 1986: Something Different (Director: Urs Graf)
  • 1987: Alt-Tage (Director: Marlies Graf)
  • 1988: Give me a word (Direction: Walter Marti, Reni Mertens)
  • 1989: Time and Space (Director: Rob Gnant)
  • 1990: Konrad Zuse (Director: Mathias Knauer)
  • 1990: Palaver, Palaver (Director: Alexander J. Seiler)
  • 1991: Contact Radar (Director: Rob Gnant)
  • 2001: Bitterfeld, 1992 (Director: Mathias Knauer)

Book publications

  • Rob Gnant, Iso Camartin, Thomas Köppel. Everyday rail life: reports from the past. ISBN 978-3-909111-44-2
  • Alexander J. Seiler, Fred Zaugg, Gunnar Gilgen. Rob Gnant: Keeping an eye on the time . ISBN 978-3-7272-1108-9
  • Focus on the 1950s: Yvan Dalain, Rob Gnant and “Die Woche”. Edited by the Swiss Photo Foundation. Zurich 2003. ISBN 3-85791-441-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss photographer and cameraman Rob Gnant died at the age of 86. Retrieved August 14, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gnant, Rob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss photographer and cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 2019
Place of death Zurich