Tula Roy

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Tula Roy (* 1934 in Bueriis , Italy ) is a Swiss filmmaker and pioneer of Swiss film. She made one of the most important films about Swiss women's history with the title Another Story .

life and work

After training as a photographer in Basel, Tula Roy worked as a freelancer for the press, architecture and industry. After taking film courses at F + F in Zurich and at the Zurich University of Art and Design, she works as a freelance filmmaker. She also teaches at the Pestalozzianum in Zurich. Numerous films have been made since the mid-1970s, often in collaboration with cameraman Christoph Wirsing. She was a member of the Swiss Film Women Association .

Films (selection)

  • Lady Shiva (documentary, 1975)
  • Better single than unmarried (documentary, 1978)
  • I want to become a Federal Councilor (documentary, 1981)
  • Love - Simply Complicated (feature film, 1992)
  • Another story - a film in three parts about politically active women in Switzerland (documentary, 1994)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b SWISS FILMS: Tula Roy. Retrieved June 22, 2020 .
  2. ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Ed.): Neue Zürcher Zeitung . Zurich March 29, 1979, p. 34 .
  3. ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung (ed.): Early works of the "new" Swiss film . No. 277 . Zurich November 27, 1992, p. 66 .
  4. ^ Because of: professionalism between conciliation and commitment - impressions of the 14th Solothurn Film Festival . Ed .: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich February 2, 1979, p. 65 .
  5. ↑ Der Bund (Ed.): Incentive to Carry On - For the award of the Ida Somazzi Prize to three Swiss filmmakers, Incentive to Carry On . March 13, 1995.
  6. ^ A b Louise Monthoux-Porret: Histoire du Cinéma Suisse 1966 - 2000 . Ed .: Cinémathèque Suisse. tape 2 . Editions Gilles Attinger, Hauterive 2007, ISBN 2-88256-177-6 .
personal data
SURNAME Roy, Tula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss filmmaker and pioneer of Swiss film
DATE OF BIRTH 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Bueriis , Italy