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Claude Goretta
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Claude Goretta was a figure active in his professional field from 1957 until 2006. He was born on June 23, 1929, and died on February 20, 2019.
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Film & TV
Genève, Switzerland
Claude Goretta (23 June 1929 – 20 February 2019) was a Swiss television producer and film director. His 1973 film L'Invitation was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1981 film La provinciale was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. Goretta is buried at the Cimetière des Rois (Cemetery of Kings), which is considered the Genevan Panthéon.…
Known for
- Bon vent Claude Goretta — Self2011
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
- Spécial cinéma — Self1974
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Described at
1929-2019. Born in Geneva, Switzerland. Claude Goretta was studying for his law degree and founded the university film club, of which Alain Tanner was to be one of the animators. He joined the latter in London in 1955, where they both worked at the British Film Institute archives. After directing the short film NICE TIME (1957) with Tanner, shot at night in Piccadilly Circus, Goretta returned to Switzerland where he became a television director. He also shots short fiction films written with Michel Soutter. From 1958 onwards he directed documentaries and reportages for the french-speaking Swiss television RTS. In 1968 he founded Group 5 with four other young Swiss filmmakers: Alain Tanner, Michel Soutter, Jean-Louis Roy and Jean-Jacques Lagrange. After 1970, he directed many films for cinema and television.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Claude
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Geneva
- Place of death
- Geneva
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- University of Geneva
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- The Lacemaker
- Field of work
- film production
- Image
- Claude Goretta (cropped).jpg
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- related category
- Category:Films directed by Claude Goretta
- date of birth
- 1929-06-23
- nominated for
- César Award for Best Film
- date of death
- 2019-02-20
- described at URL
- hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/009171/2005-09-09
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- end of work period
- 2006-00-00
- Commons category
- Claude Goretta
- place of burial
- Cemetery of Kings
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Carouge
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