Villi Hermann
Villi Hermann (born 1941) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. His 1981 film The Homeless One was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1989 film Bankomatt - with actor Bruno Ganz in the leading role - was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.
Villi Hermann
- Name
- Villi Hermann
- Born
- 1941
- Birthplace
- Lucerne, Switzerland
- Occupation
- Film director Screenwriter
- Nationality
- Switzerland.
- Honours
- Swiss Film Award/Honorary Award.
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Villi Hermann (born 1941) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. His 1981 film The Homeless One was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1989 film Bankomatt - with actor Bruno Ganz in the leading role - was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Villi Hermann (born 1941) is a Swiss director, film producer and photographer, among other activities. The director was born in Lucerne. Villi Hermann received Swiss Film Award/Honorary Award.
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• Name — Villi Hermann • Born — 1941 • Birthplace — Lucerne, Switzerland • Occupation — Film director Screenwriter • Years Active — 1969-present
Director
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• Fed Up (1969) • 24 su 24 (1970) • 10ème Essai (1970 • Eine Lokalzeitung im Wandel der Zeit (1972) • Processed By... (1972) • Cerchiamo per subito operai, offriamo... (Wanted: Labourers) (1974) • San Gottardo (1977) • It's Cold in Brandenburg (Kill Hitler) (1980) • The Homeless One (1981) • Innocenza (1986) • Bankomatt (1989) • Siamo tutti pedoni (1990) • En voyage avec Jean Mohr (In viaggio con Jean Mohr) (1992) • Per un raggio di gloria (For a Spoke of Glory) (1996) • Giovanni Orelli. Finestre aperte (Giovanni Orelli. Open Windows) (1998) • TAMARO. Pietre e angeli. Mario Botta Enzo Cucchi (1998) • Luigi Einaudi. Diario dall'esilio svizzero (2000) • Mussolini, Churchill e cartoline (Mussolini, Churchill and Postcards) (2004) • Walker. Renzo Ferrari (2004) • Sam Gabai. Presences (2005) • Greina (2006) • Pédra. A Reporter without Borders (2006) • DJ Mafio. Positive Vibes (2008) • From Somewhere to Nowhere. On the road in China with photographer Andreas Seibert (2009) • Gotthard Schuh. A Sensual Vision of the World (2011) • CHoisir à vingt ans (CHoosing at Twenty) (2017) • Ultime sfornata (2020) • Ultime mazza (2021) • Ultime luci rosse (2021)
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Producer
• Ombre by Alberto Meroni (2008) • Sinestesia by Erik Bernasconi (2010) • The Ice Sculptor by Alberto Meroni (2010) • Tapperman by Alberto Meroni (2012) • Tutti Giù by Niccolò Castelli (2012) • La Buca by Daniele Ciprì (2014) • Oltre il confine. La storia di Ettore Castiglioni by Andrea Azzetti e Federico Massa (2017) • La Bataille d'Alger, un film dans l'Histoire by Malek Bensmaïl (2017) • Cronofobia by Francesco Rizzi (2018) • La fin da la val l'è mia la fin dal mund (The End of the Valley Is Not the End of the World) by Peter Frei (2018) • Atlas by Niccolò Castelli (2021) • Il sergente dell'Altopiano. La storia di Mario Rigoni Stern by Tommaso Brugin e Federico Massa (2022)
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Villi Hermann is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as film producer, screenwriter, photographer, director and writer.
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1941
Villi Hermann was born on 1 January 1941.
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