Xavier Koller
Xavier Koller (born 17 June 1944, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He is most known for his work on the Disney live action film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, an adventure historical fiction film based on the life of Squanto, and his film Journey of Hope, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990.
Xavier Koller
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- Name
- Xavier Koller
- Born
- 17 June 1944
- Birthplace
- Schwyz, Switzerland
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Education
- Academy of Drama, Zurich, Switzerland
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Languages
- German
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• Name — Xavier Koller • Born — 17 June 1944 • Birthplace — Schwyz, Switzerland • Occupation — Filmmaker • Education — Academy of Drama, Zurich, Switzerland • Years Active — 1972–present
Early life
Early life
After graduating from high school, Koller first went through a four-year apprenticeship as a precision toolmaker and then, after three years of training at the Academy of Drama in Zurich, Switzerland, graduated as an actor/director. The next several years he spent acting and directing at German and Swiss theatres. He did a number of TV-plays as an actor, directed commercials, acted in movies, and then started to write and direct feature films.
Filmography
Filmography
• Hannibal (1972) (director, screenplay) • Mädchen, die am Wege liegen (1976) (director: additional scenes) • Trilogie 1848: Der Galgensteiger (1979) (director, writer) (TV film) • The Frozen Heart (Das gefrorene Herz) (1979) (director, screenplay) • Tanner (Der schwarze Tanner) (1985) (director, writer) • Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) (1990) (director, writer) • Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994) (director) • Gripsholm (2000) (director) • Cowboy Up (2001) (director) • ' (2002) (director, writer) (short film) • ' (2006) (director) (TV film) • ' (2012) (director, writer) • Die schwarzen Brüder (film) (2013) (director) • ' (2015) (director, writer)
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