Yves Yersin (4 October 1942 – 15 November 2018) was a Swiss film director.[1] His film Les petites fugues competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Yves Yersin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 October 1942 Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Died | 15 November 2018 (aged 76) Baulmes, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1968-1979 |
Biography
editYersin studied photography at the Center Vocational de Vevey from 1959 to 1961, and received a Federal Certificate of Capacity. He began advertising photography in 1962 and trained as a cameraman from 1963 to 1964.
While at the Expo 64, Yersin assisted René Crux during the Polyvision slideshow.
Yersin joined the Fondation du Groupe 5 with Alain Tanner, Jean-Louis Roy, Michel Soutter, and Jean-Jacques Lagrange in 1971.
Filmography
edit- Swiss Made (1968)
- Quatre d'entre elles (1968)
- Die letzten Heimposamenter (1974)
- Les petites fugues (1979)
- Tableau Noir (2013)[3]
References
edit- ^ Morto il regista Yves Yersin (in Italian)
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Les petites fugues". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
- ^ "Yves Yersin, réalisateur des "Petites Fugues", est décédé". RTS (in French). 18 November 2018.
External links
edit- Yves Yersin at IMDb
- Yves Yersin at the Swiss Film Directory
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