Amiguet, Jean-François

(March 31, 1950, Vevey, Switzerland-)

   After graduating from Lausanne University with a degree in political science, he turned to cinema, working first as a technician, notably with Swiss directors Alain Tanner, Marcel Schupbach, and Yves Yersin. His first films were documentary shorts. In 1991, he founded with Bertrand Liechti a produc­tion company, Zagora Films S.A. Genève. Co-creator of the Vaudoise Foundation for the Cinema and of the ARC (Association Romande pour le Cinéma), he authored a book (1995 Freddy Buache: derrière l'Ecrans—Entretiens avec Christophe Gallaz et Jean-François Amiguet, Editions Payot, Lausanne, Switzer­land). In 2006, he directed for the stage a play writ­ten by Marguerite Duras (La Musica).

 Filmography

1971 ◘ Petit Film ordinaire (documentary; short; also screenwriter; Switzerland)

1973 ◘ Prolongation (docu-fiction; short; also screenwriter; Switzerland)

        ◘ Le Gaz des Champs (documentary; short; also screenwriter; Switzerland)

        ◘ La Jacinthe d'Eau (documentary; short; also screenwriter; Switzerland)

1983 ◘ Alexandre (also co-screenwriter, producer; Switzerland)

1985 ◘ Au 10 Août (documentary; Switzerland)

        ◘ La Méridienne (also co-screenwriter; France / Switzerland)

        ◘ L'Histoire du Cinema suisse (archives; Switzer­land)

1991 ◘ Le Film du Cinéma suisse (documentary; co-director)

1993 ◘ L'Ecrivain public

1997 ◘ Cinq Corners Penalty (documentary; Switzer­land)

2000 ◘ L'Echarpe rouge (short; Switzerland)

2003 ◘ Au Sud des Nuages (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; Switzerland / France)

2005 ◘ Entre Ciel et Terre (documentary; short; Swit­zerland)

2007 ◘ La Morsure du Citron (short; Switzerland)

 Television Filmography

1994 ◘ Temps présent (episode "Le Cinéma Pop Corn"; Switzerland)

        ◘ La Petite Histoire du Jour (forty-five shorts; Switzerland)

        ◘ Temps présent (episode "A la Recherche du Rôstigraben"; Switzerland)

        ◘ Viva (episode "Les Voltigeurs du Rêve"; Swit­zerland)

        ◘ Viva (episode "Small Is Beautiful"; Switzer­land)

        ◘ Temps present (episode "Les Vieux ont-ils des Têtes à Claques"; Switzerland)

1998 ◘ Temps présent (episode "Des Vies après la Mort"; Switzerland)

        ◘ Voilà (DRS) (episode "Par les Chemins"; Swit­zerland)

        ◘ Passe-moi les Jumelles (episode "La Face cachée de Bertrand P."; Switzerland)

        ◘ Passe-moi les Jumelles (episode "Le Secret d'Anzeindaz"; Switzerland)

1999 ◘ Passe-moi les Jumelles (episode "Le Berger, le Chanoine et le Loup"; Switzerland)

        ◘ Temps présent (episode "Lili, Gardienne de Prison"; Switzerland)

        ◘ Histoires de Fêtes (co-director; segment "L'Echarpe rouge"; Switzerland)

        ◘ Passe-moi les Jumelles (episode "Les Chalets d'Antoine"; Switzerland)

        ◘ Les Grands Entretiens (episode "Christophe Gallaz"; Switzerland)

        ◘ Les Grands Entretiens (episode "RaymondVouil-lamoz"; Switzerland)

        ◘ Passe-moi les Jumelles (episode "Louis le Sage"; Switzerland)

        ◘ Elle n'est pas belle la Vie? (episode "Gérald Metroz"; Switzerland)