Xavier Koller

Xavier Koller

Known for

Directing

Born

June 17, 1944 (age 82)

Birthplace

Ibach, Switzerland

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

Xavier Koller (born 1944, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. His film Journey of Hope won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990.

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.

He is currently working on 20...

Best known work

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994
Journey of Hope
Journey of Hope
1990
The Black Brothers
The Black Brothers
2014
Cowboy Up
Cowboy Up
2002
Little Mountain Boy
Little Mountain Boy
2015
Hannibal
Hannibal
1972
Gripsholm
Gripsholm
2000
Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari
Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari
2012
The Frozen Heart
The Frozen Heart
1979
Tanner
Tanner
1986

Filmography

  1. 2015

    Little Mountain Boy

    Writer, Director

  2. 2014

  3. 2012

  4. 2011

    SchawinskiTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  5. 2006

    Havarie

    Director

  6. 2004

    KulturplatzTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  7. 2002

    Cowboy Up

    Director

  8. 2001

    AeschbacherTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  9. 2000

    Gripsholm

    Director

  10. 1994

  11. 1990

    Journey of Hope

    Director, Writer

  12. 1986

    Tanner

    Director, Writer

  13. 1985

    Der ClubTV

    as Self (2 episodes)

  14. 1979

  15. 1979

  16. 1972

  17. 1972

    Hannibal

    Director

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