Xavier Koller
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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.
Film career
Awards and accolades
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)
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (2002) (director, writer) (short film)
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (2006) (director) (TV film)
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (2012) (director, writer)
- Template:Ill (2013) (director)
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (2015) (director, writer)
References
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External links
- Template:Trim/ Xavier Koller at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Xavier Koller at the Swiss Film Directory
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