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Xavier Koller is a Director and Writer Suisse born on 17 june 1944
Xavier Koller est un réalisateur et scénariste suisse. Il est né le 17 juin 1944 à Ibach dans le canton de Schwytz, en Suisse allemande.
Il emploie les années suivantes à jouer la comédie et à diriger dans des théâtres allemands et suisses. Il se produit dans quelques téléfilms sociaux, réalise des spots publicitaires, joue dans des films puis se met à écrire et à réaliser des longs métrages.
Depuis 1991, Xavier Koller vit et travaille à Los Angeles.
Les archives de Xavier Koller sont conservées à la Cinémathèque suisse.
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Xavier Koller
Biography
Après son baccalauréat, il fait quatre ans d'études techniques pour devenir outilleur-mouliste, puis suit une formation de trois ans à l’académie de théâtre de Zurich, en Suisse, à l'issue de laquelle il obtient un diplôme d'acteur et de directeur.Il emploie les années suivantes à jouer la comédie et à diriger dans des théâtres allemands et suisses. Il se produit dans quelques téléfilms sociaux, réalise des spots publicitaires, joue dans des films puis se met à écrire et à réaliser des longs métrages.
Depuis 1991, Xavier Koller vit et travaille à Los Angeles.
Les archives de Xavier Koller sont conservées à la Cinémathèque suisse.
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Filmography of Xavier Koller (6 films)
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Little Mountain Boy (2015)
Directed by Xavier Koller
Origin Suisse
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Leonardo Nigro
Rating68%
L'histoire se passe à Guarda en Engadine, dans le Canton des Grisons. Les parents du petit chevrier, Ursli, le héros de l'histoire, crient famine après la perte de leur production annuelle de fromage, ce qui les pousse à céder la chèvre préférée d'Ursli au fils de l'épicier du village, tout cela alors que les festivités du Chalandamarz approchent.
Cowboy Up (2002)
, 1h45Directed by Xavier Koller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Kiefer Sutherland, Marcus Thomas, Daryl Hannah, Melinda Dillon, Molly Ringwald, Karina Logue
Rating56%
Rising rodeo star Ely Braxton (Marcus Thomas) is recovering from injuries that almost took his life. Against the wishes of his mother Rose Braxton (Melinda Dillon) and girlfriend Connie (Molly Ringwald), Ely starts riding bulls again to achieve his dream of becoming a champion bull rider like his estranged father, Reid Braxton (Pete Postlethwaite). Ely's older brother, Hank (Kiefer Sutherland), is a champion bullfighter and stock contractor, and the two use each other to better their rodeo skills and work together at their family ranch in Santa Maria, California. As Ely's rodeo career becomes highly successful, he starts a relationship with Celia Jones (Daryl Hannah), who is a barrel racer and Hank's love interest. Hank is consumed with anger and jealousy at Ely's betrayal and the brothers become estranged.
Gripsholm (2000)
Directed by Xavier Koller
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Heike Makatsch, Jasmin Tabatabai, Marcus Thomas, Horst Krause, Inger Nilsson, Rudolf Wessely
Rating59%
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)
, 1h42Directed by Xavier Koller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Children's films
Actors Adam Beach, Irene Bedard, Eric Schweig, Michael Gambon, Nathaniel Parker, Alex Norton
Rating61%
Set in the early 17th century, a Patuxet tribesman named Squnato (Adam Beach) is captured by English settlers. He is then taken to England but escapes with a group of men, along with Epenow (Eric Schweig), a Nauset from Martha's Vineyard who was also captured by the English.
Journey of Hope (1990)
, 1h50Directed by Xavier Koller
Origin Suisse
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Yaman Okay, Mathias Gnädinger, Erdal Merdan, Dietmar Schönherr
Rating74%
In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe, as economic insurance. The three set off for Istanbul, Milan, and Switzerland, stowing away on a ship. At Lake Como, they pay the rest of their money to unprincipled men who abandon them at an Alpine pass before a blizzard. Father and son are separated from Meryem.
Tanner (1986)
, 1h47Directed by Xavier Koller
Genres Drama
Actors Dietmar Schönherr, Volker Prechtel
Rating72%
Scriptwriter
Little Mountain Boy (2015)
Directed by Xavier Koller
Origin Suisse
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Leonardo Nigro
Roles Writer
Rating68%
L'histoire se passe à Guarda en Engadine, dans le Canton des Grisons. Les parents du petit chevrier, Ursli, le héros de l'histoire, crient famine après la perte de leur production annuelle de fromage, ce qui les pousse à céder la chèvre préférée d'Ursli au fils de l'épicier du village, tout cela alors que les festivités du Chalandamarz approchent.
Journey of Hope (1990)
, 1h50Directed by Xavier Koller
Origin Suisse
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Yaman Okay, Mathias Gnädinger, Erdal Merdan, Dietmar Schönherr
Roles Writer
Rating74%
In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe, as economic insurance. The three set off for Istanbul, Milan, and Switzerland, stowing away on a ship. At Lake Como, they pay the rest of their money to unprincipled men who abandon them at an Alpine pass before a blizzard. Father and son are separated from Meryem.