Claude Goretta

Claude Goretta
Born	23 June 1929 Geneva, Switzerland
Occupation	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1957 - 2006

Claude Goretta (born 23 June 1929, in Geneva, Switzerland) is an internationally successful television producer and film director. His 1973 film L'Invitation was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[1] His 1981 film La provinciale was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Nice Time (1957), with Alain Tanner
• The Invitation (1973)
• The Wonderful Crook (also known as, Not As Bad As All That, 1974) with Gérard Depardieu
• The Lacemaker (1977)
• La provinciale (1981)
• The Death of Mario Ricci (1983)
• Si le soleil ne revenait pas (1987)

References

1. "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
2. "IMDB.com: Awards for La provinciale". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-30.

External links

• Claude Goretta at the Internet Movie Database
• Claude Goretta at the Swiss Film Directory