Xavier Koller

Xavier Koller (born 1944, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He is most known for his work on the Disney live action film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, an adventure historical fiction film based on the life of Squanto, and his film Journey of Hope, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990.[1]

Xavier Koller
Xavier Koller (holding the Oscar statuette)
Born1944 (age 75–76)
Schwyz, Switzerland
EducationAcademy of Drama, Zurich, Switzerland
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active1972–present

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 (1978) (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)
  • Highway (2002) (director, writer) (short film)
  • Havarie (2006) (director) (TV film)
  • Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari (2011) (director, writer)
  • Little Mountain Boy (2015) (director, writer)
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References
  1. "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved June 14, 2019.


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