Daniel Schmid
{{Short description|Swiss theatre and film director}}
{{for multi|the Swiss bobsledder|Daniel Schmid (bobsledder)|the musician|Dan Schmid}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
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| name = Daniel Walter Schmid
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|12|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Flims-Waldhaus, Switzerland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|8|5|1941|12|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = Flims-Waldhaus, Switzerland
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| occupation = Film director
Screenwriter
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Daniel Walter Schmid (26 December 1941 – 5 August 2006) was a Swiss theatre and film director.
Biography
In 1982, his film Hécate was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1983/02_programm_1983/02_Programm_1983.html |title=Berlinale: 1983 Programme |access-date=20 November 2010 |work=berlinale.de}} His film Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5390/year/1999.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland |access-date=9 October 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}} In 1988, he was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1988/04_jury_1988/04_Jury_1988.html |title=Berlinale: 1988 Juries |access-date=4 March 2011 |work=berlinale.de}}
A new documentary film on Schmid's life, Daniel Schmid – Le chat qui pense, had its U.S. premiere at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco on 20 June 2011.
Filmography / works
- 1967: {{ill|The Foundling (1967 film)|de|3=Der Findling (Film)|lt=The Foundling}} (dir. George Moorse) (assistant director; TV film)
- 1967: Claire (dir. Peter Lilienthal) (assistant director; TV film)
- 1967: Abgründe (dir. Peter Lilienthal) (assistant director; TV film)
- 1969: Samuel Beckett (dir. Rosa von Praunheim) (cinematographer; short film)
- 1970: Thut alles im Finstern, eurem Herrn das Licht zu ersparen (director, writer; TV film)
- 1970: Der Bomberpilot (dir. Werner Schroeter) (co-director; TV film)
- 1972: {{ill|Tonight or Never (1972 film)|it|3=Questa notte o mai (film 1972)|lt=Tonight or Never}} (producer, director, writer)
- 1974: {{ill|La Paloma (1974 film)|fr|3=La Paloma (film, 1974)|lt=La Paloma}} (director, writer)
- 1976: Shadow of Angels (director, writer)
- 1977: Violanta (director, writer)
- 1981: Notre Dame de la Croisette (director)
- 1982: Hécate (director, writer)
- 1983: Mirage de la vie (producer, director, writer; TV film)
- 1984: Barbe-bleue (dir. Jean Bovon) (co-director; TV film)
- 1984: Tosca's Kiss (Il bacio di Tosca) (director)
- 1985: Lulu (co-director; TV film)
- 1986: {{ill|The Rose King|fr|Le Roi des roses}} (producer)
- 1987: Jenatsch (director, writer)
- 1988: Guglielmo Tell (director; TV film)
- 1990: Les amateurs (director)
- 1992: Hors Saison / Zwischensaison (director, writer)
- 1995: The Written Face (director, writer) – documentary on the Japanese Kabuki star, Tamasaburo Bando featuring Butoh dancer, Kazuo Ohno
- 1996: Linda di Chamounix (dir. Alf Bernhard-Leonardi) (co-director; TV film)
- 1999: Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz (director)
- 2002: Beatrice di Tenda (dir. Yves-André Hubert) (co-director; TV film)
=Actor=
- 1972: The Merchant of Four Seasons – 1st Candidate
- 1972: Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King – Aussenminister von der Pfordten
- 1977: The American Friend – Igraham
- 1978: Judith Therpauve – Jean
- 1979: Roberte – Salomon
- 1981: Lili Marleen – Pförtner
- 1984: Cinémato – Himself
References
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External links
- http://www.daniel-schmid.com – Official website
- {{IMDb name|id=0006357}}
- [http://reto.ch/cgi-bin/filmo.pl?what=Daniel%20Schmid&where=director Daniel Schmid] at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100406032838/http://en.reto.ch/directory/ Swiss Film Directory]
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Category:LGBTQ theatre directors
Category:Swiss theatre directors
Category:Deaths from cancer in Switzerland
Category:German-language film directors
Category:Georges Delerue Award winners
Category:20th-century Swiss LGBTQ people
Category:21st-century Swiss LGBTQ people
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