Fernand Melgar
{{short description|Swiss actor, producer, director, and film editor}}
Fernand Melgar (born 1961 in Tangier) is a Swiss actor, producer, director and film editor. The son of Spanish immigrants,{{cite news|url=http://www.24heures.ch/actu/culture/2008/09/16/forteresse-concilie-documentaire-grand-art|title="La forteresse" concilie documentaire et grand art|date=16 September 2008|work=24 heures|language=French|accessdate=6 August 2010}} Melgar has lived in Lausanne since 1963. Melgar's documentary The Fortress ({{langx|fr|La forteresse}}), focusing on asylum seekers in Switzerland and the conditions they live in, garnered eleven international film festival awards.{{cite news|url=http://www.journaldujura.ch/Nouvelles_en_ligne/Culture/75462 |title=11e récompense pour "La Forteresse" |date=12 June 2010 |work=Journal du Jura |language=French |accessdate=6 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706234402/http://www.journaldujura.ch/Nouvelles_en_ligne/Culture/75462 |archivedate=6 July 2011 }}
Filmography (documentaries)
- 1983 Performances au Musée Deutsch
- 1986 Le musée imaginaire
- 1987 L'homme-nu
- 1990 Chroniques cathodiques (co-director)
- 1991 Je zappe donc je suis
- 1993 Album de famille
- 1997 Fou du jeu (film collective "Les frissons du hasard")
- 1998 Classe d'accueil
- 2000-2003 Collection Premier Jour ( Le Combat, L'Arrivée, L'Apprentissage, La Visite, La Vente, Le Stage, L'Attente, L'Inalpe, La Rentrée, L'Ordination)
- 2002 Remue-ménage
- 2003 L'histoire, c'est moi (À table, À l'arrière, “J”]
- 2005
- Le puits
- EXIT, le droit de mourir{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/movies/25exit.html|title=Exit: The Right to Die - Leaving This Mortal Coil With...|date=25 October 2006|work=The New York Times|accessdate=6 August 2010 | first=Stephen | last=Holden}}
- Cartographies n° 6 – La vallée de la jeunesse
- 2008 The Fortress ({{langx|fr|La forteresse}}){{cite news|url=http://www.tsr.ch/info/culture/2103208-le-film-la-forteresse-de-fernand-melgar-a-remporte-un-nouveau-prix-en-asie-le-11e-en-deux-ans.html|title=Le film "La Forteresse" de Fernand Melgar a...|date=11 June 2010|publisher=Télévision Suisse Romande|language=French|accessdate=6 August 2010}}
- 2011 Special Flight ({{langx|fr|Vol spécial}})
- 2013 : Le monde est comme ça
- 2014 : L'Abri
- 2018 : À l'école des philosophes
Awards
- 2008 "Camera-stylo" award at the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal for The Fortress ({{langx|fr|La forteresse}}){{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=211030d4-dfda-4387-b6a5-7e3b95ae6452 |title=Documentary festival announces awards |date=23 November 2008 |publisher=Canada.com |accessdate=6 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506012026/http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=211030d4-dfda-4387-b6a5-7e3b95ae6452 |archivedate=6 May 2009 }}
- 2008 Grand Prize at the Tehran International Documentary Film Festival for The Fortress{{cite news|url=http://www.20min.ch/ro/sortir/cinema/story/Grand-Prix-de-10-000-euros-pour-le-Lausannois-Fernand-Melgar-18181872|title=Grand Prix de 10 000 euros pour le Lausannois Fernand...|date=24 October 2008|work=20 Minuten|accessdate=6 August 2010}}
- 2010 Silver Magnolia - Best Social Documentary at the MIDA Shanghai Festival
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0577663|name=Fernand Melgar}}
- [http://reto.ch/cgi-bin/filmo.pl?what=Fernand%20Melgar&where=director Fernand Melgar] in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100406032838/http://en.reto.ch/directory/ Swiss Film Directory]
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Category:Swiss male film actors
Category:Swiss documentary filmmakers
Category:Mass media people from Lausanne
Category:20th-century Swiss male actors
Category:21st-century Swiss male actors
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