Fernand_Melgar

Fernand Melgar

Fernand Melgar

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,[1] Melgar has lived in Lausanne since 1963. Melgar's documentary The Fortress (French: La forteresse), focusing on asylum seekers in Switzerland and the conditions they live in, garnered eleven international film festival awards.[2]

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[3]
    • Cartographies n° 6 – La vallée de la jeunesse
  • 2008 The Fortress (French: La forteresse)[4]
  • 2011 Special Flight (French: Vol spécial)
  • 2013 : Le monde est comme ça
  • 2014 : L'Abri
  • 2018 : À l'école des philosophes

Awards

References

  1. [1]
    ""La forteresse" concilie documentaire et grand art". 24 heures (in French). 16 September 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  2. [2]
    "11e récompense pour "La Forteresse"". Journal du Jura (in French). 12 June 2010. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  3. [3]
    Holden, Stephen (25 October 2006). "Exit: The Right to Die - Leaving This Mortal Coil With..." The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Le film "La Forteresse" de Fernand Melgar a..." (in French). Télévision Suisse Romande. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  5. [5]
    "Documentary festival announces awards". Canada.com. 23 November 2008. Archived from the original on 6 May 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  6. [6]
    "Grand Prix de 10 000 euros pour le Lausannois Fernand..." 20 Minuten. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2010.



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