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Swiss film director and screenwriter (born 1944) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xavier Koller (born 17 June 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]
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Xavier Koller | |
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Xavier Koller (holding the Oscar statuette) | |
| Born | 17 June 1944 |
| Education | Academy of Drama, Zurich, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1972–present |
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.
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