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) 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)

Awards

• 2008 "Camera-stylo" award at the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal for The Fortress (French: La forteresse)[5]
• 2008 Grand Prize at the Tehran International Documentary Film Festival for The Fortress[6]
• 2010 Silver Magnolia - Best Social Documentary at the MIDA Shanghai Festival [2]

References

External links

• Fernand Melgar at IMDb
• Fernand Melgar in the Swiss Film Directory

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