Yves Yersin (4 October 1942 – 15 November 2018) was a Swiss film director.[1] His film Les petites fugues competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
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Born | 4 October 1942 Lausanne, Switzerland |
Died | 15 November 2018(2018-11-15) (aged 76) Baulmes, Switzerland |
Nationality | Swiss |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1968-1979 |
Yersin studied photography at the Center Vocational de Vevey from 1959 to 1961, and received a Federal Certificate of Capacity. He began advertising photography in 1962 and trained as a cameraman from 1963 to 1964.
While at the Expo 64, Yersin assisted René Crux during the Polyvision slideshow.
Yersin joined the Fondation du Groupe 5 with Alain Tanner, Jean-Louis Roy, Michel Soutter, and Jean-Jacques Lagrange in 1971.
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