Alain Tanner Birthday: 19.12.1929 Alain Tanner (born 6 December 1929, Geneva) is a Swiss film director. [>>] Source: Wikipedia / Image: Erling Mandelmann Alain Tanner (born 6 December 1929, Geneva) is a Swiss film director. Early years and education [edit] Tanner studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had recently established at the university. After his graduation and a short time working for international shipping companies, he felt drawn to film. [<<] This text is based on a article from the open encyclopedia Wikipedia and stands under GNU license for free documentation. On Wikipedia there is List of the authors Available. Image: Erling Mandelmann