Robert Boner

Producer, Writer, Actor

July 22, 1949 (76 years)
Robert Boner (born 22 July 1949) is a Swiss producer. He started working as a film technician in various capacities starting in 1967. After initially working as a producer at Filmkollektiv in Zurich, he founded his own production companies SAGA Production and Ciné Manufacture in Lausanne and Paris. In his long career, he not only produced over fifty fiction films but was also active in the field of documentaries and animated films. In addition to his multifaceted work as a producer, he was committed to the further development of Swiss film policy, was a cofounder of the GARP association, was involved in the creation of the Pacte de l'audiovisuel and in the introduction of Succès Cinéma before becoming the first Secretary General of Cinéforom in 2011. He is recipient of the 2024 Swiss Film Prize Honorary Award.

Known For

  • Every Man for Himself
    Every Man for Himself1980
  • Stupid Boy
    Stupid Boy2004
  • Accomplices
    Accomplices2009
  • Ispansi!
    Ispansi!2011
  • Stealth
    Stealth2006
  • Adultery (A User's Guide)
    Adultery (A User's Guide)1995
  • And the Little Prince Said
    And the Little Prince Said1992
  • The Fox & the Bird
    The Fox & the Bird2019
  • Another Man
    Another Man2008
  • Cleveland Versus Wall Street
    Cleveland Versus Wall Street2010
  • Les petites fugues
    Les petites fugues1979
  • Mais im Bundeshuus
    Mais im Bundeshuus2003
  • Max & Co
    Max & Co2007
  • Travail d'arabe
    Travail d'arabe2003
  • Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary
    Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary1994
  • News from the Good Lord
    News from the Good Lord1996
  • Zanzibar
    Zanzibar1989
  • Fire in Paradise
    Fire in Paradise1997
  • Low Cost (Claude Jutra)
    Low Cost (Claude Jutra)2010

Filmography

2004
Kulturplatz · as Self

1980
Guns · as Le Péron