Rolf Lyssy

Rolf Lyssy was born on 25 February 1936 in Zurich. Trained as a photographer, he worked in cinema from 1964 as a cameraman, editor and assistant, before directing his own films; he was recognised as an auteur around 1975, and his film about naturalisation remains the greatest public success of Swiss cinema. He has published an autobiographical account and shot films until 2020, the year in which the Zurich Film Festival gave him a prize for his body of work. He still lives in Zurich, where he was born.

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• Feature filmThe SwissmakersDie SchweizermacherRolf Lyssy · 1978Cinema