Antoine Jaccoud

Screenwriter, Director

Copyright: Jean-Claude Péclet

Born in 1957 in Lausanne, Switzerland. A graduate in political science, he worked a few years as journalist at the Swiss magazine L'Hebdo before training in screenwriting with Krysztof Kieslowski first, then Frank Daniel. He now writes for cinema, theatre, spoken word and teaches in various film schools and workshops in Europe and elsewhere. In 2013, he received the Literature Prize of the Fondation vaudoise pour la culture for his entire writing career and the Honorary Prize of the Solothurn Film Festival for his work in Swiss cinema.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2020
Retour à Visegrad by Julie Biro, Antoine Jaccoud
2012
Déposer les enfants by Bettina Oberli, Antoine Jaccoud

Screenwriter

2027
Quiet Land by Ursula Meier
2026
Neiges Éternelles by François Kohler
2025
Matterhorn Circus by Manuel von Stürler
2023
Lettres ouvertes by Katharine Dominicé
2022
La Ligne by Ursula Meier
2021
Le sexe c'est dégoûtant by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud
2020
Retour à Visegrad by Julie Biro, Antoine Jaccoud
2019
Kosovo is Everywhere by Matthieu Moerlen
2018
Ondes de choc – Journal de ma tête by Ursula Meier
2018
Insulaire by Stéphane Goël
2018
Le vent tourne by Bettina Oberli
2016
Miséricorde by Fulvio Bernasconi
2015
Kacey Mottet Klein, naissance d'un acteur by Ursula Meier
2014
Bouboule by Bruno Deville
2014
Tišina Mujo by Ursula Meier
2012
Happy Ends by Haris Prolics
2012
Sister by Ursula Meier
2012
Déposer les enfants by Bettina Oberli, Antoine Jaccoud
2008
Un petit coin de paradis by Jacqueline Veuve
2008
Luftbusiness by Dominique de Rivaz
2008
Home by Ursula Meier
2000
Azzurro by Denis Rabaglia
1999
La bonne conduite by Jean-Stéphane Bron
1997
Fritz et Franz by Gaby Schädler
1997
Connu de nos services by Jean-Stéphane Bron
1994
Cap Vert by François Kohler
1993
A l'ouest du Pecos by Stéphane Goël

Awards

(a selection)

2009
Festival International du Cinéma d'Auteur de Rabat, Prix du meilleur scénario (Winner) in Home
2009
Luzern, Swiss Film Award 2009, Swiss Film Award «Quartz», Best Screenplay (Winner) in Home
2013
Genève, Swiss Film Award 2013, Swiss Film Award, Best Screenplay (Winner) in Sister
2015
Genève, Swiss Film Award 2015, Swiss Film Award, Best Screenplay (Nomination) in Bouboule
2015
Abidjan, Trophées Francophones du Cinéma 2015, Trophée Francophone du scénario (Nomination) in Bouboule
2023
Genève, Swiss Film Award 2023, Best Screenplay (Winner) in La Ligne
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