Xavier Koller (born 1944, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a Swiss film
director and screenwriter. He is most known for his work on the Disney
live action film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, an adventure historical
fiction film based on the life of Squanto, and his film Journey of
Hope, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in
1990.After graduating from high school, Koller first went through a
four-year apprenticeship as a precision toolmaker and then, after
three years of training at the Academy of Drama in Zurich,
Switzerland, graduated as an actor/director. The next several years he
spent acting and directing at German and Swiss theatres. He did a
number of TV-plays as an actor, directed commercials, acted in movies,
and then started to write and direct feature films.
director and screenwriter. He is most known for his work on the Disney
live action film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, an adventure historical
fiction film based on the life of Squanto, and his film Journey of
Hope, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in
1990.After graduating from high school, Koller first went through a
four-year apprenticeship as a precision toolmaker and then, after
three years of training at the Academy of Drama in Zurich,
Switzerland, graduated as an actor/director. The next several years he
spent acting and directing at German and Swiss theatres. He did a
number of TV-plays as an actor, directed commercials, acted in movies,
and then started to write and direct feature films.
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