Richard Schweizer

Richard Schweizer
Born	(1899-12-23)23 December 1899 Zurich, Switzerland
Died	30 March 1965(1965-03-30) (aged 65) Zurich, Switzerland
Occupation(s)	Writer, Screenwriter
Years active	1931-1964

Richard Schweizer (23 December 1899 – 30 March 1965) was a Swiss screenwriter who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1945 for his work in Marie-Louise, as well as the Academy Award for Best Story in 1948 for his work in The Search. Schweizer also directed the film Kleine Scheidegg (1937).

Selected filmography

Director

• Kleine Scheidegg (1937)

Screenwriter

• Füsilier Wipf (1938)
• Constable Studer (1939)
• Gilberte de Courgenay (1942)
• Marie-Louise (1944)
• The Search (1948)
• Swiss Tour (1949)
• Heidi (1952)
• Uli the Tenant (1955)
• The Mountains Between Us (1956)
• The Cheese Factory in the Hamlet (1958)

External links

• Richard Schweizer at IMDb