Jacques Sandoz born May 26th 1942 Swiss nationality Divorced, 1 daughter, Elanor, born 1978 Presidency Neocomia, Neuchatel, 1957 - 1961 Vice-president Sandoz Fund, Neuchâtel, 1990 - Qinquennal Meetings of the Sandoz Family, Neuchâtel, 1990 - Apne.02, Neuchâtel, 2002 - 2005 Member ASRF, 1967 - 1986 SFP, 1986 - 2000 GARP, 2001 - 2004 Suissimage, 1986 - SSA, 1986 - Suisa, 1986 - Pro Literis, 1995 - Companies Jaques Sandoz Films, Neuchâtel, 1962 - 1970 Shri Hans Films Production Ltd, Los Angeles, 1971 - 1977 Photo du Grand Casino SA, Geneva, 1881 - 1983 Libraprim SA, Geneva, 1983 - 1987 Jaques Sandoz SA, Geneva, 1985 - 1994 Jaques Sandoz Films Production SA, Geneva, 1986 - 1994 Jaques Sandoz Films Production Ltd, Los Angeles, 1989 - 1990 Jaques Sandoz Burundi SA, Bujumbura, 1989 - 1993 Sand Films Production sàrl, Neuchâtel, 1994 - 2003 Jacques Sandoz Films, 2004 - Formation Elementary and high schools in Neuchâtel College in Neuchâtel School of Photography of Vevey Diplomas Swiss Federal Maturity School of Photography of Vevey (CFC) Word, Excel, Powerpoint, (CPLN) Languages French (mothertongue) English (fluent) German (fluent) Spanish (spoken and written) Italian (spoken) Swissgerman (spoken) Distinctions Swiss Federal Award for Photography, 1967 Swiss Quality Award, "It's my life", 1967 Swiss Qualita Award "Quatre d'entre ellles (Four women)", 1968 Selection "Semaine de la critique, Cannes, "Quatre d'entre elles", 1968 Swiss quality Award, "It's my life", 1967 Swiss quality Award, "Quatre d'entre elles", 1968 Selection, Locarno Film Festival, "Quatre d'entre elles" 1968 Special Jury Award, Mannheim Film Festival : "Quatre d'entre elles", 1968 Swiss Quality Award, "L'Oeil Bleu", 1969 Swiss Quality Award : "Stella da Falla", 1970 Selection, London Film Festival : " Stella da Falla", 1971 Best Film, Underground Int. Films Festival, San Francisco, "Stella da Falla", 1972 Special Jury Award, Atlanta Int. Film Festival : "Who is Guru Maharaj-ji ?", 1973 Cannes Film Festival, market : "Gemini, the Twin Stars", 1988 Selection, Locarno Film Festival : "Gemini, the Twin Stars", 1988 Selection Cairo Film Festival : "Gemini, the Twin Stars", 1988 Selection Tokyo Film Festival : "Gemini, the Twin Stars", 1989 Selection Los Angeles Film Festival : : "Gemini, the Twin Stars", 1989 Best Film, Jury Award, Gigon Int. Film Festival : "Gemini, the Twin Stars", 1989 American Film Market, Los Angeles : "In the Eye of the Snake" Cannes Film Festival, Market : "In the Eye of the Snake", 1991 Selection Locarno Film Festival : "In the Eye of the Snake", 1991 MIFED, Milano Film Market : "In the Eye of the Snake", 1991 Swiss quality Award, "Gito, l'Ingrat", 1992 Selection, San Sebastian Films Festival, 1st films, 2nd : "Gito, l'Ingrat" (Gito, the Ungrateful), 1992 Best 1st film award, Namur Films Francophones Festival : "Gito, l'Ingrat", 1992 Agence de Coopération Française Award, Namur Films Francophones Festival : "Gito, l'Ingrat",1992 City of Amiens Award, Amiens International Film Festival : "Gito, l'Ingrat", 1992 Palestinian Hani Jahvaria Award, Carthage Film Festival, Tunis : "Gito, l''Ingrat", 1992 ATCE, Tunisian Press Award, Carthage Film Festival, Tunis : "Gito, l''Ingrat", 1992 Best 1st film, Oumarou Ganda Award, FESPACO, Ouagadougou : "Gito, l''Ingrat" 1993 Best lead actor, Joseph Kumbela, FESPACO, Ouagadougou : "Gito, l''Ingrat", 1993 Canadian Institutional Award, IDERA, FESPACO, Ouagadougou : "Gito, l''Ingrat" 1993 2nd price, Youth films section, Cannes Films Festival : "Gito, l'Ingrat", 1993 Air Afrique Award, African Film Festival, Milano : "Gito, l'Ingrat", 1993 Best Film, Jury Award, Lisboa Film Festival, Portugal, : "Gito, l'Ingrat", 1993 Selection, African Films Festival, New-York : "Gito, l'Ingrat", 1993 Selection, African Film Festival, Los Angeles : "Gito, l'Ingrat", 1993 Best feature film Award, Vues d'Afrique, Montreal : "Gito, l'Ingrat", 1993 Selection, Locarno Film Festival : "Gito, l'Ingrat", 1993 Selection Chicago Film Festival : "Gito, l'Ingrat", 1993 Selection Tokyo Film Festival : "Gito, l'Ingrat", 1993 Activities 1965 - 1971 Independant filmmaker, participates actively to the Swiss "Nouvelle Vague" with films as "It's my life" (shortfilm, fiction, 16mm, 26 min, producer, director, editing), "Erika", third part of "Four Women" (feature, 16/35 mm, 110 min, director, editing), "Loeil bleu" (feature, 16mm, 80 min, producer, director, editing), "Joseph Siffert" (docu, 16mm, 30 min, camera), "Das Zwanzig Milliarden Ding" (docu, 16mm, 55min, camera), "Stella da Falla" (feature, 16mm, 115min, codirector, camera, editing). 1972 - 1977 Director of "Shri Hans Productions inc." in Los Angeles. Produces and directs several films in 16mm and 35mm on Eastern religions as "The Lord of the Universe" (docu, 16mm, 45min, director, camera, editing), "Satguru Has Come" (docu, 16mm, 26min, director, camera), "Who is Guru Maharaj-ji?" (docu, 16mm, 75min, director, camera), "Millenium" (feature-docu, 35mm, 110min, director), 1978 - 1979 Sabbatical years in Malcantone, Ticino. Works in the winter season as photographer at Badrutt' Palace and the Corviglia Club in St-Moritz. 1980 - 1982 Director of "Photo du Grand Casino SA" in Geneva. Numerous industrial, social and publicity photos. Industrial video films as "Lamborghini", "L'école active", "Théâtre au Rosey". 1983 - 1986 Director of "Libraprim SA" in Geneva. Concieves, produces, directs and shoots an institutional video series on ancient books : "Ancient Books in the French Language" (series, docu, BVU, 12 x 26 min, English and French versions). 1986 - 1993 Administrator and director of "Jaques Sandoz Films Production SA" in Geneva. "Gemini, the Twin Stars" (feature, 35mm, 110min, Dolby, original English version, French and Italian versions, co-screenwriter, producer, director), "In the Eye of the Snake" (feature, 35mm, 90min, Dolby, original English version, French and German versions, screenwriter, producer), "Gito, the Ungrateful" (feature, 35mm, 90min, original French version, screenwriter, producer). JSFP SA also develops the projects : "The Swiss Films Collection" (distribution), "The Strawrider" (feature), "The Man from la Source" (mini-series, fiction, 3 x 90min), "Mirvari, the Pearl" (feature). Releases on the French Market of the "Spring of Prague", 10 unknown Tchecoslovian films 1966-1967, of which "The Pledge", selection in competition Cannes Film Festival, "Birds on a wire", Jiri Menzel, Golden Bear, Berlin Films Festival. 1990 President of the "7th quinquennial meeting of the Sandoz Family", Neuchâtel, 250 participants. 1995 President of the "8th quinquennial meeting of the Sandoz Family", Saint-Aubin, 250 participants. 1994 - 2003 "Sand Films Production sarl, Neuchâtel". Produces and directs "Notice by Laugh" (video-clip, beta, 4min). Writes the screenplays : "Perfume of the Sky" (feature), "Bakame, the Smart Man" (feature), " The Blue Mill" (telefilm), "Ups and Downs" (telefilm). "From the Middle Ages to the Third Millenium: the Sandoz", book, 23/28 cms, 450 pages, quadrichromy, conceptor producer Jaques Sandoz, scientific director Jean-Pierre Jelmini, graphist Pierre Neumann, iconography Jaques Sandoz, publisher Gilles Atttinger, French original version, released 2000. "From the Middle Ages to the Third Millenium: the Sandoz", exhibition, curator Jacqueline Rossier, Château de Valangin, Neuchatel, May - November 2000. Develops "Ciné Arc Jurassien" in relation with the film department of the Conseil régional de Franche Comté and many other political and cultural French and Swiss entities to boost the film production in the Jurassic Arc. 2001 : Writes, produces and directs "The Frontier Horse" 6 x 13 min TV series, Swiss - French coproduction, TSR, F3 Bourgogne - Franche-Comté, Equidia (TPS). Develops "A Kick in the Moon", screenplay for a feature film. 2003 : Produces a 90 minutes version of "The Frontier Horse" and releases it in the Jurassic Arc. Develops with Hassan Salih the production of "Mirvari, the pearl" for a feature film in Kurdistan. 2000 President of the "9th quinquennial meeting of the Sandoz Family", Valangin, Dombresson, Chézard-Srt. Martin, 330 participants. 2002 Operation Manager of the "Arteplage of Neuchâtel" during the Swiss national exhibition "Expo.02". Assumes management, crowd control, relation with the exhibitions for the APNE from May to October. 2004 Contributes to the book "Le Lac de Neuchâtel" (Editions Gilles Attinger) with a piece on "La colonnie neuchâteloise de la rive sud du lac". 2005 Collaborates to the production of the Theatreplay "Au vrai chic de Paris" of Michel Beretti, world premiere, Théâtre du Passage, Neuchâtel, Théâtre Tumulte, Serrières. Shoots 20 hours of documentary (DV) for the University of Neuchâtel. President of the "10th quinquennial meeting of the Sandoz Family", La Chaux-de-Fonds, Les Ponts-de-Martel, 300 participants. 2006 Contributes to the book "Small mumber - Big Impact" (NZZ publishing) with a seven pages article on the writer Mari Sandoz. 2007-2008 Shoots in Argentina the documentary "Mi Familia de Argentina", documentary, 98 min., DV, Spanish original version, director, camera, editing. 2010 Produces the "Sandoz Films Festival", Chaux-de-Fonds, May, Geneva, September Prseident of the "11th Quinquennial Meeting ot the Sandoz Family", Les Brenets / Villers-le-Lac, 300 participants 2011 Cowrites with Olivier G. Fatton "Le Dernier Combat de Maître Gaspard", a theater play in three acts.