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Bob Swaim

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Kris Kristofferson and Bob Swaim in A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
Bob Swaim is a member of the Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, European Film Academy, the French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, and the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatique. Director, writer, producer for more than forty years, his films have been honored with awards from over thirty film festivals and international competitions including the French César Awards and the Berlinale's UNICEF Prize for Best Feature. In 2007, Bob Swaim asked to re-organize and develop the International Department of EICAR, the International Film & Television school of Paris. Today the school is classed among the top five international private film academies. For his contribution to the French film industry, the French Minister of Culture has named him Officier des Arts et des Lettres. Bob Swaim is currently Director of the International Department EICAR and writing his next feature film.
BornNovember 2, 1943
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BornNovember 2, 1943
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Known for

    Nathalie Baye, Richard Berry, and Philippe Léotard in La balance (1982)
    La balance
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1982
    The Climb (1997)
    The Climb
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1997
    Sigourney Weaver and Michael Caine in Half Moon Street (1986)
    Half Moon Street
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1986
    Spies Like Us (1985)
    Spies Like Us
    6.4
    • Special Forces Commander
    • 1985

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    Director



    • La France Made in USA (2007)
      La France Made in USA
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Infrarouge (2006)
      Infrarouge
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Nos amis les flics (2004)
      Nos amis les flics
      5.1
      • Director
      • 2004
    • The Climb (1997)
      The Climb
      6.6
      • Director
      • 1997
    • Roger Hanin in Maître Da Costa (1997)
      Maître Da Costa
      4.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1997
    • Espérance Pham Thai Lan in Femme de passions (1995)
      Femme de passions
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1995
    • Tim Matheson in Target of Suspicion (1994)
      Target of Suspicion
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1994
    • L'Atlantide (1992)
      L'Atlantide
      5.1
      • Director
      • 1992
    • Meg Tilly in Masquerade (1988)
      Masquerade
      6.1
      • Director
      • 1988
    • Sigourney Weaver and Michael Caine in Half Moon Street (1986)
      Half Moon Street
      5.4
      • Director
      • 1986
    • Johnny Hallyday: Casualty of Love (Vertige de l'amour)
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1984
    • Johnny Hallyday: Mon p'tit loup (ça va faire mal)
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1984
    • Nathalie Baye, Richard Berry, and Philippe Léotard in La balance (1982)
      La balance
      6.5
      • Director
      • 1982
    • La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1977)
      La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés
      5.1
      • Director
      • 1977
    • Vive les Jacques
      5.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 1973

    Writer



    • Nos amis les flics (2004)
      Nos amis les flics
      5.1
      • Writer
      • 2004
    • Police Secrets (1992)
      Police Secrets
      TV Series
      • story
      • scenario
      • 1992–1994
    • L'Atlantide (1992)
      L'Atlantide
      5.1
      • Writer
      • 1992
    • Sigourney Weaver and Michael Caine in Half Moon Street (1986)
      Half Moon Street
      5.4
      • screenplay
      • 1986
    • Nathalie Baye, Richard Berry, and Philippe Léotard in La balance (1982)
      La balance
      6.5
      • dialogue
      • written by
      • 1982
    • La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1977)
      La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés
      5.1
      • Writer
      • 1977
    • Vive les Jacques
      5.7
      Short
      • writer
      • 1973
    • L'autoportrait d'un pornographe
      5.2
      Short
      • Writer (as Robert Swaim)
      • 1972
    • Le journal de M. Bonnafous
      Short
      • Writer (as Robert Swaim)
      • 1970

    Actor



    • Portuguese Man O'War
      Short
      • Gallery Visitor
      • 2008
    • Olé! (2005)
      Olé!
      4.3
      • Andrew Nicholson
      • 2005
    • A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
      A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
      6.7
      • Bob Smith
      • 1998
    • Viens jouer dans la cour des grands (1997)
      Viens jouer dans la cour des grands
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • Foster
      • 1997
    • J'ai deux amours
      TV Movie
      • Bob
      • 1996
    • Tim Matheson in Target of Suspicion (1994)
      Target of Suspicion
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • Photographer
      • 1994
    • Peter Weller and Kathryn Harrold in Rainbow Drive (1990)
      Rainbow Drive
      5.1
      TV Movie
      • Pablo
      • 1990
    • Spies Like Us (1985)
      Spies Like Us
      6.4
      • Special Forces Commander
      • 1985
    • Ella, une vraie famille
      • 1980

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      • bobswaim.com
    • Alternative name
      • Robert Swaim
    • Born
      • November 2, 1943
      • Evanston, Illinois, USA

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