Claude Goretta
Born	(1929-06-23)23 June 1929 Geneva, Switzerland
Died	20 February 2019(2019-02-20) (aged 89) Geneva, Switzerland
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1957–2006

Claude Goretta (23 June 1929 – 20 February 2019)^[1] was a Swiss television producer and film director.

His 1973 film L'Invitation was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[2] His 1981 film La provinciale was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Goretta is buried at the Cimetière des Rois (Cemetery of Kings), which is considered the Genevan Panthéon.^{[citation needed]}

• Nice Time (1957), with Alain Tanner
• The Invitation (1973)
• The Wonderful Crook [fr] (also known as, Not As Bad As All That, 1974) with Gérard Depardieu
• The Lacemaker (1977)
• La provinciale (1981)
• The Death of Mario Ricci (1983)
• Si le soleil ne revenait pas (1987)
• The Shadow [fr] (1992)

• Claude Goretta at IMDb
• Claude Goretta at the Swiss Film Directory

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