Jacqueline Veuve

Jacqueline Veuve (29 January 1930 – 18 April 2013) was a Swiss filmmaker known for "ethnographical cinema". She has been referred to as the "great lady of the Swiss documentary film." She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the 2013 Swiss Film Prize.

Life Jacqueline Reber was born in Payerne, Switzerland, in 1930 to Maurice Reber and Yvonne Reymond.

After studying in Lausanne, she attended the School of Library and Information Science in Geneva (1952–1953)

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Personal life Jacqueline Veuve married Léopold Veuve in 1956 and had two children.

Select prizes 1972: Prix Cinéma et Jeunesse in Cannes for Les Lettres de Stalingrad 1987: Special award of the SSR at the Festival international du film Alpin 1989: Prix de la Mission du Patrimoine Ethnographique, 8e Bilan international du film ethnographique, Museum of Man, Paris 1989: Festival International Du Film Alpin, Les Diablerets 1998: Swiss Film Prize for Journal de Rivesaltes 1941–1942 (Best Documentary)