Biography
He studied Philosophy at the University of Grenoble and, at 19, he was assistant director and set designer on the film Les Camisards, by René. He has worked with directors such as Alain Tanner or Claude Goretta. He is considered one of the great documentary makers of our time. He made his debut in 1978 with La voix de son maître, and the milestones in his extensive filmography include Le pays des sourds (1992), Un animal, deux amimaux (1996), the award winning To Be and To Have (2002), with which he won the European Film Award for Best Documentary, the Louis Delluc Award and a BAFTA nomination, among others, and Nénette (2010). His film De chaque instant premiered at the Locarno Festival in 2018.
Festival de Cine de Sevilla
Director
Documentaries | |
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2024 |
Averroès & Rosa Parks |
La Machine à écrire et autres sources de tracas |
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2023 |
On the Adamant |
2018 |
Each and Every Moment |
2013 |
La Maison de la radio |
2010 |
Night falls on the Menagerie |
Nénette |
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2007 |
Let them grow up here |
2006 |
Back to Normandy |
2002 |
The Invisible |
Être et Avoir |
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1999 |
Who Knows? |
1998 |
Go fot It, Lapébie! |
1996 |
Animals and More Animals |
Every Little Thing |
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1992 |
In the Land of the Deaf |
1990 |
Louvre City |
1988 |
Baquet’ Come-back |
1987 |
Trilogy for one man |
1985 |
Christophe |
1979 |
Bosses/Television |
1978 |
His Master's Voice |
Short | |
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2014 |
Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg |
2010 |
We Work Here, We Live Here, We Stay Here! |
1997 |
Nous, sans papier de France |
We, France's Undocumented Immigrants |
Screenwriter
Documentaries | |
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2024 |
La Machine à écrire et autres sources de tracas |
2023 |
On the Adamant |
1996 |
Every Little Thing |
Cinematographer
Documentaries | |
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2024 |
Averroès & Rosa Parks |
2023 |
On the Adamant |
2018 |
Each and Every Moment |
Editor
Documentaries | |
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2024 |
Averroès & Rosa Parks |
2023 |
On the Adamant |
2018 |
Each and Every Moment |
Production designer
Movies | |
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1974 |
The Wonderful Crook |
Actor
Movies | |
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1987 |
Fucking Ferdinand |
1985 |
Billy Ze Kick |
1984 |
Pas de vieux os (TV movie) |
1983 |
Vive la sociale ! |
1972 |
Les Camisards |
Series | |
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1984 |
Série noire |
Pas de vieux os (E13) |
Documentaries | |
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2004 |
La Beauté du geste |
1999 |
Easy to Open |
Short | |
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1978 |
Seize minutes vingt secondes |
Guest
Shows | |
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1992 |
Le Cercle de minuit |