Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

A writer (1949 Le Cœur net, Le Seuil; L’Homme et sa
Liberté: Jeu pour la Veillée, Le Seuil; 1952 Giraudoux par
lui-même, Le Seuil; 1956 La Chine, porte ouverte, Le
Seuil; 1959 Coréennes, Le Seuil; 1961 Commentaires 1,
Le Seuil; 1967 Commentaires 2, Le Seuil; 1978 Le Fonds
de l’Air est rouge: Scènes de la troisième Guerre mondiale,
1967–1977, Editions François Maspéro; 1982 Le
Dépays, editions Hersher), a fi lm critic for Esprit and
Les Cahiers du Cinéma, and a photographer, he had
various cinematographic activities: assistant director
(1955 Nuit et Brouillard / UK and USA: Night and Fog,
documentary, short, Alain Resnais), collaborator with
the director (1956 Toute la Mémoire du Monde, documentary,
short, Alain Resnais), author of commentary,
cinematographer (1966 Le Volcan interdit, documentary,
Haroun Tazieff, shot in 1948–1966), screenwriter
(1956 Les Hommes de la Baleine, Mario Ruspoli; 1957
Django Reinhardt, documentary, short, author of commentary,
actor, Paul Paviot; Le Mystère de l’Atelier
Quinze, short, André Heinrich, Alain Resnais; 1958
La Mer et les Jours, short, as author of commentary,
Alain Kaminker, Raymond Vogel; 1962 . . . A Valparaiso /
USA: Valparaiso, documentary, short, Joris Ivens; Chile),
dialogist (1960 L’Amérique insolite, documentary, François
Reichenbach), editor (1962 Jouer à Paris, short,
Catherine Varlin; 1965 La Brûlure de Mille Soleils, short;
Pierre Kast; 1963 La Douceur du Village, documentary,
François Reichenbach; 1974 Les Deux Mémoires,
documentary, Jorge Semprun), actor as himself (1973
Kashima Paradise, Bénie Deswarte, Yann Le Masson;
1985 Tokyo-Ga, documentary, Wim Wenders, USA /
West Germany), technical consultant (1976 La Spirale,
documentary, Armand Mattelart, Valérie Mayoux, Jacqueline
Meppiel; 1988 Les Pyramides bleues / La novicia
/ The Novice / UK: Paradise Calling, Arielle Dombasle),
and producer (1975 La batalla del Chile: La lucha de
un pueblo sin armas—Primera parte: La insurreción de
la burguesia / USA: The Battle of Chile: Part 1, Patricio
Guzmán, Venezuela / France / Cuba; 1977 La batalla de
Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas—Segunda parte:
El golpe de estado / La Bataille du Chili (2ème Partie: Le
Coup d’Etat) / USA: The Battle of Chile: Part 2, Patricio
Guzmán, Venezuela / France / Cuba; 1979 La batalla del
Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas—Tercera parte: El
poder popular / USA: The Battle of Chile: Part 3, Patricio
Guzmán, Venezuela / France / Cuba).
Filmography
1952 Olympia 52 (documentary; medium-length; also
screenwriter, cinematographer; unreleased)
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1953 Les Statues meurent aussi / UK and USA: Statues
Also Die (documentary; short; co-director
with Alain Resnais; also author of commentary)
1956 Dimanche à Pékin (documentary; short; also
screenwriter, cinematographer)
1958 Lettre de Sibérie / USA: Letter from Siberia
(documentary; short; also screenwriter)
1959 Les Astronautes (short; co-director with Walerian
Borowczyk)
1961 Description d’un Combat / Hatzad hashlishi Shel
Hamatbaya / Description of a Struggle (documentary;
short; France / Israel)
1963 Cuba si! (documentary; medium-length; also
screenwriter, cinematographer; shot in 1961)
Le Joli Mai (two-part documentary: “Prière
sur la Tour Eiffel,” “Le Retour de Fantômas”;
co-director with Pierre Lhomme; also coscreenwriter)
La Jetée / UK and USA: The Pier (short; also
screenwriter, co-cinematographer)
1965 Le Mystère Koumiko / USA: The Koumiko Mystery
(documentary; also screenwriter, cinematographer,
editor)
1966 Si j’avais Quatre Dromadaires / Wenn ich vier
Dromadare hätte (documentary; short; also
screenwriter, cinematographer, editor; France
/ West Germany)
1967 Rhodiacéta (documentary; short)
Loin du Vietnam (documentary; one episode;
co-director with Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens,
William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Alain Resnais;
also supervising writer, producer)
1968 Cinétracts (documentary; shorts; co-director
with Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Resnais)
La Sixième Face du Pentagone (documentary;
short; co-director with François Reichenbach;
also author of commentary, screenwriter, cinematographer)
A bientôt, j’espère / USA: Be Seeing You (documentary;
medium-length; co-director with
Mario Marret)
1969 Jour de Tournage (documentary; short)
On vous parle du Brésil (documentary; short;
also screenwriter)
Classe de Lutte (documentary; short)
1970 Carlos Marighela (documentary; short; also
screenwriter)
Les Mots ont un Sens (documentary; short; also
screenwriter)