Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

160 • BUTTIGNOL, DORIS
BUTTIGNOL, DORIS (April 26, 1962, Mulhouse,
Haut-Rhin, France–)
Having graduated with a bachelor’s degree in cinematographic
and audiovisual teaching from the UQAM Montréal
and the University of Paris VIII and with a master’s
degree in cinematographic studies from the University
of Paris VIII, she was trained as an editor and created and
ran a video center in the province of Quebec (1989–
1993). Then she became a schoolteacher for a year. A
fi lm director since 1996, she founded in 2000 an association,
Les Brasseurs de Cage, which gathers independent
artists. Other credit (as producer): 2004 Les Hommes
prophétiques (docu-fi ction, Pierre Merejkowsky). She
co-directed three documentaries with Jo Béranger
(December 22, 1956), a former cinema student at the
University of Paris VIII. She worked on commercials as
a painter and designer before serving as assistant director
to Dominique Benichetti (1992 Le Zoo de Vincennes).
Other credit (as voice off-screen): 2002 A propos
d’Eric P. (short, Pierre Merejkowsky).
Filmography
1996 Les Filles de Zapata (documentary; short)
1997 La Candidate (documentary; short)
2000 Du Rifi fi à Seattle (Les Empêcheurs de tourner
en round) (documentary; short)
2000– Présence verte (documentary; 39 5')
2001
2001 Je voudrais vous dire. . . (Fragments de Vie)
(documentary; short; co-director with Jo
Béranger; also co-screenwriter, producer,
sound engineer)
Etats d’Homme (documentary; short)
2002 Fiers de ce que nous sommes (documentary;
co-director with Jo Béranger)
2004 Voyage en Mémoires indiennes (One of Many)
(documentary; co-director with Jo Béranger;
also co-screenwriter; France / Germany)
2005 Sans Valeur marchande (documentary)