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Cinéma/TV

Patrice Chagnard

Réalisateur/trice, Directeur/trice de la photo
France

Français

Patrice Chagnard a réalisé plus de trente films documentaires pour le cinéma et la télévision, dont Impression, Musée d’Alger (2003), Istanbul, Kathmandu, Jérusalem, Des sources du Gange à Bénarès (1997-2001), Le Convoi (1995), en compétition officielle au Festival de Venise, Solitudes (Portraits d’ermites) (1991), Swami-ji, un voyage intérieur (1983), Le Lieu du Combat (1982), Quelque chose de l’Arbre, du Fleuve et du Cri du Peuple (1980).

English

At the age of 17, he ran the Grenoble Film Club, the biggest club in France in terms of members. Studied Philosophy at the Sorbonne. Worked as an editor in chief at the magazines about television and directed documentaries for TV. In 1969, he became a hippie and travelled in Afghanistan, Pakistian and India. Became interested in the plights of the farmers in Brazil, Africa and Bangladesh. Since 1977, he’s dedicated himself to directing documentaries. He was president at Addoc, a group that brings together French documentarists.
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