Alain Bergala, born 8 August 1943 in Brignoles

Brignoles

Brignoles is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.It was the summer residence of the counts of Provence...

, is a French film critic, essayist, screenwriter

Screenwriter

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 and director

Film director

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Biography

Former writer for Cahiers du cinéma

Cahiers du cinéma

Cahiers du Cinéma is an influential French film magazine founded in 1951 by André Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca. It developed from the earlier magazine Revue du Cinéma involving members of two Paris film clubs — Objectif 49 and...

, he is best known as a specialist in the works of Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave"....

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He studied at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle

University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle

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 and at La Fémis

La Femis

La Fémis , is the French state film school. FEMIS is an acronym for Fondation Européenne pour les Métiers de l’Image et du Son. Based in Paris, it offers courses balanced between artistic research, professional development and technical training...

. In 2000, he became the cinema counsellor of Jack Lang

Jack Lang (French politician)

Jack Mathieu Émile Lang is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as France's Minister of Culture from 1981 to 1986 and 1988 to 1992, and as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993 and 2000 to 2002. He was also the Mayor of Blois from 1989 to 2000...

 with whom he worked regarding the arts in education.

He directed his first feature film in 1982.

Filmography

• 1983: Faux fuyants (co-director : Jean-Pierre Limosin)
• 1987: Où que tu sois
• 1995: Cesare Pavese (part of the series- Un siècle d'écrivains)
• 1997: Fernand Léger, les motifs d'une vie
• 1998: D'Angèle à Toni

Publications

• Books by Alain Bergala on Google Books