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Jean-Baptiste Durand (b. 1985)

Birthplace:
France, EU

Born:
January 1, 1985

Biography from TheMovieDB

Born in 1985, Jean-Baptiste Durand grew up in Montpeyroux, a little village near Montpellier. After a difficult time in school, he nevertheless passed a literary baccalaureate with a speciality in art history. He went on to study at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier. He was firstly interested in painting and drawing, but his work evolved towards film. His first short fiction, L'Amour sans le sexe, was his art school graduation film and is an autobiographical film about friendship, exploring the passionate relationship between three young people in a village. On leaving art college, he worked for a time as a technician on films as a stagehand, set constructer, assistant director and even actor. Alongside this he made some rap music videos and continued drawing. In 2014, his first short in a professional context, Il venait de Roumanie, was screened in several festivals. He then made Même les choses invisibles se cachent (2016), a creative documentary on the contemporary artist Abdelkader Benchamma, for whom he had worked as an assistant for several years. His first feature, Chien de la casse (Junkyard Dog), was selected for the screenplay reading at Premiers Plans in 2021. Presented in competition in 2023, the film won the Audience Award.

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
2014  Chaque jour est une petite vie

Author:
2014  Chaque jour est une petite vie
????  L'homme qui avait peur des femmes

Director:
2010  L'Amour sans le sexe
2011  Jo ou Joe
2014  Chaque jour est une petite vie
2014  Il venait de Roumanie
2018  Piano Panier
2019  Le bal
2021  Big Boy
2023  Junkyard Dog
????  L'homme qui avait peur des femmes

Director of Photography:
2010  L'Amour sans le sexe
2011  Jo ou Joe
2014  Chaque jour est une petite vie
2014  Il venait de Roumanie
2018  Piano Panier
2019  Le bal
2021  Big Boy
2023  Junkyard Dog
????  L'homme qui avait peur des femmes

Editor:
2010  L'Amour sans le sexe
2011  Jo ou Joe
2014  Chaque jour est une petite vie
2014  Il venait de Roumanie
2018  Piano Panier
2019  Le bal
2021  Big Boy
2023  Junkyard Dog
????  L'homme qui avait peur des femmes

Screenplay:
2010  L'Amour sans le sexe
2011  Jo ou Joe
2014  Chaque jour est une petite vie
2014  Il venait de Roumanie
2018  Piano Panier
2019  Le bal
2021  Big Boy
2023  Junkyard Dog
????  L'homme qui avait peur des femmes

Writer:
2010  L'Amour sans le sexe
2011  Jo ou Joe
2014  Chaque jour est une petite vie
2014  Il venait de Roumanie
2018  Piano Panier
2019  Le bal
2021  Big Boy
2023  Junkyard Dog
????  L'homme qui avait peur des femmes

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