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Jean-Pierre Gorin (b. 1943)

Birthplace:
Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Born:
April 17, 1943

Biography from TheMovieDB

Jean-Pierre Gorin (born 17 April 1943) is a French filmmaker and professor, best known for his work with Nouvelle Vague luminary Jean-Luc Godard, during what is often referred to as Godard's "radical" period.  Jean-Pierre Gorin was a student of Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault and Jacques Lacan. He was a radical leftist well before meeting Godard in 1966. Godard relied on some of his discussions with Gorin while writing the script of 1967's La Chinoise. Gorin played a role in making Le Gai Savoir, which was released in 1969. In 1968, Gorin and Godard founded the collective Dziga Vertov Group and together produced a series of overtly political films including Vent d'est (1970), Tout va bien (1972), and Letter to Jane (1972).

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Film Production

Co-Director:
1976  Here and Elsewhere

Director:
1968  Cinétracts
1970  Wind from the East
1971  Struggle in Italy
1971  Vladimir and Rosa
1972  Tout Va Bien
1974  Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1976  Here and Elsewhere
1980  Poto and Cabengo
1986  Routine Pleasures
1992  Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
1992  My Crasy Life

Director of Photography:
1968  Cinétracts
1970  Wind from the East
1971  Struggle in Italy
1971  Vladimir and Rosa
1972  Tout Va Bien
1974  Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1976  Here and Elsewhere
1980  Poto and Cabengo
1986  Routine Pleasures
1992  Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
1992  My Crasy Life

Editor:
1968  Cinétracts
1970  Wind from the East
1971  Struggle in Italy
1971  Vladimir and Rosa
1972  Tout Va Bien
1974  Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1976  Here and Elsewhere
1980  Poto and Cabengo
1986  Routine Pleasures
1992  Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
1992  My Crasy Life

Producer:
1968  Cinétracts
1970  Wind from the East
1971  Struggle in Italy
1971  Vladimir and Rosa
1972  Tout Va Bien
1974  Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1976  Here and Elsewhere
1980  Poto and Cabengo
1986  Routine Pleasures
1992  Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
1992  My Crasy Life

Story:
1968  Cinétracts
1970  Wind from the East
1971  Struggle in Italy
1971  Vladimir and Rosa
1972  Tout Va Bien
1974  Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1976  Here and Elsewhere
1980  Poto and Cabengo
1986  Routine Pleasures
1992  Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
1992  My Crasy Life
1999  Spy Games

Writer:
1968  Cinétracts
1970  Wind from the East
1971  Struggle in Italy
1971  Vladimir and Rosa
1972  Tout Va Bien
1974  Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1976  Here and Elsewhere
1980  Poto and Cabengo
1986  Routine Pleasures
1992  Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
1992  My Crasy Life
1999  Spy Games

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