- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 17, 1944
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- May 11, 2019
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Jean-Claude Brisseau (17 July 1944 – 11 May 2019) was a French filmmaker best known for his 2002 film Secret Things ("Choses Secrètes") and his 2006 film The Exterminating Angels ("Les Anges exterminateurs"). His film Céline was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. At the Cannes Film Festival, he was awarded the France Culture Award in 2003 for Secret Things; in 1988 he was awarded the Special Award for the Youth. In 2002, Brisseau was arrested on charges of sexual harassment after three women came forward accusing him of cajoling them into performing sexual acts on camera by promising them a film role. He was eventually found guilty, fined and given a suspended one-year prison sentence. Brisseau made a semi-autobiographical film in 2006 about this incident, Les Anges Exterminateurs. He was formerly a professor at La Fémis in Paris. Bri…
Filmography
movieMy Own Way
2026 · Self
movieDes Jeunes Femmes Disparaissent - Origine et Fabrication
2018 · Director
movieBrisseau, 251 rue Marcadet
2018 · Self
movieTempting Devils
2018 · , Director, Writer, Producer
movieDes jeunes femmes disparaissent
2014 · Director
movieThe Girl from Nowhere
2013 · Michel Deviliers, Director, Writer, Producer
movieÀ l'aventure
2009 · Director, Screenplay
L’ange et la femme: le cinéma de Jean-Claude Brisseau
movieL’ange et la femme: le cinéma de Jean-Claude Brisseau
2008 · Self
Le cinéma selon Brisseau
movieLe cinéma selon Brisseau
2007 · Self
tvOn n'est pas couché
2006 · Self - Guest
movieThe Exterminating Angels
2006 · Writer, Director
Bâtons d'encens pour Mizoguchi
movieBâtons d'encens pour Mizoguchi
2004 · Self
movieSecret Things
2002 · Director, Writer
movieWorkers for the Good Lord
2000 · Director, Writer, Delegated Producer
movieThe Black Angel
1994 · A guest at the meal (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
movieCéline
1992 · Director, Writer, Producer
Lettre d'un cinéaste
movieLettre d'un cinéaste
1990 · Director
movieWhite Wedding
1989 · Director, Writer
movieSound and Fury
1988 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieFour Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
1987 · 2e Passant
movieA Brutal Game
1983 · L'Homme sur le Quai de Gare (uncredited), Director, Writer
movieThe Interchange
1982 · Director, Writer
movieShadows
1982 · Neighbor (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
movieMédiumnité
1978 · Pierre, Director
movieLife the Way It Is
1978 · Director, Writer
movieLa Croisée des chemins
1976 · Father, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Sound
movieDes jeunes femmes disparaissent
1976 · Director
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
movieDes jeunes femmes disparaissent
1972 · Director
movieDeath in the Afternoon
1968 · , Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
movieThe Afternoon of a Bored Young Man
1968 · Young man, Director, Writer
movieOn Sunday Afternoon
1967 · (voice), Director, Writer