Alain Bergala (; born 8 August 1943), is a French

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Biography

Former writer for ''

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'', he is best known as a specialist in the works of

Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran� ...

. He taught at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne NouvelleHis page at the site of the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvellebr>
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La Fémis La Fémis (French: ''École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son''; "National Superior School for the Professions of Image and Sound", formerly known as the '' Institut des hautes études cinématographiques'', IDHEC) is a Fre ...

. In 2000, he became the cinema counsellor of Jack Lang with whom he worked regarding the arts in education. He directed his first feature film in 1982.

Filmography

* 1983: ''Faux fuyants'' (co-director :

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) * 1987: ''Où que tu sois'' * 1995: ''Cesare Pavese'' (part of the series- ''

Un siècle d'écrivains ''Un siècle d'écrivains'' ("a century of writers") was a French series of television documentary films aired on France 3 between 1995 and 2001. A total of 257 documentaries were made, each focusing on a writer active during the 20th century. The ...

'') * 1997: ''Fernand Léger, les motifs d'une vie'' * 1998: ''D'Angèle à Toni''

Publications

Books by Alain Bergala
on Google Books * Alain Bergala, ''The Cinema Hypothesis. Teaching Cinema in the Classroom and Beyond'', FilmmuseumSynemaPublikationen Vol. 28, Vienna 2016,

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bergala, Alain 1943 births Living people French film critics French film directors People from Var (department) French male non-fiction writers University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 alumni Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 faculty