Michel Vuillermet (13 March 1950 – 16 February 2021) was a French film director.

Biography

After studying modern humanities and history, Vuillermet joined the

Institut des hautes études cinématographiques L'Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC; the "Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies") is a French film school, founded during World War II under the leadership of Marcel L'Herbier who was its president from 1944 to 1969. I ...

. Originally a cameraman, he first directed a film in 1980 with '. It won best screenplay at the Festival du Livre de Nice and was presented at the

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

. He would also direct several documentaries for television. Michel Vuillermet died on 16 February 2021, at the age of 70, twenty five days short from his 71st birthday.

Filmography

*''Le Règlement intérieur'' (1980) *''Le Cahier bleu clair'' (1981) *''Le piano des sondes'' (1981) *''Le Trio en mi bémol'' (1990) *''Rythme et mélodie de l'Océan Indien'' (1991) *''Nous, enfants du rock'' (1992) *''Le Grand méchant Zouc'' (1993) *''Les Mille compagnons'' (1994) *''Humanitaires face à a guerre'' (1995) *''André Malraux'' (1996) *''Afrique rouge'' (1997) *''Lucien Bodard ou Lulu le Chinois'' (1998) *''Superphenix ou Le Chaudron Magique'' (1999) *''Zafair Kaya'' (2000) *''Algérie, mémoires du raï'' (2001) *''Saddam Hussein, le maître de Bagdad'' (2002) *''Jean Malaurie, l'appel du Nord'' (2003) *''Côte d'ivoire, gagnons la paix'' (2004) *''Edouard VIII d’Angleterre, la faillite d'un roi'' (2004) *''Edmond Charlot, éditeur algérois'' (2005) *''Klimt ou le testament d'Adèle'' (2006) *''Léopold III ou la chute d'un roi'' (2007) *''Evian 38, la conférence de la peur'' (2009) *''Marie-Curie, au-delà du mythe'' (2011)

References

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