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Pascal Mérigeau (30 January 1953, Périgné in Deux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres (, Poitevin-Saintongese: ''Deùs Saevres'') is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a ...
) is a French journalist and film critic.
Biography
After studying inPoitiers
Poitiers is a city on the river Clain in west-central France. It is a commune in France, commune, the capital of the Vienne (department), Vienne department and the historical center of Poitou, Poitou Province. In 2021, it had a population of 9 ...
, he settled in Paris in 1976 and became a journalist. He worked for film magazines, then for ''Les Nouvelles littéraires
''Les Nouvelles littéraires'' was a French literary and artistic newspaper created in October 1922 by the Éditions Larousse. It disappeared in 1985 after having taken the title '.
History
''Les Nouvelles littéraires'' were headed by from 192 ...
'', ''Le Point
''Le Point'' () is a French weekly political and conservative news magazine published in Paris. It is one of the three major French news magazines.
''Le Point'' was founded in 1972 by former journalists of ''L'Express'' and quickly rose to be ...
'' and ''Le Monde
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'', before collaborating to ''Le Nouvel Observateur
(), previously known as (2014–2024), (1964–2014), (1954–1964), (1953–1954), and (1950–1953), is a weekly French news magazine. Based in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, ' is one of the three most prominent French news magazines ...
'' from September 1997.
He participated in the selection of films for the Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world.
Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...
, currently replaced by Eric Libiot.
A novelist, he also writes short stories, including ''Quand Angèle fut seule'' written in 1983.
Publications
; Novels * ''Escaliers dérobés'', Denoël, 1994 * ''Max Lang n'est plus ici'', Denoël, 1999 ; on cinema * ''Faye Dunaway'', PAC, 1978 * ''Annie Girardot'', PAC, 1978 * ''Josef Von Sternberg'', Edilig, 1983 * ''Série B'' (withStéphane Bourgoin
Stéphane Bourgoin (; born 14 March 1953), also known as Etienne Jallieu (), is a French author specializing in true crime.
Between 1990 and 2020, he presented himself as an expert in offender profiling and criminology and was considered as s ...
), Edilig, 1983
* ''Gene Tierney'', Edilig, 1987
* ''Mankiewicz'', Denoël, 1993
* ''L'aventure vraie de Canal +'', with Jacques bayard, 2001
* ''Maurice Pialat. L'Imprécateur'', Grasset, 2003
* ''Pialat, la rage au cœur'', Ramsay, 2007
* ''Cinéma : autopsie d'un meurtre'', Flammarion, 2007
* ''Depardieu'', Flammarion, 2008
* ''Jean Renoir'', Flammarion, 2012
Honours
*1995: Prize for best book on cinema, for ''Mankiewicz'' *2010: Raymond Chirat Prize (Lumière Film Festival
Lumière is French for 'light'.
Lumiere, Lumière or Lumieres may refer to:
Buildings
* Lumière, a building used by the Bibliothèque publique d'information in Paris, France
* Lumiere (skyscraper), a cancelled skyscraper development in Leeds, ...
)
*2013: Prize for the best French book on cinema & Prix Goncourt de la biographie
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for ''Jean Renoir''
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