Jean-Pierre Lajournade

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

4

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-04-19

Day of death

1976-11-08 (39 years old)

Place of Birth

Pau, France

Jean-Pierre Lajournade

Biography

After studying at IDHEC from 1959 to 1961, he worked for television from 1962 to 1968. He was co-producer and director of the program Lire: he signed fifteen documentaries and four TV movies. In 1967 he filmed his first short film, Assommons les pauvres, with stolen film. He left the ORTF after the strike movement of May 1968. He then devoted himself to the realization of his experimental feature film (Le Joueur de quilles), produced by Jean-Edern Hallier, and three short films produced by Pierre Braunberger. He collaborated in the journal Cinéthique from 1975.

Known For

  • La Fin des Pyrénées

    La Fin des Pyrénées

  • Bartleby

    Bartleby

  • Cinéma-Cinéma

    Cinéma-Cinéma

  • Le joueur de quilles

    Le joueur de quilles