Janer, Jean-Claude

(June 3, 1963, Grenoble, Isère, France - )

   After studying communications in Grenoble, he learned film directing at the Fémis. Having gradu­ated in 1992, he had already shot several shorts and worked as an assistant director (1989 Antonin, short, Yves Caumon; 1991 Jacquot de Nantes, Agnès Varda). Then he moved to Los Angeles, where he was hired as a screenwriter by the Walt Disney Company. He returned to France in the mid-1990s and began directing TV documentaries and reports. Other cred­its (as actor): 1995 La Vie parisienne (short, Hélène Angel); (as co-screenwriter): 1999 Peau d'Homme, Cœur de Bête / UK and USA: Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (Hélène Angel); 2003 Rencontre avec le Dragon (Hélène Angel).

 Filmography

1987 ◘ Hymne à l'Amour (short; also screenwriter)

1991 ◘ Les Surprises du Ver à Soie (short; also screenwriter)

1999 ◘ Superlove (also co-screenwriter)