Jumel, Gérard

(June 12, 1956, Port-Lyautey, Morocco-)

   Having graduated from the Ecole de la Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris, he attended acting courses (1977-1980) while shooting his first shorts. Trained at the IDHEC (directing and editing depart­ments), he edited many shorts and documentaries. After co-writing an unfilmed screenplay for Laurent Bénégui (Paris Banquise), in 1995 he founded his own production company, Jour J. Productions, which fi­nanced his shorts and documentaries. He played in all the films he directed and in a few others (1994 La Sépa­ration, Christian Vincent; 1997Je ne vois pas ce qu'on me trouve / USA: What's Funny About Me, Christian Vincent; 1999 Le Voyage à Paris, Marc-Henri Dufresne, France / Belgium; 2006 Quatre Etoiles, Christian Vincent).

 Filmography

        ◘ Sur la Plage tout court (16-mm short)

        ◘ Le Baiser du Peintre (16-mm short)

        ◘ La Femme Secret (16-mm short)

        ◘ La Disparue des Minquiers (16-mm short)

        ◘ Le Doigt (short; also actor)

1987 ◘ Planète Rabelais (short; co-director with Jean-Louis Comolli; also co-screenwriter)

1988 ◘ Matin de Mariage (short; also screenwriter, actor)

1993 ◘ Ce que Femme veut . . . (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor)

1995 ◘ Suivez le Bébé (short; also co-screenwriter, actor)

1997 ◘ Poisson dans l'Eau (short, also actor)

   TV and Video Documentaries

1990 ◘ L'Enfant et la Musique (short)

        ◘ L'Affaire du Gendre de Leonid Brejnev (medium-length)

1995 ◘ Les Vivants, les Morts et ceux qui vont sur la Mer (medium-length)

        ◘ La Caverne des Phoquiers (short)

        ◘ Les Bestiaires de Paris (2 X 52')

        ◘ Mes Carnets de Pêche extraordinaires (8 X 30')

2003 ◘ L'Invitation au Château