Kanapa, Jérôme

(November 25, 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )

   He studied political science and law before entering films as an assistant director to Claude Berri (1967 Le Vieil Homme et l'Enfant / UK: The Old Man and the Boy / USA: The Two of Us; 1969 Le Mariage / UK and USA: Marry Me! Marry Me!; 1970 Le Pistonné / USA: The Man with Connections) and Jean-Louis Richard (1969 Le Corps de Diane / Telo Diany, France / Czechoslova­kia). He worked as a production assistant (1971 Tak­ing Off, Milos Forman, USA, executive producer; 1974 Mai 68, documentary, Gudie Lawaetz; La Course en Tête, Joël Santoni; La Grande Trouille, Pierre Grunstein; 1975 Il pleut toujours où c'est mouillé, Jean-Daniel Si­mon) and production manager (1975 C'est dur pour tout le Monde, Christian Gion; Un Sac de Billes, Jacques Doillon; 1995 Etat des Lieux, Jean François Richet). In the early 1970s, he was a delegate producer and manager of Vicco Films, a company he co-created with Gérard Brach and Jean-Pierre Rassam (1970 Des Bleuets dans la Tête, short, Gérard Brach; Le Vin, short, Charles Matton; La Maison, Gérard Brach; 1971 La Maison sur l'Herbe / USA: The Boat on the Grass, Gérard Brach). He also was an assistant director for costumes, film sets, and special effects (1972 Le Petit Poucet) and co-wrote Na! (Jacques Martin, 1973), produced the European Jerry Lewis Telethon shows, and played in a TV movie (1995 Femmes de Passion, Bob Swaim). From 1975 to 1980, he taught produc­tion at the IDHEC.

 Filmography

        ◘ Excellence, ne fais pas l'enfant (short)

        ◘ La Bataille des Orchestres (documentary; short; co-director with Gérard Patris)

1974 ◘ La République est morte à Dien Bien Phu (documentary)

        ◘ Mai 68 (documentary; co-director with Gudie Lawaetz; also executive producer)

        ◘ Histoire d'aller plus loin (documentary; co-director with Bernard Paul)

        ◘ Toutes les Joséphine ne sont pas Impératrices (documentary; medium-length)

1978 ◘ En l'autre Bord (also screenwriter, dialogist)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Les Brûlures de l'Histoire (documentary; epi­sodes "La Chute de Saigon", "Le Cas de Mr K", "La Vie en bleu—60 Ans de Luttes ouvr­ières")

        ◘ Le Destin de Laslo Rajk (documentary)

        ◘ Histoire de Guerillas (documentary)

        ◘ L'Homme d'un Parti pris (documentary)

        ◘ Histoires d'Indochine (12 X 26' documentary)