Barjol, Jean-Michel

(May 19, 1938, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France - )

   He was an orphan at a very young age and had a eventful and disturbed childhood. After spending years in boarding schools, he graduated with a bach­elor's degree in natural sciences. At the end of his twenty-seven months of military service, he opted for cinema and began filming his own story, day after day, without script. He founded a theatrical group, Le Théâtre du Temps Présent, and shot a four-hour western with the members of the troupe (Blues pour un Cow Boy qui a mal au Ventre). In 1981, he co-created, with three friends of his, a film production company, B.Q.H.L. Productions. He also cut a few trailers and directed commercials.

 Filmography

        ◘ Blues pour un Cow Boy (16-mm medium-length; also screenwriter, dialogist, cinematographer)

        ◘ Nadia (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Tour sans Venin (shot on 16-mm; also screenwriter, dialogist, producer, cinematographer)

        ◘ Au Temps des Chataîgnes (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Gitans (16-mm medium-length documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Des Terrils et des Turcs (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Etrangers (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Santo Pietro (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Hivertume (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Peau dure (16-mm documentary; also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Marie-Joseph et l'Empereur (16-mm medium-length; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1970 ◘ Le Cochon (medium-length; documentary; co-director with Jean Eustache; also screenwriter)

1972 ◘ What a Flash! (also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Los sur Mer (16-mm medium-length documentary; also screenwriter)

1976 ◘ Pierre Jakez-Heliaz (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Histoire de vivre (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Une Commune pas comme les Autres (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1977 ◘ Objectif: Prix d'Amérique (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Hockey sur Glace (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Bellino II Super Star (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Orfèvres (16-mm documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Bonjour les Tétraplégiques (16-mm documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1978 ◘ Un Fou de Musique (16-mm medium-length documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Symphonie pour une Préposée (16-mm documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Haras nationaux (16-mm documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Retour des Daltons (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1979 ◘ Inventaire (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Donnez-nous aujourd'hui (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1980 ◘ Ils tissent le Temps (16-mm documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Descente au Fond des Âges (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ E.D.F. Patrimoine (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1982 ◘ Petit Joseph (also adapter, producer)

1984 ◘ Moi un Lad (16-mm documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Berger d'Abeilles (16-mm documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1985 ◘ Duo pour une Soliste (16-mm short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Nuit des Starlettes (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

 Television Filmography

1987 ◘ Histoire et Passion (6 X 60' documentary: Le Moyen-Âge en Forez; Histoire autour de mon Clocher, L'Immigration polonaise: La Sologne: Guillaume le Conquérant; Les Communautés famaliales agricoles; also co-producer)

        ◘ Une Femme résistante pour l'Honneur (2 X 52' documentary; also screenwriter, co-producer)

        ◘ Le Roi Tidalium (documentary; also screenwriter, co-producer)

1994 ◘ Un Lycée pas comme les Autres (documentary; also screenwriter, co-producer)

        ◘ La Visite de la vieille Dame

        ◘ Tartuffe (captation)

        ◘ Fidalium Joly, le dernier Fils de Tidalium Pélo (also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ L'Arche de Noé (documentary; also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Hanin cet Inconnu (documentary; also screenwriter, producer)

2003 ◘ Les Gitans éternels Pèlerins (documentary; also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Le Guerrier (documentary; also screenwriter, producer

        ◘ Santo Pietro (documentary; short; also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Une Soirée avec Manitas de Plata (documentary; also screenwriter, producer)