Lignerat, Jean-Louis

(December 10, 1940, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France - )

   He learned his craft watching movies at the French Cinematheque. In 1963-1964, he was a trainee as­sistant to directors Jean Becker, Claude Chabrol, and Claude Lelouch. He co-wrote several TV series (1974 Les Faucheurs de Marguerites, 7 X 55', Marcel Camus, France / Canada / Switzerland / West Germany / Belgium; 1978 Le Temps des As, 6 X 55', Claude Bois-sol, France / West Germany / Switzerland / Belgium / Morocco; 1980 La Conquête du Ciel, 6 X 55', France / West Germany / Switzerland / Belgium / Morocco; 1982 L'Adieu aux As, 6 X 55', Jean-Pierre Decourt). Since the late 1990s, he has owned a medieval shop in Dordogne. In 1984, he published a novel: Les Fous du Ciel (Hachette).

 Filmography

1965 ◘ On m'a volé le Far-West (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1977 ◘ Armons-nous et . . . partez (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

1986 ◘ 813, Voyage incertain (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer)

 Television Filmography

1988 ◘ Les Enfants de la Liberté (animation; 8 X 26')