- Baronnet, Jean
- (September 3, 1929, Paris, France - )Trained as a musician (he received a cello and chamber music first prize), he was assistant to Pierre Schaeffer at the Service de la recherche pour la Musique Concrète (Concrete Music Research Service) from 1956 to 1958. He co-founded with Pierre Henry the first electroacoustic music studio (1958-1962) before entering films as a sound engineer (1966 Les Morutiers, documentary, Jean-Daniel Pollet; Un Homme et une Femme / UK and USA: A Man and a Woman, Claude Lelouch; 1967 Vivre pour vivre / Vivere per vivere / USA: Live for Life, Claude Lelouch, France / Italy; Mise à Sac / Una notte per 5 rapine, Alain Cavalier, France / Italy; 1968 Les Gauloises bleues, Michel Cournot; 1969 Money-Money, José Varéla). Disappointed by the lack of interest of directors for sound and music, he became a great reporter for TV, collaborating on such programs as Point-Contrepoint and Panorama. Other credit (as co-producer): 1963 Begegnung mit Fritz Lang (documentary, short, Peter Fleischmann, West Germany / France). Books: 1987 Communards en Nouvelle-Calédonie (Mercure de France); 2006 Regard d'un parisien sur la Commune (Gallimard).Filmography1982 ◘ Skinoussa, Paysage avec la Chute d'Icare (documentary; shot in 1979)1984 ◘ Histoire du CaporalTelevision Filmography◘ Une Saison à Hollywood (documentary)◘ Point Contre Point (documentary; episodes "La Syrie, Le Liban", "La Jordanie", "Les Colonies portugaises")◘ Panorama (documentary; episodes "L'Egypte", "U.S.A.", "Le Choléra", "Portrait d'Edward Heath")1970 ◘ L'Invité du Dimanche (documentary; episode "Pierre Fournier")◘ Arcana (documentary)1972 ◘ Ushimata (documentary)1994 ◘ Un Journée au Luxembourg
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.