Menoud, Jean-Bernard

(February 21, 1954, Bulle, Switzerland-)

   Having graduated from the Vevey photography school in Switzerland, he started out as a camera operator (1980 Sauve qui peut (la Vie) / Rette sich, wer kann (das Leben) / UK: Slow Motion / USA: Every Man for Himself, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Austria / West Germany / UK). Known mostly for his work as a cinematographer (1981 Lettre à Freddy Buache / USA: A Letter to Freddy Buache, documentary, Jean-Luc Godard; 1983 Prénom Carmen / USA: First Name: Carmen, Jean-Luc Godard; 1984 Signé Renart / A toi pour la Vie: Signé Renart, Michel Soutter, Switzerland; Le Livre de Marie / USA: The Book of Marie, short, Anne-Marie Miéville, France / Switzerland; 1985 Je vous salue Marie / USA: Hail Mary, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Switzerland / UK; 1986 Faire la Fête, short, Anne-Marie Miéville; 1988 Mon Cher Sujet, Anne-Marie Miéville, France / Switzerland; 1989 Rose ou L'Ivraie en Famille, short, Gérard Frot-Coutaz; Man No Run, documentary, Claire Denis; 1990 La Campagne de Cicéron, Jacques Davila; Après Après-Demain, Gérard Frot-Coutaz; 1991 Peinture fraîche, short, Gérard Frot-Coutaz, Jean-Claude Guiguet; Le Cri du Lézard / Jeu de Mains, Jeu de Vilains, Bertrand Treubet, France / Switzerland; Le Jour des Rois, Marie-Claude Treilhou) and video op­erator (1982 Passion / USA: Godard's Passion, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Switzerland), he directed only one feature film. Other credit (as camera operator): 1991 Great Performances (TV, episode "The Fred Astaire Songbook", David Heeley, USA).

 Filmography

1986 ◘ Jour et Nuit (also co-screenwriter; Switzerland / France)