Renard, Jacques

(March 6, 1944, Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, France - )

   Having trained at the Vaugirard film school, he also attended acting courses in Paris. He entered cinema as a second assistant cameraman (1968 La Chamade, Alain Cavalier, France / Italy; 1969 L'Armée des Ombres / L'armata degli eroi / UK: Army in the Shadows / USA: Army of Shadows, Jean-Pierre Melville, France / Italy; 1969-1972 Festival Panafricain d'Alger, documentary, William Klein). From 1970 to 1976, he worked as a first assistant cameraman (1972 La Cicatrice intérieure / USA: The Inner Scar, Philippe Garrel, shot in 1970; Quatre Nuits d'un rêveur / UK and USA: Four Nights of a Dreamer, Robert Bresson, shot in 1970; Sex Shop / Quello che già conosci del sesso e non prendi più sul serio / USA: Le Sex Shop, Claude Berri, France / Italy; 1973 La Maman et la Putain / USA: The Mother and the Whore, also actor, Jean Eustache; 1975 La Chair de l'Orchidée / Un'orchidea rossosangue / Das Fleisch der Orchidee / USA: Flesh and the Orchid, Patrice Chéreau, France / Italy / West Germany; 1977 Les Enfants du Placard, Benoît Jacquot) and cinematographer (1974 Céline et Julie vont en Bateau / USA: Celine and Julie Go Boating, Jacques Rivette; 1977 Une Sale Histoire, Jean Eustache).

 Filmography

1976 ◘ Monsieur Albert (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

1985 ◘ Blanche et Marie (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1981 ◘ Mémoires de la Mine (4 X 60'; documentary; shot in 1979)

1983 ◘ Trois Morts à Zéro (2 X 90'; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1986 ◘ Murmures impatients (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Rock n'Paint (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1987 ◘ Où est passé Stéphane? (short)

1989 ◘ Jean Grosjean (documentary; short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Ce Train ne prend pas de Voyageur (short; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Rancé, Leçons de Ténèbres (documentary; short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Une Leçon de Musique avec Scott Ross (documentary; short; also co-screenwriter)

1990 ◘ Violences civiles (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Inventaires (3 X 52'; documentary)

        ◘ Rites de Passage d'aujourd'hui / Les Rites de Pas­sage (3 X 52'; documentary; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Chasseur de la Nuit (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Monologues (also collection manager; episode "André")

        ◘ 3000 Scénarios contre un Virus (segment "Chambres")

1994 ◘ Tchékhov, le Témoin impartial (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Année du Certif (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Une Mère comme on n'en fait plus (France / Romania)

        ◘ Foil de Carotte (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1998 ◘ Papa est monté au Ciel (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2000 ◘ La Canne de mon Père (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; shot in 1998)

        ◘ Jeanne, Marie et les Autres

        ◘ Gémélos

        ◘ Les Déracinés (2 X 90')

        ◘ L'Année des grandes Filles (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Une Famille à tout Prix Satan refuse du Monde

2005 ◘ Louise (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 2003)

2006 ◘ Les Soeurs Robin (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 2004)

        ◘ Le Doux Pays de mon Enfance (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Outreau, Autopsie d'un Désastre (documentary; also screenwriter)

2008 ◘ Un Souvenir (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)