Rissient, Pierre

(August 4, 1936, Paris, France - )

   A movie buff since his teenage years, he was an assist­ant director (1960 A Bout de Souffle / UK: By a Tether / USA: Breathless, Jean-Luc Godard; 1963 A Cause, à Cause d'une Femme / UK: Because of a Woman / USA: Because, Because of a Woman, Michel Deville) before working as a publicist and becoming an untiring defender of American and Asian cinema. He notably contributed to make famous in France such directors as Lino Brocka and King-Hu. He also worked as an as­sociate producer (2000 Boesman and Lena, John Berry, South Africa / France; 2001 L'Anglaise et le Duc / USA: The Lady and the Duke, Eric Rohmer) and appeared as himself in several documentaries (2000 Fritz Lang, le Cercle du Destin—Les Films allemands, documentary, Jorge Dana; 2007 F., documentary, Tze Chuan Chew, Singapore; Man of Cinema: Pierre Rissient, documentary, as himself, Todd McCarthy, USA).

 Filmography

1961 ◘ La Passe de trois (short)

        ◘ Les Genoux d'Ariane (short)

1975 ◘ One Night Stand / Alibis (also screenwriter, dialogist; unreleased)

1981 ◘ Cinq et la Peau (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Philippines)