Biette, Jean-Claude

(November 6, 1942, Paris, France - June 10, 2003, Paris, France)

   A film critic, he collaborated on Cahiers du Cinéma from 1964 to 1970 and then from 1977 to 1986 and co-founded the review Trafic. He directed his first short at age nineteen before appearing as an actor in several films (1963 La Carrière de Suzanne / UK and USA: Su­zanne's Career, short, Eric Rohmer; 1970 Les Yeux ne veulent pas en tout Temps se fermer, ou Peut-être qu'un Jour Rome se permettra de choisir à son Tour / Die Augen wollen sich nicht zu jeder Zeit schliessen oder Vielleicht eines Tages wird Rom sich erlauben seinerseits zu Wahlen / Othon / UK and USA: Eyes Do Not Want to Close at All Times, or, Perhaps One Day Rome Will Allow Herself to Choose in Her Turn, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, West Germany / Italy; 1973 La Maman et la Putain / USA: The Mother and the Whore, Jean Eustache; 1974 Céline et Julie vont en Bateau / USA: Celine and Julie Go Boating, Jacques Rivette; 1975 India Song, voice, Marguerite Duras; Change pas de Main, Paul Vecchiali; 1977 La Machine, Paul Vecchiali; 1983 En Haut des Marches, Paul Vecchiali; 1992 Conte d'Hiver / UK: A Winter's Tale / USA: A Tale ofWinter, Eric Rohmer; 1997 Mange ta Soupe, Mathieu Amalric; 2001 L'Adolescent, Pierre Léon) and was assistant to Jean-Luc Godard (1967 La Chinoise, Jean-Luc Godard; Edipo Re / USA: Oedipus Rex, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy / Morocco).

 Filmography

1961 ◘ La Poursuite (9.5-mm short)

1966 ◘ Ecco ho letto (short)

1968 ◘ Attilio Bertolucci (short)

        ◘ La partenza (short)

        ◘ Sandro Penna (short)

1970 Ce que cherche Jacques (short)

1973 La Sœur du Cadre (short)

1977 Le Théâtre des Matières (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Loin de Manhattan (also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 1980)

        ◘ L'Archipel des Amours (segment "Pornoscopie"; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1990 ◘ Le Champignon des Carpathes (also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 1988)

1993 ◘ Chasse gardée (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1990)

1996 ◘ Le Complexe de Toulon (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1999 ◘ Trois Ponts sur la Rivière / Três Pontes Sobre o Rio (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Portugal)

2003 ◘ Saltimbank (also screenwriter, dialogist)