Billon, Yves

(July 9, 1946, Paris, France - )

   A documentary director, he founded two produc­tion companies, Les Films du Village and Zarafa Films. Besides his own films, he financed several movies, including A Noite do Golpe de estado (documentary, as executive producer, Ginette Lavigne, Portugal, 2001), Silence sur l'Atome documentary, Sébastien Tézé, 2003), Circo para todos (documentary, Luis Edu-ardo Merino Pelaez, Amanda Rueda, Colombia), Irak, le Chant des Absents (documentary, Layth Abdulamir, 2006), and Andy Warhol's Factory People (documentary, Catherine Schorr O'Sullivan, USA). Other credit (as cinematographer): 1978 La Danse avec l'Aveugle / If You Dance with a Blind Man (documentary, Alain d'Aix, Morgan Laliberté, Canada / France).

 Filmography

1974 ◘ La Guerre de Pacification en Amazonie (documentary)

        ◘ Ujamaa (documentary)

        ◘ De Sol à Sol (documentary; co-director only; shot in 1975)

        ◘ Chronique du Temps sec (documentary; also cinematographer, delegate producer, editor; unreleased)

        ◘ Jangadeiros (documentary)

        ◘ Revolucion o muerte (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Une Campagne en Creuse (documentary; co-director with J. F. Schiano, Patrick Menget)

        ◘ Avec nos Sabots (documentary)

1982 ◘ Le Septième Swing (documentary; medium-length; co-director with Jean-Pierre Ruh)

        ◘ Rock Around the Kremlin (documentary; medium-length; co-director with A. Guérin)

        ◘ Stars en Inde (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Cuba Cola (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Chronique du Temps sec (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Vivre au Sahara (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ L'Argentine à l'Heure Zéro (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Lan ou La Révolution assiégée (documentary; medium-length)

1984 ◘ Le Pétrole et la France (5 X 52')

        ◘ Le Dernier des Misquitos (documentary)

1985 ◘ Autour de l'Hippopotame (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Colombie la Poudrière (documentary)

1986 ◘ Musiques de Guinée (2 X 52' documentary)

1988 ◘ Nomad's Land (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Hippies de Gorbatchev (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Musiques au Pakistan (2 X 52' documentary)

        ◘ Paris Black Night (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Salsa Opus 1—New York (Notre Monde latin) (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Salsa Opus 2—Colombie (Colombie, un Pays tropical) (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Salsa Opus 3 (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Salsa Opus 4 (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Salsa Opus 5—Cuba (Du Rhum entre les Oreilles) (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Le Documentaire en Campagne (documentary; medium-length)

1992 ◘ Bénarès, Musiques du Gange (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Rajastan, Musiques du Désert (documentary; medium-length)

1993 ◘ Le Dernier Tinigua (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ L'Argentine à l'Heure Zéro (documentary; short; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Salsa électorale au Panama, le Retour de Ruben Blades (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Les Moissons de l'Utopie (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Fado, Ombre et Lumière (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Amâlia Rodrigues, un Soleil dans la Nuit du Siècle (documentary; medium-length)

1997 ◘ Hermeto Pascoal, l'Allumé tropical (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Salsa Opus (6 X 52' documentary)

        ◘ Samba Opus (6 X 52' documentary)

        ◘ 50 anos de monte / 50 Années de Maquis (doc­umentary; also cinematographer; Colombia)

        ◘ Zaïko Langa Langa, le Goût du Travail bien fait (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Ali Farka Touré: Ça coule de Source / USA: Ali FarkaTouré: Springing from the Roots (documentary; co-director with Henry Leconte; also co-screenwriter, cinematographer, editor)

        ◘ Gabriel Garcia Marquez, l'Ecriture sorcière (doc­umentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Àlvaro Mutis (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Les Dessous de la Lambada (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Les Troubadours de la Révolution mexicaine (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ La Révolution tropicaliste (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Fujimori et Montesinos, le Dictateur et son Dou­ble (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Cuba Son (documentary; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Mambo (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ La Damnation de l'Or noir (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ L'Epopée de l'Or noir (4 X 52' documentary)

        ◘ Les Ecoles du Capitalisme (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Havana Hip-Hop Underground (documentary; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Loin de Fidel (documentary)

        ◘ Pétrole le Début de la Fin (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ L'Ere de l'Après-Pétrole (documentary; medium-length)