Chambon, Jean-Claude

(January 31, 1932, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France - )

   Having graduated from the Louis Lumière film school, he co-directed his first short with Claude Guillemot. From 1973 to 1985, he was a cinema journalist, collab­orating on Le Film Français and creating the daily news­paper Ciné Chiffres and the monthly magazine he also ran, Cinéma de France. In 1986, he founded the Centre Chopin, a musical center and piano school. He wrote episodes for such TV series as Groupe Nuit (episode "Dette d'Honneur", Patrick Jamain, 1997), Un Homme en Colère (episode "Meurtre aux Urgences", Dominique Tabuteau, 1998), Frères et Flics (three episodes, Bruno Gantillon, 1998), Cordier Juge et Flic (episodes "LeDiable au Cœur", Alain Wermus, 1998; "Le Deuxième Fils", Jean-Denis Robert, 1998; "Saut périlleux", Gilles Béhat, 1999; "Menaces sur la Ville" Jean-Denis Robert, 1999; "Otages", Gilles Béhat, 2002; "Silences coupables", Alain Wermus, 2005), Une Femme d'Honneur (episode "Trafic de Clandestins", Philippe Monier, 2000), and Le Prix de la Vérité (Joël Santoni, 2001) and TV movies (1980 Le Nœud de Vipères, Jacques Trébouta).

 Filmography

        ◘ La plus belle Conquête de l'Homme (short; co-director with Claude Guillemot)

        ◘ Une Semaine en France (short; co-director with Claude Guillemot)

1964 ◘ Les Pieds Nickelés (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1971 ◘ Comme on fait son Lit (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Viaduc de Garabit (documentary; short)