Chérasse, Jean A.

(Jean-André Chérasse / No­vember 26, 1932, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, France - )

   A former student of the St-Cloud Ecole Normale supérieure, he received his degree in history. After graduating from the IDHEC (directing and editing section), he completed his apprenticeship as assis­tant director (1954 Le Chant des Fleuves / Das Lied der Strome, documentary, France / West Germany; Le Rouge et le Noir / UK and USA: Le Rouge et le Noir / L'uomo e il Diavolo / UK: Scarlet and Black / The Red and the Black / USA: Rouge et Noir, Claude Autant-Lara, France / Italy). In 1958, he entered French TV and directed several collections of documentaries, including the historical series Présence du Passé (co-directed by Jean Mauduit and Bernard Revon). From 1965 to 1967, he was in charge of production in TV. He directed both fiction movies and documentaries and authored historical books (1975 Dreyfus ou l'Intolérable Vérité, co-author with Patrice Boussel, Editions Pygmalion; 1976 Sade, j'écris ton Nom Liberté, co-author with Geneviève Guicheney, Editions Pyg­malion; 2006 Femmes dans la Guerre 1939-1945, co­author with Guylaine Guidez, Charles Lavauzelle). Other credits (as co-screenwriter): 1961 Le Pendule à Salomon (also co-dialogist, Vicky Ivernel); 1967 Loin du Vietnam (segment "Les Tigres de Papier", Ruy Guerra); (as co-dialogist): 1960 La Vérité / La verità / UK and USA: The Truth (Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy).

 Filmography

1958 ◘ Un Charlatan crépusculaire (short; also screenwriter)

1962 ◘ La Vendetta / Bandito si.. . ma d'onore (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Un Clair de Lune à Maubeuge (also co-adapter)

1975 ◘ Dreyfus ou l'intolérable Vérité (documentary; also screenwriter; shot in 1973)

1980 ◘ La Prise du pouvoir par Philippe Pétain (documentary; also screenwriter)

 Television Filmography

1967 ◘ Valmy et la Naissance de la République (co-director with Abel Gance; three parts: "La Chute de la Royauté", "Chronique de l'Eté 1792", "Bataille et Naissance de la Répub­lique")

        ◘ Paris, j'écris ton nom Liberté (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Captifs de l'An Quarante (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Miroir des Passions françaises (documentary; co-director with Theodore Zeldin; also screenwriter)

1988 ◘ Le Miroir colonial (three-part documentary)

1992 ◘ La Marseillaise n'est pas encore enrouée (documentary)

        ◘ Les Dossiers de l'Histoire (documentary; segment "France, Année Zéro")

        ◘ Les Dossiers de l'Histoire (documentary; segment "Le Grand Retour"; two parts)

        ◘ Les Dossiers de l'Histoire (documentary; segment "Marthe Richard et la Tolérance")

2004 ◘ Henri Frenay, l'Inventeur de la Résistance (documentary)