Debord, Guy

(December 28, 1931, Paris, France - November 30, 1994, Bellevue-la-Montagne, Haute-Loire, France)

   Known mostly as a philosopher and the main theoretician of International Situationism, he shot experimental films that were the illustration of his thesis, notably developed in his book La Société du Spectacle (Buchet-Chastel, 1967). Other credit (as screenwriter): 1995 Guy Debord, son Art et son Temps (documentary; Brigitte Cormand).

 Filmography

1952 ◘ Hurlements en Faveur de Sade (short; also screenwriter, voice)

1959 ◘ Sur le Passage de quelques Personnes à travers une assez courte Unité de Temps (short; also screenwriter)

1961 ◘ Critique de la Séparation (short.; also screenwriter, voice)

        ◘ La Société du Spectacle (documentary; also original book, screenwriter, voice)

        ◘ Réputation de tous les Jugements tant élogieux qu'hostiles, qui ont été jusqu'ici portés sur le Film "La Société du Spectacle" (documentary; short; also screenwriter, voice, editor)

1981 ◘ In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni (also screenwriter; shot in 1978)