Fano, Michel

(December 9, 1929, Paris, France - )

   After studying classical music at the Conservatoire with Olivier Messiaen, he briefly was a pianist for singer Henri Salvador. A friend of Pierre Boulez, he is known mainly as a theoretician and a composer. He notably wrote scores for Alain Robbe-Grillet (1963 L'Immortelle / Uimmortale, France / Italy; 1967 Trans-Europ-Express; 1968 L'Homme qui ment / Muz, ktory luze / UK and USA: The Man Who Lies, France / Czechoslo­vakia; 1970 L'Eden et après / Eden a potom / USA: Eden and After, France / Czechoslovakia, also sound designer; 1971 N. a pris les Dés, shot in 1969; 1974 Glissements progressifs du Plaisir) and Gérard Vienne and François Bel (1977 La Griffe et la Dent, also sound, documentary). From 1960 (Le Bel Âge / UK and USA: Love Is When You Make It, Pierre Kast, shot in 1958) to 1983 (Le Cercle des Passions / Circulo de pasiônes, Claude d'Anna, France / Spain), he also worked as a sound engineer.

 Filmography

1959 ◘ Chute de Pierres (short)

1963 ◘ Pierre Boulez (short)

1970 ◘ Le Territoire des Autres (documentary; also composer, sound engineer; co-director with François Bel, Jacqueline Lecompte, Gérard Vienne; France / Belgium)

1974 ◘ Olivier Messiaen et les Oiseaux (documentary; co-director with Denise Tual)

 Television Filmography

1969 ◘ Arcana (documentary; episode "L'Harmonie")

1973 ◘ Arcana (documentary; episode "Musique et informatique")

1975 ◘ Pierre Boulez Chef d'Orchestre (documentary)

1980 ◘ Introduction à la Musique contemporaine (9 X

        ◘ 52' documentary)