Jean Afanassieff
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-02-17 (62 years old)
Deathday
2015-01-10
Place of Birth
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Also known As
Жан Афанасьев
Jean Afanassieff
Biography
Jean Afanassieff, born February 17, 1953 born in Paris and died in the same city on January 10, 2015, is a French mountaineer and director of Russian origin, considered one of the best climbers of his generation. On October 15, 1978, he was one of the first French people to reach the summit of Everest, with Pierre Mazeaud and Nicolas Jaeger Accompanied by the Austrian Kurt Diemberger, altitude cameraman. Grandson of the Russian emigration of 1917, having fled Crimea, son of Igor Afanassieff engineer at Thomson, Jean Afanassieff was born on February 17, 1953 in Paris. He discovered climbing in Fontainebleau with his family before his parents ...
Acting
2000
1987
as Self
2019
1975
as Guide de Haute-Montagne
1999
as Self
Production
1987
as Cinematography
1996
as Cinematography
1996
as Director
1996
as Writer
1987
as Director
1997
as Cinematography
1997
as Author
1997
as Director
1997
as Cinematography
1997
1997
as Director
2007
as Director
1994
as Director
1994
as Writer
1997
as Director
1997
as Writer
2005
as Cinematography
2005
as Director
2008
as Director
2008
as Writer
1987
as Writer
1999
as Director
1999
as Writer
1993
as Cinematography
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