Jean-Claude Brisseau

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-07-17 (75 years old)

Deathday

2019-05-11

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Jean-Claude Brisseau

Biography

Jean-Claude Brisseau (17 July 1944 – 11 May 2019) was a French filmmaker best known for his 2002 film Secret Things ("Choses Secrètes") and his 2006 film The Exterminating Angels ("Les Anges exterminateurs"). His film Céline was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. At the Cannes Film Festival, he was awarded the France Culture Award in 2003 for Secret Things; in 1988 he was awarded the Special Award for the Youth. In 2002, Brisseau was arrested on charges of sexual harassment after three women came forward accusing him of cajoling them into performing sexual acts on camera by promising them a ...

Acting

1994

The Black Angel

as A guest at the meal (uncredited)

2013

The Girl from Nowhere

as Michel Deviliers

1982

Shadows

as Neighbor (uncredited)

1978

Médiumnité

as Pierre

1967

1983

A Brutal Game

as L'Homme sur le Quai de Gare (uncredited)

Production

2002

Secret Things

as Writer

2002

Secret Things

as Director

1989

White Wedding

as Writer

1989

White Wedding

as Director

2009

À l'aventure

as Director

2009

À l'aventure

as Screenplay

1983

A Brutal Game

as Director

1988

Sound and Fury

as Director

1988

1994

The Black Angel

as Producer

1994

1994

The Black Angel

as Director

1992

Céline

as Writer

1992

Céline

as Director

1978

2013

1982

Shadows

as Director

1983

A Brutal Game

as Writer

2013

1992

Céline

as Producer

2018

Tempting Devils

as Director

1988

2018

1982

1982

The Interchange

as Director

1982

Shadows

as Screenplay

1978

1990

2018

Tempting Devils

as Producer

1978

Médiumnité

as Director

2000

Workers for the Good Lord

as Delegated Producer

1968

1968

1967

1967

1976

1976

La Croisée des chemins

as Director of Photography

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