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Boris Lehman

Boris Lehman (born 3 March 1944, Lausanne), is a Belgian author-filmmaker of experimental cinema. • Illustration — Boris Lehman Lehman initially studied piano, but in the early 1960s became interested in photography and cinema. In 1966, after graduating in Film Studies from the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du spectacle, Brussels, he became a film enthusiast and critic, contributing reviews to weekly publications and magazines. He began making films between 1965 and 1983 when working for Club Antonin Artaud, a readjustment day centre for the mentally ill, using cinema as a therapeutic tool with patients.

Boris Lehman

Boris Lehman

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Born
1944 · Lausanne.
Nationality
Belgium
Occupation
film director · performing artist · actor · photographer · screenwriter
Languages
French

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Boris Lehman (born 3 March 1944, Lausanne), is a Belgian author-filmmaker of experimental cinema. • Illustration — Boris Lehman Lehman initially studied piano, but in the early 1960s became interested in photography and cinema. In 1966, after graduating in Film Studies from the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du spectacle, Brussels, he became a film enthusiast and critic, contributing reviews to weekly publications and magazines. He began making films between 1965 and 1983 when working for Club Antonin Artaud, a readjustment day centre for the mentally ill, using cinema as a therapeutic tool with patients.

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