Guy Cavagnac
Guy Cavagnac (15 September 1934 – 7 January 2022) was a French independent filmmaker.
Guy Cavagnac
- Name
- Guy Cavagnac
- Born
- 15 September 1934
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 7 January 2022
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Nationality
- France
- Education
- Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
- Languages
- French
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Guy Cavagnac (15 September 1934 – 7 January 2022) was a French independent filmmaker.
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Guy Cavagnac (1934–2022) was a French film director, film producer and screenwriter. Born in 14th arrondissement of Paris, the film director died in 15th arrondissement of Paris. Guy Cavagnac studied at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. Languages used include French.
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• Name — Guy Cavagnac • Born — 15 September 1934 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 7 January 2022 • Occupation — Filmmaker
Life and career
Life and career
After his studies at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, Cavagnac shot several commissioned short films and served as an assistant to Jean Renoir. In 1970, he founded the production enterprise Unité 3 alongside Paul Vecchiali and Liliane de Kermadec. That year, he released Le Soldat Laforêt, presented at the Rencontres du Jeune Cinéma in Bourges in 1971. From 1982 to 1989, he directed the A.C.S. Ateliers cinématographiques Sirventès. Cavagnac died on 7 January 2022, at the age of 87.
Director
Director
• Le Soldat Laforêt (1970)
Producer
Producer
• Le Soldat Laforêt (1970) • L'Étrangleur (1972) • Home Sweet Home (1972 film) (1972) • Aloïse (1975) • Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) • L'Âne qui a bu la lune (1988) • La Campagne de Cicéron (1990)
Assistant director
Assistant director
• Les Ruses du diable (1966) • The Cop (1970) • Femmes Femmes (1974)
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14th arrondissement of Paris.
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15th arrondissement of Paris.
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Publications
• Villefranche-de-Rouergue: Histoire et génie du lieu (1991) • Jean Renoir: Le Désir du monde (1994) • Baroque occitan (1996) • Une partie de campagne: Eli Lotar, photographies du tournage (2007)
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- 1.Couffin, Jean-Paul. Disparition : le cinéaste aveyronnais Guy Cavagnac s'est éteint à l'âge de 87 ans. La Dépêche du Midi. 8 January 2022.
- 2.Bessou, Marie-Christine. Rodez. Une renaissance pour Guy Cavagnac. La Dépêche du Midi. 15 September 2010.
- 3.Couffin, Jean-Paul. Rodez. Le cinéaste Guy Cavagnac est décédé. La Dépêche du Midi. 10 January 2022.
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