Jacques Krier

Jacques Krier (February 6, 1926 - August 24, 2008) was a French television film producer and director. A communist, he directed many mini-series of television documentaries about the living conditions of French workers, including janitors, as well as Arabs in French Algeria and immigrants from Mali. He also directed films for television and documentaries for the General Confederation of Labour, a labor union. He was the author of several novels and the winner of the 2000 Prix Roger Vailland.

Early life Jacques Krier was born on February 6, 1926, in Nancy, France. His parents were storekeepers.

Krier co-founded the ciné-club de Nancy with Jean L'Hôte in his hometown as a teenager.

Krier began directing documentaries in 1957 alongside Jean-Claude Bergeret with A la découverte des Français, a television series of 14 mini-documentaries about the everyday lives of French miners, fishermen, teachers, etc.

Death Krier died on August 24, 2008, in Digne-les-Bains. On his death, journalist Marcel Trillat said he was "a pioneer of what we came to know as the social-poetical documentary". His papers and films are held at the Institut national de l'audiovisuel.

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