Pierre-André Boutang

Pierre-André Boutang (March 25, 1937, in Paris – August 20, 2008, in Porticcio, Corsica) was a French documentary filmmaker, producer and director. He was one of the leaders of the Franco-German channel Arte as well as of La Sept previously.

Biography Son of Marie-Claire and maurrasianist and monarchist philosopher Pierre Boutang, and half-brother of Yann Moulier-Boutang, he was married to Martine Ferrand, editor at Éditions Grasset, with whom he had a daughter, Adrienne, teacher-researcher specializing in American cinema and half-sister of French radio journalist Émilie Aubry and novelist Gwenaëlle Aubry.

Formation As a student at Sciences Po in 1958, he met Jean-Daniel Pollet and joined the ORTF as assistant director.

Career In association with , director and film critic at Elle and at Le Masque et la plume, Boutang produced and arranged interviews with such notables of film and literature as Jean-Paul Sartre, George Steiner, Gilles Deleuze and Serge Daney. He was close to French film producer Jean-Pierre Rassam.

Boutang was responsible for cultural programs for FR3 and from 1987 to 1992, and for and Métropolis from 1995 to 2006, replaced by Rebecca Manzoni.

Filmography Documentary Director

Producer

Fiction producer 1972 : Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble, Maurice Pialat. 1972 : Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil, Jean Yanne 1973 : Moi y'en a vouloir des sous, Jean Yanne 1973 : La Grande Bouffe, Marco Ferreri coproduit avec Jean-Pierre Rassam 1974 : Lancelot du Lac, Robert Bresson. 1975 : Numéro deux, Jean-Luc Godard. 1978 : Comment ça va?, de Jean-Luc Godard. 1974 : Les Chinois à Paris, de Jean Yanne. 1984 : Favoris de la Lune, d'Otar Iosselliani

Actor 1972: Everybody he's handsome, everybody he's nice, by Jean Yanne 1972: We Will Not Grow Old Together, by Maurice Pialat 1973: La Grande bouffe, by Marco Ferreri 1973: Moi y'en a vouloir des sous, by Jean Yanne 1974: Touche pas à la femme blanche, by Marco Ferreri 1974: Lancelot du lac, by Robert Bresson 1974: Les Chinois à Paris, by Jean Yanne. 1985 : Cinématon #545, de Gérard Courant : lui-même.

Interviews 1978 : Marcello Mastroianni, Collection « L’homme en question ». 1987 : Dom Juan, le mythe et la réalité » de Jean-Marie Carzou, Collection "Océaniques" 1988 : La bibliothèque idéale : 1/2 Voyage aux bibliothèques., Collection "Océaniques" 1989 : Satyajit Ray, Calcutta 89, Collection « Océaniques ». 1999 : Leos Carax – Interview, Collection « Metropolis ». 2006 : Polanski par Polanski Collection, « Thema ».

Achorman 1964 : Antonioni, Collection « Les écrans de la ville » 1992 : Le FIPA à Cannes. de Guy Seligmann