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Pierre Haffner

1943 – 2000

French university professor and film critic

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Lived 1943 – 2000 (aged 57). Pierre Haffner was a French university teacher and film critic.

Pierre Haffner (1943–2000) was a French film critic, "one of the first French critics to seriously study African film".

Life Pierre Haffner was born in Mulhouse. In the 1970s he lived in Zaire, becoming an expert in the cinema of Zaire. In November 1977 he interviewed his friend Ousmane Sembène in Kinshasa.

He died of cancer on 12 November 2000.

Works Essai sur les fondements du cinéma africain. Abidjan: Les nouvelles éditions africaines, 1976. Palabres sur le cinématographe: initiation au cinéma, Kinshasa: Presses africaines, 1978. 'Entretien avec le père Alexandre Van den Heuvel', Afrique littéraire et artistique, No. 48, 1978, p. 88 'Jean Rouch jugé par six cinéaste d’Áfrique noire: Safi Faye, Daniel Kamwa, Rihard de Medeiros, Moussa Yoro Bathily, Oumarou Ganda et Inoussa Ousseini.' Jean Rouch, un griot gaulois. CinéAction, No. 17, 1982. Petit à Petit en question: le film de Jean Rouch discuté dans deux ciné-clubs d’Afrique noire. CinéAction, No. 17, 1982. Jean Renoir. Paris: Rivages, 1987 (with André Gardies) Regards sur le cinéma négro-africain. Brussels: OCIC, 1987.

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Paris Nanterre University

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Who was Pierre Haffner?

French university professor and film critic

When was Pierre Haffner born?

Pierre Haffner was born on 31 May 1943 in Mulhouse.

When did Pierre Haffner die?

Pierre Haffner died on 12 November 2000 in Mulhouse.

What was Pierre Haffner's occupation?

Pierre Haffner was a university teacher and film critic.

What nationality was Pierre Haffner?

Pierre Haffner was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Pierre Haffner

· Wikidata: Q20739118

· DBpedia: Pierre Haffner

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