Philippe Grandrieux

Philippe Grandrieux

Known for
Directing
Born
October 10, 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Saint-Étienne, France

Biography

Philippe Grandrieux (born 10 October, 1954; Saint-Étienne) is a French filmmaker. His work covers several cinematographic fields : TV experimentation, video art, research movie, film essay, documentary and museum exhibition. His uncompromised vision of Art, leads him to push the boundaries of the cinematographic fields he is working on. Following the work of Teinosuke Kinugasa, Jean Epstein and Pier Paolo Pasolini who were constantly looking for and inventing new narrative forms that would only fit films, Grandrieux’s films, deriving from horror movies and experimental movies, give the viewer intense sensorial experiences. His goal is to make the viewer psychologically involved in his movies. Its films actually express a whole world of energies based on sensations and affects despite a linear narration and an iconography that relies on archetypes that refer to the archaic images of the fairy tale and the legend.

Known For

Filmography

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L'ane à tics phalloides

L'ane à tics phalloides

Movie · Director

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Travail sur l'espace du spectacle

Travail sur l'espace du spectacle

Movie · Director

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Histoires

Histoires

Movie · Director

2023
Tristan und Isolde

Tristan und Isolde

Movie · Director, Stage Director

2020
Liminal poster

Liminal

Movie · Director

2019
The Scream poster

The Scream

Movie · Director

2017
Unrest poster

Unrest

Movie · Director

2016
Despite the Night poster

Despite the Night

Movie · Director

2015
Meurtrière poster

Meurtrière

Movie · Director

2012
White Epilepsy poster

White Epilepsy

Movie · Director

2011
It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve - Masao Adachi poster

It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve - Masao Adachi

Movie · Director

2008
A Lake poster

A Lake

Movie · Director

2007
Late Season

Late Season

Movie · Director

2006
Met

Met

Movie · Director

2006
Grenoble

Grenoble

Movie · Director

2002
A New Life poster

A New Life

Movie · Director

1998
Sombre poster

Sombre

Movie · Director

1996
Back to Sarajevo poster

Back to Sarajevo

Movie · Director

1996
Balladur / Chirac-Kohl / Juppé

Balladur / Chirac-Kohl / Juppé

Movie · Director

1996
The Century of Man

The Century of Man

TV · Director · 27 eps

1994
Jogo do Bicho

Jogo do Bicho

Movie · Director

1994
Les libérations de la France

Les libérations de la France

TV · Director · 2 eps

1993
The Wheel

The Wheel

Movie · Director

1993
Gert Jan Theunisse

Gert Jan Theunisse

Movie · Director

1993
Brian Holm

Brian Holm

Movie · Director

1992
Cafés

Cafés

Movie · Director

1989
The Black Hole poster

The Black Hole

Movie · Director

1989
Le Labyrinthe - le temps, la memoire, les images poster

Le Labyrinthe - le temps, la memoire, les images

Movie · Director

1989
Histoire parallèle

Histoire parallèle

TV · Director · 1 ep

1987
Berlin

Berlin

Movie · Director

1987
The World is All What Happens

The World is All What Happens

Movie · Director

1987
Berlin-Paris-Berlin

Berlin-Paris-Berlin

Movie · Director

1987
Azimut

Azimut

TV · Director · 4 eps

1986
Comédies-Comédiens

Comédies-Comédiens

Movie · Director

1986
Treasure Island poster

Treasure Island

Movie · First Assistant Director

1985
Long Courrier

Long Courrier

Movie · Director

1984
Full Size

Full Size

Movie · Director

1983
Full Moon

Full Moon

Movie · Director

1983
The Small Screens of Cairo poster

The Small Screens of Cairo

Movie · Director

1983
Une expérience de télévision en 1931

Une expérience de télévision en 1931

Movie · Director

1982
A Generation poster

A Generation

Movie · Director

1982
Juste une image

Juste une image

TV · Director · 9 eps

1981
The Cubist Painting poster

The Cubist Painting

Movie · Director

1980
Top Ten Designers in Paris

Top Ten Designers in Paris

Movie · Director

1975
Autopsie

Autopsie

Movie · Director