Jean-Pierre Blanc (23 April 1942 – 21 May 2004) was a French

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. He directed six films between 1972 and 1993. He won the

Silver Bear for Best Director The Silver Bear for Best Director () is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury from the films in the Competition ...

at the

22nd Berlin International Film Festival The 22nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1972. The Golden Bear was awarded to ''The Canterbury Tales'' directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for ...

for '' La Vieille Fille''.

Filmography

* '' La Vieille Fille'' (1972) * '' Un ange au paradis'' (1973) * '' D'amour et d'eau fraîche'' (1976) * '' Le devoir de français'' (1978) * ' (1979) * '' Caravane'' (1993)

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* 1942 births 2004 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters Silver Bear for Best Director recipients 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub