Jacques Bral (21 September 1948 – 17 January 2021) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was also a painter.
Biography
After his studies at
Alborz High School
Mandegar Alborz High School ( fa, دبیرستان ماندگار البرز) is a college-preparatory high school located in the heart of Tehran, Iran. It is one of the first modern high schools in Asia and the Middle East, named after the Alborz ...
in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...
, Bral left
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
in 1966 for France. From 1966 to 1968, he studied architecture at
Beaux-Arts de Paris
The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences ...
and codirected the short film ''Quand tout le monde est parti'' with Julien Lévi and Jean-Paul Leca. He then directed feature films ''M-88'' in 1970 and ''Frisou'' in 1973, both in
black and white
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Media
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. In 1975, he directed ''Une baleine qui avait mal aux dents'', which starred
Francis Blanche
François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s.
Early life
Blanche was ...
and
Bernadette Lafont
Bernadette Lafont (28 October 1938 – 25 July 2013) was a French actress who appeared in more than 120 feature films. She has been considered "the face of French New Wave". In 1999 she told ''The New York Times'' her work was "the motor of my e ...
.
In 1978, Bral founded the production company Les Films Noirs, which was responsible for the release of ''Extérieur, nuit'' in 1980. It was remastered for the