Jean-Christophe Averty
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 6, 1928, Paris, France
- Died
- March 4, 2017
- Movies
- 36
Jean-Christophe Averty (6 August 1928 – 4 March 2017[1]) was a French television and radio director, and Satrap of the College of 'Pataphysique.
Many of his television productions from the 1960s were early examples of French video art. His studies were used in the following decades by the research groups of the French National Audiovisual Institute (INA).
Averty was born in Paris. A graduate of the IDHEC film school, he started in television in 1952 at the then French Television Office. He directed over five hundred programs for television and radio, across all disciplines: fiction, documentary, drama, variety, and jazz. His many awards include an Emmy award in the United States.
Best-Known Movies
Ray Charles - Live in France 1961
2011
Adieu Philippine
1962
Ubu Roi
1965
Émilie Jolie
1980
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali
1969
Alice au pays des merveilles
1970
Melody
1971
Serge Gainsbourg – D'autres nouvelles des étoiles
2005
It Happened on the 36 Candles
1957
Filmography
| 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory | Self |
| 2017 | Les trésors cachés des variétés | Self |
| 2016 | Au service de Jean-Christophe Averty mode Shakespeare | Self |
| 2014 | Au service de Jean-Christophe Averty mode Jarry | Self |
| 1995 | Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête | self |
| 1971 | La Lucarne magique | A personality |
| 1962 | Adieu Philippine | Le metteur en scène de 'Jazz Memories' (uncredited) |
| 1957 | It Happened on the 36 Candles | Assistant director (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2011 | Ray Charles - Live in France 1961 | Director |
| 2005 | Serge Gainsbourg – D'autres nouvelles des étoiles | Director |
| 1995 | Alfred Jarry - 1873-1907 | Director |
| 1992 | Henri de Toulouse Lautrec | Director |
| 1982 | The Breasts of Tirésias | Director |
| 1981 | Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx | Director |
| 1980 | Émilie Jolie | Director |
| 1977 | Aretha Franklin - Live in Paris | Director |
| 1977 | Impressions d'Afrique | Director |
| 1976 | The Carpathian Castle | Director |
| 1973 | Musidora | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel | Director |
| 1971 | Melody | Director |
| 1971 | Ubu enchaîné | Director |
| 1971 | Un beau ténébreux | Director |
| 1970 | Alice au pays des merveilles | Director |
| 1969 | Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali | Director |
| 1969 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Director, Writer |
| 1968 | Idea | Director |
| 1967 | Ça c'est Claude François | Director |
| 1965 | The Beatles: Live in Paris | Producer |
| 1965 | Ubu Roi | Director |
| 1964 | Les verts pâturages | Director |
| 1963 | Ella Fitzgerald à l'Olympia | Director |
| 1960 | Christmas Blues | Producer, Director |
| 1958 | The Landlady | Director |
| 1951 | Vacances à la mer | Director |
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