Jean-Paul Andrieu
Directing
Biography
Jean-Paul Andrieu studied history before becoming an illustrator-researcher, then a producer for the radio channel France Culture. He also became a sound technician for movies (documentaries) and collaborated with Jacques Kébadian, Françoise Prenant and, in 1985, with Raymond Depardon for "Une Femme en Afrique". Very deeply influenced by the cinema of Frederick Wiseman ( discovered in the 1970s), he became a documentarist himself with "La Traversée de la France à pied" shown on Arte in 1994 et "Journal de Campagne" shown on France 3 in 1996. From 1998 to the beginning of the year 2000 he filmed the everyday life of the cancerology department of Hôpital Lariboisière in Paris in the excellent "Etats de Service"
Known For
Roland-Garros, 1981: For the very first time, a documentary team is allowed to shoot sequences in the backstage of the French Open of tennis of Roland-Garros. William Klein's camera takes us on the heels of the greatest players of the time: Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Chris Evert-Lloyd, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Yannick Noah, Guillermo Vilas... Miles of film. Historical pictures, a thousand and one details, a thousand and one unusual scenes. A declaration of love from a tennis lover.
The French
A man invites a woman to share his room in a hostel and gradually falls in love with her.
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
États de service was filmed in the cancer ward of Laennec Hospital between October 1998 and February 2000.