Julien Faraut
Directing
Known For
An immersive film essay on tennis legend John McEnroe at the height of his career as the world champion, documenting his strive for perfection, frustrations, and the hardest loss of his career at the 1984 Roland-Garros French Open.
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
The Japanese volleyball players called the “Oriental Witches” are now in their 70s. From the formation of the team at the factory until their victory at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, memories and legends rise to the surface and blend inextricably.
The Witches of the Orient
Filmmaker Julien Faraut uses footage of Chris Marker's 1952 documentary on the Olympic Games in Helsinki to chronicle his way of filming.
A New Look at Olympia 52
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A few years before the Lumière brothers’ cinematograph, physiologist Georges Demeny created a device called phonoscope, to produce living portraits, and thus be able to “leave after us something documenting our existence that we can bring back to life like true apparitions”.