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Colomer
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Biography |
| Henry Colomer (Idhec, Dramatiska Institutet, Stockholm) a réalisé une trentaine de films, dont un long métrage de fiction, Nocturnes. Parmi ses documentaires, des portraits d'écrivains (Salvadir Espriu, Primo Levi, Victor Hugo l'exilé) et d'artistes (Iddu, Ricercar), ainsi que des films historiques dans lesquels il s'est particulièrement attaché à explorer les grands bouleversements du début du XXe siècle : Monte veritá (Prix du meilleur documentaire SCAM et Festival du film historique de Pessac, 1996), Optimum (Prix de la pédagogie scientifique, Festival du film d'art et pédagogique de l'UNESCO 2000), Sous les drapeaux (Prix du jury au Festival du film historique de Pessac, 2008, Award for Best Use of Footage, Focal International Awards, Londres 2010). | Born in Perpignan in 1950. Studied cinema at the IDHEC and the Dramastiska Institutet, Stockholm. From 1980 to 1985 he made short films, magazines for the INA and wrote two fiction scripts directed by Lam Lê. He directed documentaries from 1986 to 1996. From 1998 to 1999 he wrote the screenplays for six cartoon films after works by Hugo Pratt. In 2001, he directed a series of ten 3-minute films for ARTE for the 'fête de la Musique' and then a portrait of Victor Hugo in 2002. From 2003 to 2005 he wrote screenplays for feature films and for Harlem in Montmartre, a documentary directed by Dante James for PBS in 2007. He directed Nocturnes, a feature film, in 2006. |