Director of many successful
films, Etienne Perier died on Sunday in the Var
Var-Matin
6/25/2020
Born in Brussels in 1931, Etienne Perier crossed the
camera in hand last century, a script under his arm, from one end of the world
to the other.
A graduate in philosophy and literature, he left Belgium at 20 to live what he was
totally passionate about: cinema.
Assistant to Henri Georges
Clouzot in "Les Diaboliques", in 1957, he films his friend Bernard
Buffet, a short film which won him an award at the Venice Festival in 1958.
This success will propel him. He
works with Jean Cocteau to identify and prepare the "Testament of
Orpheus". From then on, his career will never stop.
Director, scriptwriter, from I953
until 1958, he collaborated with Charles SPAAK on several scenarios including
"Charmants boys" and with Dominique Fabre who, subsequently, wrote
most of his French films.
Witness the story of 7 th art, he led the largest. In 1960, he
signed with MGM and filmed "Bridge to the sun" with Carroll Baker and
Jimmy Shigeta (Golden globe award).
In 1964, it will be "Tell me
who to kill" with Michèle Morgan, Jean Yanne and Dario Moreno.
AT the head of his production company Planfilm, he
directed in 69 "When 8 bells toll" with Anthony Hopkins. In
1977, he brought together in "La part du feu" Michel PIccoli, Claudia
Cardinale and Jacques Perrin.
In 80, he made his first film for
television, "La Confusion des sentiments" with Michel Piccoli and
Pierre Malet.
In the end, thirty films under
his direction, he who liked to call himself " director".
Born between the two world wars,
he could have embodied the New Wave but preferred to remain faithful and have
his own style.
Without compromise, he always
cultivated his aesthetics, without falling into fashion. Etienne Perier was not
worldly, only work interested him. He lived discreetly, surrounded by his
friends.
PERIER, Étienne (Étienne
Périer Paul Gaston Perier)
Born: 12/11/1931 Brussels, Belgium
Died: 6/21/2020, Le
Plan-de-la-Tou, Var, France
Étienne Périer ’s western – director, writer:
Louisiana
(TV) -1984
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