Thursday, June 25, 2020

RIP Étienne Périer


Director of many successful films, Etienne Perier died on Sunday in the Var

Var-Matin
6/25/2020

The director Etienne Perier, died on June 21, 2020 at the age of 88 in his home in Plan-de-la-Tour.

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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