Camille Guichard
Film director Photographer Writer Scriptwriter
After completing his higher education in mathematics, Camille Guichard made numerous creative documentaries on painting, sculpture, theatre, architecture and contemporary dance, as well as short fiction films. Alongside his work as a director, he is also a screenwriter, particularly for television and cinema, and a writer. His first novel, Vision par une fente, was published by Gallimard, and his latest novel, Pique-Nique, by Mercure de France. Nominated for a César Award for Best Short Film, he is a laureate of the Fondation Beaumarchais and Sources, and a finalist for the Grand Prix du Meilleur Scénariste Sopadin. He has also taught screenwriting at the CEEA (Conservatoire Européen de l'Écriture Audiovisuelle) and at the ENS/Ulm.
Alongside his work as an author and director, Camille Guichard is a photographer. His series include: Il regardait sa femme comme si elle était son amante (He looked at his wife as if she were his lover), the fictionalised story of a model under the gaze of a photographer; Ces rivages perdus (These lost shores), on coastal erosion; Deux ou trois choses que je sais de vous (Two or three things I know about you), on the intimacy of hotel guests; and En pluie fine tombent les atomes (Atoms fall in a fine rain), a tale about the end of the world. He is currently working on a new series entitled ‘Pulsion, corps et figures’ (Pulse, bodies and figures) on self-portraiture.
His filmography includes the following titles: James Ellroy; Vu d’Afrique: Marcel Barcelo, 3rd prize at the Barcelona Cinémad'art Festival; Tumulte; A propos de l’internationale situationniste; Robot portrait de Jacques Vaché; Ornamento; Nature & Nature, FIFA selection; L’arpenteur Céleste; Empreintes, nominated for a César Award; Les ombres du péché,Special Mention for Dance at the UNESCO FIFA; Louise Bourgeois; Préault et la sculpture romantique; Spoerri, selected for the FIFAP; Denise René; Daniel Buren, selected for the FIFA and UNESCO FIFAP; François Morellet, selected for the FIFA and FIFAP; Le saut de l’ange, winner at the Montecatini Festival, Brussels, Saarbrücken, Saar-Lor-Lux, Le Mans; Stella Baruk; Master Class in Russian musical theatre; Duane Michals, the man who invented himself, Special Mention from the FIFA Montreal Jury. Pittsburgh Festival, Philadelphia, Sao Paulo, New York, Florence. The Mystery of Ettore Majorana, an Absolute Physicist, Pariscience Festival, Marrakech, and Festival dei Popoli.
(Source: camilleguichard.com)
