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Jean-Claude Brisseau

Jean-Claude Brisseau

Directing Born Jul 17, 1944 -- Died May 11, 2019 · Paris, France

Jean-Claude Brisseau (17 July 1944 – 11 May 2019) was a French filmmaker best known for his 2002 film Secret Things ("Choses Secrètes") and his 2006 film The Exterminating Angels ("Les Anges exterminateurs"). His film Céline was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. At the Cannes Film Festival, he was awarded the France Culture Award in 2003 for Secret Things; in 1988 he was awarded the Special Award for the Youth. In 2002, Brisseau was arrested on charges of sexual harassment after three women came forward accusing him of cajoling them into per...

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White Wedding
6.5
movie
White Wedding
Writer
1989
Secret Things
5.7
movie
Secret Things
Writer
2002
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
7.4
movie
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
as 2e Passant
1987
The Exterminating Angels
5.3
movie
The Exterminating Angels
Writer
2006
À l'aventure
4.9
movie
À l'aventure
Director
2009
Sound and Fury
6.5
movie
Sound and Fury
Director
1988
The Girl from Nowhere
5.6
movie
The Girl from Nowhere
as Michel Deviliers
2013
A Brutal Game
6.0
movie
A Brutal Game
as L'Homme sur le Quai de Gare (uncredited)
1983
Céline
6.6
movie
Céline
Writer
1992
Tempting Devils
4.5
movie
Tempting Devils
2018
The Black Angel
5.2
movie
The Black Angel
as A guest at the meal (uncredited)
1994
Life the Way It Is
5.5
movie
Life the Way It Is
Director
1978