Baronnet, Jean

(September 3, 1929, Paris, France - )

   Trained as a musician (he received a cello and chamber music first prize), he was assistant to Pierre Schaeffer at the Service de la recherche pour la Musique Con­crète (Concrete Music Research Service) from 1956 to 1958. He co-founded with Pierre Henry the first electroacoustic music studio (1958-1962) before en­tering films as a sound engineer (1966 Les Morutiers, documentary, Jean-Daniel Pollet; Un Homme et une Femme / UK and USA: A Man and a Woman, Claude Lelouch; 1967 Vivre pour vivre / Vivere per vivere / USA: Live for Life, Claude Lelouch, France / Italy; Mise à Sac / Una notte per 5 rapine, Alain Cavalier, France / Italy; 1968 Les Gauloises bleues, Michel Cournot; 1969 Money-Money, José Varéla). Disappointed by the lack of interest of directors for sound and music, he be­came a great reporter for TV, collaborating on such programs as Point-Contrepoint and Panorama. Other credit (as co-producer): 1963 Begegnung mit Fritz Lang (documentary, short, Peter Fleischmann, West Germany / France). Books: 1987 Communards en Nou­velle-Calédonie (Mercure de France); 2006 Regard d'un parisien sur la Commune (Gallimard).

 Filmography

1982 ◘ Skinoussa, Paysage avec la Chute d'Icare (documentary; shot in 1979)

1984 ◘ Histoire du Caporal

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Une Saison à Hollywood (documentary)

        ◘ Point Contre Point (documentary; episodes "La Syrie, Le Liban", "La Jordanie", "Les Colonies portugaises")

        ◘ Panorama (documentary; episodes "L'Egypte", "U.S.A.", "Le Choléra", "Portrait d'Edward Heath")

1970 ◘ L'Invité du Dimanche (documentary; episode "Pierre Fournier")

        ◘ Arcana (documentary)

1972 ◘ Ushimata (documentary)

1994 ◘ Un Journée au Luxembourg