Lledo, Jean-Pierre

(October 31, 1947, Tiem-cen, Algeria-)

   An admirer of Eddie Constantine in his childhood, he made his apprenticeship at the French Cinematheque after the independence of Algeria. In 1968, he intended to study cinema in Prague but had to wait for one year to join the VGIK (fiction directing department), a film school in Moscow. Having graduated in 1976, he directed his first documentary the following year. From 1978 to 1995, he collaborated on the Algerian TV and film review Les Deux Ecrans. He also wrote a medium-length film (1980 Numéro 49, Rachid Benhadj, Algeria) and co-wrote a feature film (1997 La Montagne de Baya, Azzdine Meddour). His movie Comment ça va? was censored by the Algerian government, and the negative was stolen. Le Flambeau was censored on TV but released in the Algerian Cinematheque.

 Filmography

1977 ◘ Comment ça va? (documentary; medium-length; also screenwriter; Algeria)

1978 ◘ Le Flambeau brûlera toujours (video documentary; short; also screenwriter; Algeria)

1982 ◘ L'Empire des Rêves (also screenwriter, dialogist; Algeria)

1984 ◘ Les Casbah ne s'assiègent pas; Méridien O (two documentary shorts; also screenwriter; Algeria)

1986 ◘ Jonction; Renaissance (two documentary shorts; also screenwriter; Algeria)

1988 ◘ Lumières (also screenwriter, dialogist; unreleased; Algeria)

1994 ◘ Chroniques algériennes (video documentary; medium-length; also screenwriter)

1996 ◘ L'Oasis et la Belle de Mai (video documentary; medium-length; also screenwriter)

1998 ◘ Lisette Vincent, une Femme algérienne (video documentary; also screenwriter)

2001 ◘ Jean Pélégri, alias Yahia el Hadj (video documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Un Rêve algérien (documentary; also screenwriter; France / Algeria / Belgium)

        ◘ Algéries, mes Fantômes (video documentary; also screenwriter)

 Television Filmography

1992 ◘ La Mer est bleue, le Ciel aussi (documentary; also screenwriter; Algeria; shot in 1990)

        ◘ Les Ancêtres (documentary; also screenwriter; Algeria)

        ◘ Son Père craché (documentary; short; also screenwriter; Algeria)

        ◘ Entre la Vie et la Mort (documentary; short; also screenwriter; Algeria)

1993 ◘ Bateau perdu (documentary;short; also screenwriter; unreleased on TV; Algeria)

        ◘ Femmes en Crue (documentary; short; also screenwriter; Algeria)