Luneau, Georges

(October 25, 1941, Loire-Atlantique, France - )

   After his studies of modern letters, he settled in Paris in 1964. From 1965 to 1968, he directed poetic and experimental shows in various universities (La Sorbonne, Assas). In 1969, he made his film debut as a cameraman on several shorts and as assistant to director Peter Kassovitz (La Montre, short) and Diourka Medveczky (Paul). The same year, he collabo­rated on a TV documentary on the hippie movement as a director and cinematographer of a segment shot in Nepal. He also worked as a reporter and photog­rapher and directed institutional films. In 1983, he created with Bernard Lortat-Jacob the Festival du Film des Musiques du Monde.

 Filmography

1976 ◘ La Ballade de Pabuji

1985 ◘ La Presqu'île (also screenwriter, dialogist; un-released)

 Television Filmography

1971 ◘ Daasamo (16-mm documentary; short)

        ◘ Mani-Rimdu (16-mm documentary; short)

1974 ◘ Mithilda (16-mm documentary)

1978 ◘ Le Cinéma de Satyajit Ray (16-mm documentary; short)

        ◘ Joe (16-mm documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Cinéma de Franco Giraldi (16-mm documentary; short)

        ◘ La Musique indienne vocale et instrumentale (16­mm documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Danses de Manipuri (16-mm documentary; short)

1979 ◘ Seva Sangh Samiti (16-mm documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Temple de Konarak (16-mm documentary; short)

        ◘ Benarès, les Pèlerins du Raga (16-mm medium-length)

        ◘ Le Chant des Fous (3 X 45 and 93' 16-mm documentary)

        ◘ Vivre autrement (16-mm documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Moyen-Orient (5 X 26' documentary; epi­sodes: "Les Bateaux de Simbad", "Koweit", "Le Rêve de Zénobie", "Palmyre", "Les Muezzins d'Alep", "Saint Siméon le Stylite", "N.D. de Sardenaye")

        ◘ Si on jouait au Théâtre (4 X 13' documentary; episodes: "Le Décor", "Les Coulisses", "Le Clown", "Le Metteur en Scène")

1987 ◘ Le Passage (video documentary; short)

1989 ◘ Musica sarda (Super-16-mm documentary)

        ◘ Les Gitans (video documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Little Haïti (video documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Les Derniers Pêcheurs de Perles (16-mm documentary; short)

        ◘ Entretien avec Jim Harrison (video documentary; short)

        ◘ Jim Harrison entre Chien et Loup (Super 16-mm documentary; medium-length)

1998 ◘ Bordertown, a Journey with Barry Gifford (video documentary; medium-length)