Muel, Bruno

(1935, France - )

   From 1956 to 1958, he was a conscript during the Algerian War. He returned to civilian life with leftist political convictions that he expressed in documenta­ries and fiction films that he cinematographed (1962 Algérie, Année Zéro, 16-mm documentary, medium-length, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Jean-Pierre Sergent; 1965 Chiquito, 16-mm documentary, short, Jean-Pierre Sergent, Colombia; Vendredi Saint à Polycarpe, 16-mm documentary, short, Anonymous Militants, Colombia; 1967 Loin du Vietnam / USA: Far from Vietnam, Ruy Guerra's unreleased segment; 1968 L'Arriviste, short, Marc Bernol; Oser lutter, oser vaincre, documentary, Jean-Pierre Thorn; 1970 Les Ajoncs, short, René Vautier; 1979 Tango, documentary, Jorge Cedron; 1980 Si j'te cherche . . . j'me trouve, Roger Diamantis, shot in 1974) and directed. He collaborated as a cameraman on sev­eral documentaries signed by the Medvekine Group (1968 Classe de Lutte; 1970 11 juin 68; Les Trois Quarts de la Vie; 1971 Week-End à Sochaux; 1972 Un Film).

 Filmography

1965 ◘ Camillo Torres (16-mm documentary; short; co-director with Jean-Pierre Sergent; Colombia)

1967 ◘ Sangha (16-mm documentary; short)

1973 ◘ Septembre chilien (documentary; short; co-director with Théo Robichet)

        ◘ Avec le Sang des Autres (documentary)

        ◘ A luta continua (documentary; co-director with Antoine Bonfanti, Marcel Trillat; shot in 1975)

        ◘ La Guerre du Peuple en Angola (documentary; co-director with Antoine Bonfanti, Marcel Trillat; shot in 1975)

 Television Filmography

1982 ◘ Rompre le Secret (documentary)