Michel Nedjar

Michel Nedjar

Master of Art Brut, Michel Nedjar was born in 1947 in the Val d'Oise to a Jewish family marked by war and the holocaust. His father, born in Algiers, settled in Paris in 1921 as a tailor. At home, he tinkered on a sewing machine doll clothes for his sisters. During the Second World War, a large part of his family fell victim to Nazi oppression. In 1960, he became aware of the magnitude of the Holocaust. At the age of fourteen, he enrolled in a vocational school to become a tailor and sells jeans with his flea grandfather from Saint-Ouen and accompanies his grandmother to the scrap fair; she makes him share his love for Shmattès (the worn cloth) that she picks up and stacks. In the spring of 1967, he left for military service. With tuberculosis and declared disabled in 1968, he spent a few months in a school of fashion stylist. He is upset by the vision of 'Night and Fog' by Alain Resnais, echoing his own disappearances in his family. In the years 1970-1975, he left with Teo Hernandez. His travels take him to Morocco, Asia Minor, Europe and Mexico. He discovers cultures rich in symbolic expressions. He begins to take an interest in the funeral art and the dolls whose magic function fascinates him. Returning to Paris in 1976, he began making his first dolls called "Chairdâmes" with rags that he gleaned in the neighborhood of the Goutte d'Or, then made dolls dyed. In 1978, a period of depression transformed his style: his dolls look like gargoyles and terrifying totems, they are sometimes soiled with dirt and even blood. It was in 1980 that he began to draw with grease pencils on recovered flea media. He made his first films in 8 mm from 1964 during his holidays in Greece or the Balearic Islands. Like Lionel Soukaz, he is one of the first French experimental filmmakers to address the theme of homosexuality (Le gant de l'autre, 1977). His practice will evolve towards a more formal exploration of the characteristics of cinema: luminous calligraphies (Gestuel, 1978), grain of the film (Le grain de la peau, 1986); either to direct cinema (Monsieur Loulou, 1980). These research finds their paroxysm in Capitale-paysage (1982-83), mixing snatches of conversations, work of concrete sound and rhythm, and kaleidoscopic effects.

  • Title: Michel Nedjar
  • Popularity: 0.012
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1947-10-12
  • Place of Birth: Soisy-sous-Montmorency, Val d'Oise, France
  • Homepage: https://lightcone.org/fr/filmmaker-232-michel-nedjar
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Michel Nedjar Movies

  • 1991
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    Madrid, Quelques Images

    Madrid, Quelques Images

    1 1991 HD

    Experimental film by Teo Hernández.

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  • 1986
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    Robillard André, Nedjar Michel

    Robillard André, Nedjar Michel

    1 1986 HD

    Short film by Teo Hernández.

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  • 1978
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    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    4.3 1978 HD

    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

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  • 1977
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    Cristo

    Cristo

    2.5 1977 HD

    All of history, that of Christ or any other, permeates the world, leaves its mark, modifying and informing history, and all that the human reproduces...

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  • 1978
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    Michel Nedjar

    Michel Nedjar

    1 1978 HD

    Splendid portrait of the artist Michel Nedjar making one of his dolls, which allows to fully follow the entire genesis of the act of creation.

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  • 2016
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    Dolls of Darkness: The Art of Michel Nedjar

    Dolls of Darkness: The Art of Michel Nedjar

    1 2016 HD

    Dolls of Darkness is a feature length film that explores the mysteries and profundities of dolls, puppets and marionettes in the context of the...

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  • 1970
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    Michel Over There

    Michel Over There

    1 1970 HD

    The desert, the sea, someone. I meet Michel Nedjar; together we went to the south of Morocco. There, a movie begins to take shape and develops as our...

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  • 1980
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    Graal

    Graal

    3 1980 HD

    The film Graal goes (as well as all the films which precede it) toward an open and avowed paganism, in which pagan force and magic imbue all the...

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  • 1980
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    Lacrima Christi

    Lacrima Christi

    5 1980 HD

    Lacrima Christi is the longest of the over 150 films made by the Mexican filmmaker resident in Paris, Teo Hernández. Part three of a tetralogy...

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  • 1978
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    Cristaux

    Cristaux

    10 1978 HD

    The tetralogy pieces are dominated by the concept and presence of death, foreclosure, fetal vertigo. As such, CRISTAUX is a real descent into an...

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  • 1983
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    4 à 4 Métro-Barbès-Rochechou-Art

    4 à 4 Métro-Barbès-Rochechou-Art

    6 1983 HD

    In the early '80s, this collective of artists invented a style of cinema made in 4 hands, where each of the protagonists is also a filmmaker.

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  • 1976
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    Salomé

    Salomé

    4 1976 HD

    A personal interpretation of Oscar Wilde Salome from three basic elements: the light, the color, and the projection speed.

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  • 1970
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    Pause

    Pause

    1 1970 HD

    An early Téo Hernandez film exploring the space of a garden.

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  • 1977
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    Esmeralda

    Esmeralda

    1 1977 HD

    With Esmeralda, Hernandez shifts to the romantic mythology, but this descriptive aspect is secondary in the filmmaker's work, whose purpose is the...

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  • 1983
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    Souvenirs/Rouen

    Souvenirs/Rouen

    1 1983 HD

    Fugitive images of the northwestern city of France.

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  • 1984
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    Mesures de miel et de lait sauvage

    Mesures de miel et de lait sauvage

    1 1984 HD

    Teo Hernandez films waste and scrap found on the pavements of the streets of Paris. “Sidewalks are great subjects: garbage, objects and...

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  • 1979
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    Hors-jeu

    Hors-jeu

    1 1979 HD

    As this title indicates, the rule of the game is random. The protagonist invites us to play rhythmic palpitations of radio parasites and broken...

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  • 1987
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    Fragments

    Fragments

    1 1987 HD

    Eyes and ears travel discontinuously through everyday life and the sub-worlds of the city and the body. A fragmented and subjective day-to-day...

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  • 1983
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    Bouquet of Eyes

    Bouquet of Eyes

    1 1983 HD

    Through the use of portraits, shadow play and reflections, this series of exercises with and from body language compose a "four-handed" look against...

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  • 1981
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    Sara

    Sara

    1 1981 HD

    Portrait of the filmmaker's mother during her visit to Paris.

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  • 1981
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    Sur Graal de T.H.

    Sur Graal de T.H.

    4.8 1981 HD

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  • 1989
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    Le chant de l'âme

    Le chant de l'âme

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1981
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    Chutes de Pascal

    Chutes de Pascal

    1 1981 HD

    Outtakes from the movie

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  • 1984
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    Chutes de Michel Nedjar

    Chutes de Michel Nedjar

    1 1984 HD

    Outtakes from the movie

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  • 1978
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    J'aime

    J'aime

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Cinématon III

    Cinématon III

    1 1978 HD

    Reel 3 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

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  • 1978
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    Cinématon n°27 : Michel Nedjar

    Cinématon n°27 : Michel Nedjar

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1984
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    Portraits / Mirrors

    Portraits / Mirrors

    1 1984 HD

    A single-screen version of the Portraits / Mirrors multi-projection. Featuring portraits of: Aloual, Gaël Badaud, Raphaël Bassan, Yann...

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  • 2003
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    Black Room Revealed

    Black Room Revealed

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1983
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    4 à 4 Métro-Barbès-Rochechou-Art

    4 à 4 Métro-Barbès-Rochechou-Art

    6 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    Capitale-paysage

    Capitale-paysage

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1979
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    Hors-jeu

    Hors-jeu

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Ailes

    Ailes

    1 1979 HD

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  • 2001
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    Bouche D'Oeil

    Bouche D'Oeil

    1 2001 HD

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  • 1978
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    Gestuel

    Gestuel

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1980
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    Ombres-ailes

    Ombres-ailes

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1990
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    Plus Venise

    Plus Venise

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1983
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    Bouquet of Eyes

    Bouquet of Eyes

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1978
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    Angle

    Angle

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Teo

    Teo

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1980
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    Journal à durée indéterminée

    Journal à durée indéterminée

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1983
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    Diaph limite 1,2 Posture d'exil

    Diaph limite 1,2 Posture d'exil

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1985
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    Chantilly/Sarah (journal septembre 85)

    Chantilly/Sarah (journal septembre 85)

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1977
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    Malik

    Malik

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1981
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    Sara/Teo

    Sara/Teo

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1985
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    Une journée avec Pascal Martin et André Robillard

    Une journée avec Pascal Martin et André Robillard

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1977
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    Désir

    Désir

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1983
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    Signaux lumineux pour un ballet nuptial

    Signaux lumineux pour un ballet nuptial

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1977
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    La tasse

    La tasse

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1981
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    Monsieur Loulou

    Monsieur Loulou

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1977
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    Le gant de l'autre

    Le gant de l'autre

    2 1977 HD

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  • 1980
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    Le grain de la peau

    Le grain de la peau

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1985
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    Journal de Michel Nedjar (août 85)

    Journal de Michel Nedjar (août 85)

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Une journée avec les Cantrill

    Une journée avec les Cantrill

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1981
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    Sur Graal de T.H.

    Sur Graal de T.H.

    4.8 1981 HD

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  • 1982
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    À quoi rêve l'araignée ?

    À quoi rêve l'araignée ?

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1986
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    Le grain de la peau / Streap tease

    Le grain de la peau / Streap tease

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1979
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    Chutes de Hors-jeu

    Chutes de Hors-jeu

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1980
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    Chutes de Ombres-ailes

    Chutes de Ombres-ailes

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1982
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    Chutes de Capitale-paysage

    Chutes de Capitale-paysage

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1977
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    Cristo

    Cristo

    2.5 1977 HD

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  • 2003
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    Black room révélée

    Black room révélée

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Black room révélée

    Black room révélée

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1983
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    Chutes de 4 à 4 Métro-Barbès-Rochechou-Art

    Chutes de 4 à 4 Métro-Barbès-Rochechou-Art

    1 1983 HD

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