Jean-Christophe Averty

Jean-Christophe Averty

Jean-Christophe Averty (6 August 1928 – 4 March 2017[1]) was a French television and radio director, and Satrap of the College of 'Pataphysique. Many of his television productions from the 1960s were early examples of French video art. His studies were used in the following decades by the research groups of the French National Audiovisual Institute (INA). Averty was born in Paris. A graduate of the IDHEC film school, he started in television in 1952 at the then French Television Office. He directed over five hundred programs for television and radio, across all disciplines: fiction, documentary, drama, variety, and jazz. His many awards include an Emmy award in the United States. Averty was appointed Satrap of the College of 'Pataphysique in 1990, due to his fascination for Alfred Jarry and Pataphysique. Averty made his reputation on his strong character, his taste for provocation and his sense for innovative television. His 1963 series The Green Grapes was infamous for a recurring sequence of a baby being put through a grater. A keen connoisseur of jazz, Averty filmed the Jazz à Juan festival for many years. The pianist Martial Solal paid him a tribute in one of his compositions: Averty, c'est moi (Averty that's me). Over 28 years, he hosted 1,805 episodes of his radio show Les Cinglés du music-hall, based on his own collection of jazz and variety 78s that he had bought in flea markets around the world. The show was cancelled in 2006 under Jean-Paul Cluzel's chairmanship of Radio France. The French section of the shows was based on notebooks entrusted to him by André Cauzard, filled with daily details of pre-war jazz music events. Averty directed television shows where he applied his singular style to showcase the greatest francophone singers such as Françoise Hardy, Yves Montand, Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan, Juliette Greco, Georges Brassens, Dalida, France Gall, Serge Gainsbourg, Gilbert Bécaud, Guy Marchand, Léo Ferré, Tino Rossi, and Jean Sablon, and as well as foreign musicians such as Patty Pravo. In 1969 Averty directed the TV movie Le Songe d'une nuit d'été, starring Claude Jade, Christine Delaroche and Jean-Claude Drouot, and filmed entirely in bluescreen. His television creations are landmarks in their use of video as a mode of artistic expression. Averty made great use of characters filmed against a blue screen, overlaid on a drawn background. Examples are Sapeur Camembert, based on the eponymous work of Georges Colomb, and a production of Edmond Rostand's classic play Chantecler. Averty was one of the last salaried directors of the French Production Company. In 2012, he entrusted the management, conservation and safeguarding of the rights of all of his television and radio works to the French National Audiovisual Institute (INA); nearly a thousand television programs on jazz, sports, fashion, variety and the theater. Source: Article "Jean-Christophe Averty" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Jean-Christophe Averty
  • Popularity: 1.033
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1928-08-06
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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Jean-Christophe Averty Movies

  • 1957
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    It Happened on the 36 Candles

    It Happened on the 36 Candles

    2 1957 HD

    Rejecting the union of her daughter Brigitte with a modest worker, Madame Magnin invents an adultery for the lover, then introduces Brigitte to a...

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  • 1971
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    La Lucarne magique

    La Lucarne magique

    1 1971 HD

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  • 2022
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    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    7.2 2022 HD

    In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first...

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  • 2016
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    Au service de Jean-Christophe Averty mode Jarry

    Au service de Jean-Christophe Averty mode Jarry

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    Au service de Jean-Christophe Averty mode Shakespeare

    Au service de Jean-Christophe Averty mode Shakespeare

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2017
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    Les trésors cachés des variétés

    Les trésors cachés des variétés

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    6 2017 HD

    A tortuous journey, in the company of the Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, around the figure of the enigmatic and visionary French poet Raymond...

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  • 1995
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    Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête

    Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1969
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    10 1969 HD

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  • 1968
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    Idea

    Idea

    9 1968 HD

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  • 1980
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    Émilie Jolie

    Émilie Jolie

    5.7 1980 HD

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  • 1971
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    Ubu enchaîné

    Ubu enchaîné

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1981
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    Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx

    Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1995
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    Alfred Jarry - 1873-1907

    Alfred Jarry - 1873-1907

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1965
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    Ubu Roi

    Ubu Roi

    5.6 1965 HD

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  • 1967
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    Ça c'est Claude François

    Ça c'est Claude François

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1982
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    Les Mamelles de Tirésias

    Les Mamelles de Tirésias

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1973
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    Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel

    Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1970
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    Une visite à l'exposition de 1889

    Une visite à l'exposition de 1889

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1971
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    Melody

    Melody

    6.5 1971 HD

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  • 1977
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    Impressions d'Afrique

    Impressions d'Afrique

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1970
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    Alice au pays des merveilles

    Alice au pays des merveilles

    5.7 1970 HD

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  • 1963
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    Ella Fitzgerald à l'Olympia

    Ella Fitzgerald à l'Olympia

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1973
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    Musidora

    Musidora

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Musidora

    Musidora

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1969
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    Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali

    Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    10 1969 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Carpathian Castle

    The Carpathian Castle

    6 1976 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Melbourne Rendezvous

    The Melbourne Rendezvous

    5 1957 HD

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  • 1951
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    Vacances à la mer

    Vacances à la mer

    1 1951 HD

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  • 2011
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    Ray Charles - Live in France 1961

    Ray Charles - Live in France 1961

    7.2 2011 HD

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  • 1964
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    Les verts pâturages

    Les verts pâturages

    5 1964 HD

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  • 1971
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    Un beau ténébreux

    Un beau ténébreux

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Beatles: Live in Paris

    The Beatles: Live in Paris

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1977
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    Aretha Franklin - Live in Paris

    Aretha Franklin - Live in Paris

    8 1977 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1948
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    Bambi Awards

    Bambi Awards

    9 1948 HD

    The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in...

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  • 1964
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    Grimme-Preis-Verleihung

    Grimme-Preis-Verleihung

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1971
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    Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1959
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1975
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    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    8.5 1975 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...

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