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Jackie Raynal
Director

Jackie Raynal

20 Oct 1940Born
85Age
37Credits
Poilhes, FranceBirthplace

Biography

Jacky Raynal is French directress, actress and film editor. She's born in 1940 near Montpellier. The film maker has a diploma in Linguistics. In the early 60's, already a photographer, young Jacky Raynal starts working in the field of cinema. She's assistent film editor for the documentarys of G. Patriss and F. Vienne. After that, she edits the first films of E. Rohmer. In 1965 J. Raynal gets the license of senior film editor for feature films in CNC (National Cinema Center). Now she's working with the film directors of the New Wave. She edits all of the skecthes of Six in Paris, directed by Jean Douchet, Jean Rouch, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol.

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Jacky Raynal continues to work in editing till the end of 70's.

In 1968, with S. Boissonas and O. Mosset, she's the founder of the Zanzibar group. She works with Philippe Garrel, Serge Bard, Daniel Pommereulle, Alain Jouffroy and Patrick Deval. J. Raynal shoots her first feature film Two Times in Barcelona. In 1972, the movie wins the Grand Prix in the Festival of Hyères/Toulon. At that time she's already living in New York. There, between 1975 and 1992, she's responsible for the programs of Carnegie Hall Cinema and Bleeker Street Cinema. She shows there numerous independent international films. Her job in New York is appreciated by F. Truffaut (he compares it with the French Cinematheque) and awarded twice by the Village Voice in 1981 and 1991.

J. Raynal directs New York Story (Grand Prix in Melbourne) and Hotel New York. In the same time, she plays in several movies, organises numerous international cinema festivals, like Colombian Film Festival, Israel Film Festival or Avignon Film Festival. From 1973 to 1986, with Sid Geffen, they're publishing the independent international cinema review 1000 Eyes Magazine.

From 2000, Jacky Raynal directs numerous documentarys, like Notes on Jonas Mekas (2000) or Eric Rohmer, the Film Maker (2010).

In 2010, Jacky Raynal is rewarded for her work in arts the Légion d'Honneur (Knight in the Order Arts and Letters).

Known for

Filmography

  1. TBAHow to Fold a Green ScreenFilm
  2. 2021The black bathFilm: Director
  3. 2020La Fille obliqueFilm
  4. 2020L'homme qui partFilm: La mère
  5. 2020Parisian LifeFilm: Director
  6. 2016Reminiscences of Jonas MekasFilm: Director
  7. 2015Two Rémi, TwoFilm: Esther Pardon
  8. 2014Welcome to New YorkFilm: Dinner Guest
  9. 2011Eyes Find EyesFilm
  10. 2011La cigaretteFilm
  11. 2010My Last Interview with Eric RohmerFilm: Director
  12. 2009GougnetteFilm: Director
  13. 2005ZanzibarFilm: Director
  14. 2004Portrait de Jean RouchFilm: Director
  15. 2004La nuit de l'oursFilm: Director
  16. 2003Around Jacques BaratierFilm: Director
  17. 2003Around Simon LazardFilm: Director
  18. 2000Notes on Jonas MekasFilm: Director
  19. 1985The Man Who Envied WomenFilm: French Intellectual
  20. 1984Naughty BoysFilm: Femme Fatale
  21. 1984Hotel New YorkFilm: Loulou, Director, Writer
  22. 1981Cinématon XIIFilm: N°110
  23. 1981Freak OrlandoFilm: Siamesischr Zwiling Leni un Bunny
  24. 1981Coupla White Faggots Sitting Around TalkingFilm
  25. 1980New York StoryFilm: Loulou, Director
  26. 1978CinématonFilm: N°110 / N°2929
  27. 1972The Big DepartureFilm: Sterling Hayden's Wife
  28. 1971JupiterFilm: Hippie
  29. 1970TrapFilm: La femme torturée
  30. 1969Camembert Martial Extra-douxFilm
  31. 1968Deux foisFilm: Director, Writer
  32. 1968AcéphaleFilm
  33. 1968CinétractsFilm: Director
  34. 1968A Woman KillsFilm: Angèle
  35. 1967La CollectionneuseFilm
  36. 1962Merce CunninghamFilm: Director
  37. 1958Bonjour TristesseFilm: Dancer (uncredited)

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