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Pierre Carles
Director

Pierre Carles

2 Apr 1962Born
64Age
27Credits
Talence, Gironde, FranceBirthplace

Biography

Pierre Carles was born in 1962 in Gironde. He spent part of his childhood and adolescence in Chile and Colombia with his mother, a teacher in French schools. He returned to France in the late 1970s and studied socio-cultural animation, then journalism.

He worked in television from 1988, first as a news cameraman for France 3 Régions, then as a columnist or author of humorous subjects in variety shows (TF1, France 2, Canal +, M6).

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From 1993, he made short documentaries for the Belgian-French show Strip-tease (France 3) and for the magazine Brut (ARTE).

In 1998, he created a production company in Montpellier, with around ten audiovisual and cinema workers involved in the production of his first feature film, Pas vu pas pris, including producer Annie Gonzalez. From 1998 to 2020, he directed or co-directed around ten feature-length documentaries for the cinema, which deal with media criticism (Pas vu pas pris, 1998; Enfin pris?, 2002; Fin de concession, 2010; Les Ânes ont soif, 2004), the questioning of wage labor and the possibility of living differently (Attention danger travail, 2003; Volem rien foutre al païs, 2007), armed struggle (Ni vieux, ni traîtres, 2006)...

He is also the author of filmed portraits of singular personalities such as Professor Choron (Choron dernière, 2008, with Éric Martin) or Pierre Bourdieu, whom he followed for three years to produce La sociologie est un sport de combat (2001). Through the exchanges of the great researcher with colleagues, journalists or activists, the profound nature of sociological practice and its critical potential are expressed.

Known for

Filmography

  1. TBA10 Petits films pour « Strip-Tease »Film: Director
  2. TBAVal est vénèreFilm: Director
  3. 2026The Abdallah CaseFilm: Director, Writer
  4. 2024The Farc Guerilla, a History of the FutureFilm: Writer, Director
  5. 2020Tant pis tant mieuxFilm: Director
  6. 2020Gébé on arrête tout, on réfléchitFilm: Director
  7. 2020Le Rond-Point de la colèreFilm: Director
  8. 2019Un berger et deux perchés à l'Elysée ?Film: Writer, Director
  9. 2017La Vache et le DéputéFilm: Director
  10. 2016On revient de loinFilm: Director
  11. 2015Les Ânes ont soifFilm: Director
  12. 2015On a mal à la detteFilm: Director
  13. 2012Hollande, DSK, etc ...Film: Director
  14. 2012Nino (Une adolescence imaginaire de Nino Ferrer)Film: L'imprésario
  15. 2010Fin de concessionFilm: Pierre Carles, Director
  16. 2009Choron dernièreFilm: Director
  17. 2008Charlie Hebdo se fait Hara KiriFilm: Director
  18. 2007Bages-Sigean à la rameFilm: Director
  19. 2007Volem rien foutre al païsFilm: Director
  20. 2006Neither Old Nor TraitorsFilm: Director, Writer
  21. 2004AaltraFilm: Doctor
  22. 2003Attention danger travailFilm: Director
  23. 2002Enfin pris ?Film: Director
  24. 2001Sociology Is a Martial ArtFilm: Director, Writer
  25. 1998Not Seen, Not CaughtFilm: Director
  26. 1995Pas vu à la téléFilm: Director
  27. 1995Juppé, forcément...Film: Director

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