J. K. Raymond-Millet Explained

J.K. Raymond-Millet
Birth Date:1902 9, df=y
Birth Place:Toulouse, France
Death Place:Beauvais, France
Nationality:French
Occupation:Film director, journalist

J.K. Raymond-Millet (12 September 1902 – 15 August 1974) was a French film director[1] and journalist.

Biography

J.K. Raymond-Millet was a documentary filmmaker and the creator of Les Films J.K. Raymond-Millet. On 29 September 1923, he married Marcelle Robert, alias Monique Muntcho in Paris. Together with Robert, he produced various films under different film production banners: Les Films de la Colombe, Les Films J.K.Raymond-Millet. He also authored poetry and travelogues.

He produced several documentaries in the Interwar period, notably Aude, belle inconnue[2] under the Vichy regime, and continued his career after the Second World War.

In 1947, he produced and directed Télévision, oeil de demain which predicted smartphones and video calling.[3] [4] The film was based on a premise from the science fiction author René Barjavel.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: J.K. Raymond-Millet. en.unifrance.org.
  2. Book: Levine , Alison J Murray . Framing the nation documentary film in interwar France . Continuum . New York . 2010 . 649832775.
  3. Web site: Encore un reportage sur l'addiction aux smartphones ? Oui, mais celui-ci date… de 1947 ! Bluffant.. Axel. Leclercq. 3 February 2016.
  4. Web site: Kottke . Jason . Jason Kottke . 1947 Film That Eerily Predicted How People Would Use Smartphones . kottke.org . 2 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200701032230/https://kottke.org/20/06/1947-film-smartphone-prediction . 1 July 2020 . en . 30 June 2020.
  5. Web site: Les HEURES PASSENT (1947). https://web.archive.org/web/20190416094939/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7260df62. dead. 16 April 2019. BFI.
  6. Web site: La télévision, oeil de demain . Internet Movie Database . 3 July 2020.
  7. Web site: LA GRANDE ÎLE AU COEUR DES SAINTES EAUX. Festival de Cannes.
  8. Web site: REALITE MALGACHE (1952). https://web.archive.org/web/20190416094939/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75faa763. dead. 16 April 2019. BFI.