Jean-Claude Lubtchansky Explained

Jean-Claude Lubtchansky
Birth Date:	2 December 1930
Birth Place:	Vincennes, France
Death Place:	Paris, France
Nationality:	French
Occupation:	Documentary and television director
Relatives:	William Lubtchansky (brother)^[1]

Jean-Claude Lubtchansky (2 December 1930 – 14 October 2020^[2]) was a French film editor, documentary and television director.

Career

Best known as a documentary filmmaker, Jean-Claude Lubtchansky was the assistant director of two 1958 documentaries, French: Cités du soleil and French: Le grand œuvre : panorama de l'industrie française,^{[3] [4]} and editor of the British film Lord of the Flies (1963).^[5] In 1976, he produced a documentary film about the Armenian mystic and philosopher George Gurdjieff, which was broadcast in 1978 on TF1.^[6] He directed two television films, French: Louis XI, un seul roi pour la France and French: Saint Louis ou La royauté bienfaisante, in 1980 and 1982, respectively. In 1996, he directed French: Les 13 Vies de Corto Maltese, a documentary that follows the anarchist sailor and defender of lost causes and his creator through some of his fascinating journeys.^[7] He was also known for making the majority of documentary adaptations of the monographic series "Découvertes Gallimard",^{[8] [9]} three of which were co-produced with the Louvre Museum.^[10]

Filmography

As director

• 1962: Ourane (short film)
• 1967: Ici, ailleurs ou dans le métro (short film)
• 1967: Dim Dam Dom (some episodes)
• 1967: One (Chroniques de France, nº 19)
• 1968: Pézenas, un village français (Chroniques de France, nº 30)
• 1970: Lumina, pièce pour douze cordes et bande magnétique d'Ivo Malec (episode of Les Grandes répétitions)
• 1973: La Rose rouge (episode of Ce que Paris chante)
• 1974: Hannah Arendt (episode of Un certain regard)
• 1979: (some episodes)
• 1980: Gandhi, apôtre de la non-violence (episode of Les Idées et les hommes)
• 1980: 1947 : La première crise de la IVº république
• 1980: Louis XI, un seul roi pour la France
• 1982: Saint Louis ou La royauté bienfaisante
• 1982: Le triange à quatre côtés (episode of De bien étranges affaires)
• 1991: The Watch on the Somme (episode of Harvests of Iron)
• 1995: Yukio Mishima (episode of Un siècle d'écrivains)
• 1995: Cher Père Noël
• 1996: Les 13 Vies de Corto Maltese
• 1997: La Porte enchantée
• 1998: Once Upon a Time in Mesopotamia
• 1998:
• 1999:
• 1999:
• 2000: Les Cités perdues des Mayas
• 2000:
• 2001:
• 2002:
• 2002: Angkor : la forêt de pierre

As assistant director

• 1958: Cités du soleil
• 1958: Le grand œuvre : panorama de l'industrie française

As editor

• 1962: Le Thé à la menthe
• 1963: Lord of the Flies
• 1964:
• 1964: 4 fois D
• 1978: The Last Campaign

As producer

• 1978: Georges Gurdjieff
• 1979: Meetings with Remarkable Men (production associate)

Notes and References

1. Web site: William Lubtchansky . Champetier . Caroline . Caroline Champetier . 2 June 2010 . . fr . 26 January 2022.
2. Web site: Jean-Claude Lubtchansky . . . . 26 January 2022.
3. Web site: Cités du soleil . . . unifrance.org . 26 January 2022.
4. Web site: Le Grand Oeuvre . . . unifrance.org . 26 January 2022.
5. Web site: Sa Majesté des mouches de Peter Brook . . . cinemaparlant.com . 26 January 2022.
6. Web site: Georges Gurdjieff: A Documentary Film Produced by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky . . . gurdjieff.org . 26 January 2022.
7. News: Corto Maltés celebra el centenario del programa de La 2 'La noche temática' . Gómez . Rosario G. . 24 August 1997 . . es . 26 January 2022.
8. Web site: L'Aventure humaine — La Terre des Peaux Rouges . . 2002 . . fr . 26 January 2022.
9. Web site: Programmation spéciale : Cambodge — Angkor, la forêt de pierre . . 2002 . pro.arte.tv . fr . 26 January 2022.
10. Web site: Films by the Louvre — Directors: Jean-Claude Lubtchansky . . . louvre.fr . 26 January 2022.