Jean-Gabriel Périot Explained

Jean-Gabriel Périot
Birth Date:	1974
Birth Place:	Bellac, France
Occupation:	Filmmaker
Years Active:	2001–present
Website:	http://www.jgperiot.net

Jean-Gabriel Périot is a French filmmaker.

Biography

He lived in southern France and Guadeloupe before moving to Paris.^[1]

Périot never went to a film school, instead he studied media and communication. While working in the audiovisual service at Centre Georges Pompidou he turned to editing and got introduced to archives.^{[2] [3]}

His favourite filmmaker include: Dziga Vertov,^[4] Michael Haneke, Jean-Luc Godard and Guy Debord.^[5]

Périot currently shares his time between Paris and Nice.

Filmography

Feature films

• A German Youth (2015)
• Summer Lights (2017)
• Our Defeats (2019)
• (2021)^[6]

Short films

• Some Joy In This Struggle (2018)
• Song For The Jungle (2018)
• If We Have To Disappear It Will Be Without Disquiet But We Will Fight Until The End (2014)
• WE ARE BECOME DEATH (2014)
• Optimism (2013)
• The Day Has Conquered The Night (2013)
• The Devil (2012)
• Our Days, Absolutely, Have To Be Enlightened (2012)
• Looking At The Dead (2011)
• The Barbarians (2010)
• The Delicate Art Of The Bludgeon (2009)
• Between Dogs And Wolves (2008)
• 200000 Phantoms (2007)
• Under Twilight (2006)
• Even If She Had Been A Criminal... (2006)
• Dies Irae (2005)
• Undo (2005)
• We Are Winning, Don't Forget (2004)
• 21.04.02 (2002)

External links

• Jean-Gabriel Périot's website
• Jean-Gabriel Périot's vimeo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interview with Jean-Gabriel Périot. for Hi Mom! Film Festival (2005).
2. Web site: My Favorite Obsessive-Compulsive Political Filmmaker: Jean-Gabriel Périot. for Blue fat (2009).
3. Web site: "It is easier to share with people a story of images in images rather than a story of language..." Interview with Jean-Gabriel Périot. for Self-made filmmakers – academic seminar under the supervision of Nicole Brenez (2012-2013).
4. Web site: Interview with Jean-Gabriel Périot. for inshort festival (2006).
5. Web site: Interview with one of the best French video artist. Worker and gay, political and ironical. for Mix Brasil (2006).
6. Web site: Retour à Reims (Fragments) / Returning to Reims (Fragments) . . 11 August 2023.