Alain Bergala
{{Short description|French film director}}
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| name = Alain Bergala
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|08|08|df=y}}
| image = Bergala-20170212-2.jpg
| birth_place = Brignoles, France
| nationality = French
| relatives = Jean-Luc Godard
| occupation = film critic, essayist, screenwriter, director
| alma_mater = University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle
La Fémis
}}
Alain Bergala ({{IPA|fr|bɛʁgala|lang}}; born 8 August 1943), is a French film critic, essayist, screenwriter and director.
Biography
Former writer for Cahiers du cinéma, he is best known as a specialist in the works of Jean-Luc Godard.
He taught at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne NouvelleHis page at the site of the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle [http://www.univ-paris3.fr/10039/0/fiche___annuaireksup/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020062653/http://www.univ-paris3.fr/10039/0/fiche___annuaireksup |date=2010-10-20 }} and at La Fémis. In 2000, he became the cinema counsellor of Jack Lang with whom he worked regarding the arts in education.
He directed his first feature film in 1982.
Filmography
- 1983: Faux fuyants (co-director : Jean-Pierre Limosin)
- 1987: Où que tu sois
- 1995: Cesare Pavese (part of the series- Un siècle d'écrivains)
- 1997: Fernand Léger, les motifs d'une vie
- 1998: D'Angèle à Toni
Publications
- [https://books.google.com/books?q=Alain+Bergala&btnG=Chercher+des+livres Books by Alain Bergala] on Google Books
- Alain Bergala, The Cinema Hypothesis. Teaching Cinema in the Classroom and Beyond, FilmmuseumSynemaPublikationen Vol. 28, Vienna 2016, {{ISBN|978-3-901644-67-2}}
Notes and references
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Category:French film directors
Category:People from Var (department)
Category:French male non-fiction writers
Category:Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 alumni
Category:Academic staff of Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3