Pierre Lherminier
{{Short description|French cinematic historian (1931–2021)}}
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| birth_date = 2 January 1931
| birth_place = Oullins, France
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| nationality = French
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Pierre Thévenet, known as Pierre Lherminier, (2 January 1931 – 25 January 2021) was a French cinematic historian and writer.
Biography
Lherminier was the brother of film producer René Thévenet. He began working in cinema with his contributions to a French film encyclopedia. He became well-known when he became director of the "Cinéma d'aujourd'hui" collection, published by {{ill|Éditions Seghers|fr}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/personne-pierre-lherminier.html|title=Biographie de Pierre Lherminier|date=4 December 2005|work=France Culture|language=French}} He published "biofilms" about great French directors.{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1985/04/25/le-guide-du-chercheur-d-or_2746940_1819218.html|title=LE GUIDE DU CHERCHEUR D'OR|date=25 April 1985|work=Le Monde|language=French}} It was released on 22 March 1962 and was commended by Le Film français.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 April 1962|title=Cinéma d'aujourd'hui|trans-title= |url= |language=French|work=Le Film français|location=Paris|access-date=}} Jean Collet's segment on Jean-Luc Godard sold over 500,000 copies.
In 1968, he entered a film competition with the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, but it was cancelled due to the events of May 68. In 1970, he left Seghers and joined {{ill|Robert Laffont|fr}}. Five years later, he became an independent publisher and reprised "Cinéma d'aujourd'hui" and created several other collections. When "Cinéma d'aujourd'hui" was re-released in 1979, it was once again hailed by critics in the Revue du cinéma.{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1979/06/14/pour-la-plus-grande-joie-des-cinephiles_2776967_1819218.html|title=POUR LA PLUS GRANDE JOIE DES CINÉPHILES|date=14 June 1979|work=Le Monde|language=French}} He stopped self-publishing in 1988 and joined upper management at Éditions des Quatre-Vents.{{cite book |last=Bauvy|first=Jacques|date=1989|title=Pierre Lherminier : le danseur de corde dans un bain de jouvence|trans-title= |url= |language=French|location=|publisher=Script|isbn=}} He would sign several books and assist in the publishing of books by Jean Vigo and Louis Delluc.{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1991/01/02/louis-delluc-aurait-cent-ans-pour-celebrer-le-centenaire-du-cineaste-egalement-essayiste-et-critique-l-integrale-de-ses-ecrits_4016821_1819218.html|title=Louis Delluc aurait cent ans Pour célébrer le centenaire du cinéaste également essayiste et critique l'intégrale de ses écrits|date=2 January 1991|work=Le Monde|language=French}} In 2012, he published the first volume of Annales du cinéma français.{{cite web|url=https://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/de-l-ecrit-a-l-ecran/20130517.OBS9605/quand-la-france-avait-le-premier-cinema-du-monde.html|title=Quand la France avait le premier cinéma du monde...|date=17 May 2013|work=Bibliobs|language=French}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2013/02/14/quand-la-france-etait-reine-du-cinema_1832905_3246.html|title=Quand la France était reine du cinéma|date=14 February 2013|work=Le Monde|language=French}}{{cite web|url=https://www.humanite.fr/culture/aux-premiers-ages-du-cinema-511962|title=Aux premiers âges du cinéma|date=2 January 2013|work=L'Humanité|language=French}} Critic {{ill|Philippe Roger|fr}} called it a "modest and ambitious" project which constitutes a "sum of intelligent erudition",{{cite web|url=https://www.revue-etudes.com/article/annales-du-cinema-francais-15447|title=Annales du cinéma français|work=Études|language=French}} and Laurent Aknin called it a "work of reference for all to order first".{{cite web|url=https://www.editions-circe.fr/images/extrait_livre_26.pdf|title=Livres de cinéma|date=2013|work=L'Avant-scène cinéma|language=French}} He became Editor-in-Chief of Présence du cinéma français and created the bookstore Contacts in 1955, which closed its doors in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.afcinema.com/La-librairie-Contacts-ferme-ses-portes-a-la-fleur-de-l-age.html?lang=fr|title=La librairie Contacts ferme ses portes à la fleur de l'âge|date=8 September 2013|work=AFCinema|language=French}}
In 1973, Lherminier founded the Comité de liaison de l'édition cinématographique, which organized a cinematic book fair in 1985, an event subsequently adopted by Cinémathique Française. He deposited his archives at the Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives in 1996.{{cite web|url=https://portail-collections.imec-archives.com/ark:/29414/a011454586378wd3iYW|title=Pierre Lherminier, éditeur|work=Institut Mémoires de l'édition contemporaine|language=French}}
Pierre Lherminier died on 25 January 2021 at the age of 90.{{cite web|url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/deces-de-pierre-lherminier-editeur-et-historien-du-cinema|title=Décès de Pierre Lherminier, éditeur et historien du cinéma|date=4 February 2021|work=Livres Hebdo|language=French}}
Works
- L'Art du cinéma (1960)
- Luis Buñuel (1964)
- Jean Vigo (1967)
- Cinéma 2000 (1974)
- Cinéma pleine page : l'édition cinématographique de langue française (1985)
- Chronique du cinéma (1992)
- Signoret, Montand : deux vies dans le siècle (2005)
- Jean Vigo, un cinéma singulier (2007)
- Louis Delluc et le cinéma français (2008)
- Annales du cinéma français : les voies du silence (1895-1929) (2012)
References
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