Jean-Marie Montangerand

After training to become a camera operator, Jean-Marie Montangerand began at the Laboratoires Éclair, before moving on to different television channels (groupe M6, TFI and France TV). He worked as an writer and assistant director for production companies like Survivance, Les films de la Pluie, BelAir Media, VraiVrai Films and Kuiv Productions. In 2007, he founded the Vidéobus workshops, sponsored by Wes Anderson and Luc Dardenne, which leads educational workshops about images and film around the world. After studying at the Lussas school, he turned towards directing documentaries. He produced multiple films such as Le Périple jeune then Siciliens with Roberto Alagna, which aired on France 3 and was distributed by Universal Music. His work Les Yeux de la Parole, co-directed with David Daurier, was released in 2019 with Mediapart, was awarded a Brouillon d’un rêve grant from SCAM, and was selected at numerous festivals: Institut du monde arabe, BAFF Beyrouth, FICNC Cotonou, Festival des Libertés et des Droits de l’Homme, PCMMO, and received the Grand Prix du Réel en vue. Lately, Montangerand has directed multiple projects about doomed architects for France 3: Fernand Pouillon: France’s Most Wanted Architect, produced by BelAir Media, two-time winner at FIFAAC 2023, then La Malédiction de la Grande Arche, with Kuiv Productions.