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Damian Pettigrew (born in Quebec) is a Canadian filmmaker and multimedia artist, best known for his cinematic portraits of Balthus and Federico Fellini. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Multimedia artists are Contemporary artists who use a wide range of media to communicate their art Balthasar Kłossowski de Rola ( February 29, 1908 in Paris &ndash February 18, 2001 in Rossinière, Switzerland Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film He won a Banff Rockie Award for Best Documentary and was nominated for the Prix Arte at the European Film Awards. The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements

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Biography

Pettigrew's mother was a child psychologist who trained with Anna Freud at the Hampstead Child Therapy Course in 1947. Anna Freud ( December 3, 1895 – October 9, 1982) was the sixth and last child of Sigmund and Martha Freud His father, Dr. J. F. Pettigrew, was the first Canadian surgeon to diagnose the heart condition known as aortic coarctation in 1953. [1]

After reading English, French and Italian Literature at the universities of Bishop's, Oxford, and Glasgow (where he discovered the work of Scottish film director Bill Douglas), Pettigrew studied cinema at IDHEC in Paris. William Gerald Forbes (Bill Douglas ( April 17, 1934 - June 18, 1991) was a Scottish Film director. At the Cinémathèque française, he met Brion Gysin and Steve Lacy and began frequenting their artists' circle. Cinémathèque Française hosts the largest archive of films movie documents and film-related objects in the world Brion Gysin ( January 19, 1916 - July 13, 1986) was a painter, Writer, Sound poet, and Performance This article is about the jazz musician For the CEO of Meredith see Steve Lacy (businessman. If his work is influenced by Gysin's celebrated cut-up technique, the profound and lasting effect on his life was his friendship with Samuel Beckett. The cut-up technique, also known as fishbowling, is an Aleatory Literary technique or genre in which a text is cut up at Random Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 was an Irish Writer, Dramatist and poet After Beckett's death in 1989, he settled in Paris to devote himself to filmmaking (in particular, writing, directing and editing). [2]

A recognized authority on Federico Fellini, his portrait of the maestro, Fellini: I'm a Born Liar, won the prestigious Rockie Award at the 2002 Banff World Television Festival, receiving excellent reviews in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek International, Le Monde, Corriere della Sera, l'Unità, The Herald (Glasgow), The Telegraph (London), and newspapers throughout Europe, Brazil, Australia and Japan. Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film Fellini I'm a Born Liar ( Fellini je suis un grand menteur) ( Fellini sono un gran bugiardo) is a 2002 French Documentary film The Banff World Television Festival is among the most important international media events in Canada. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. Le Monde (The World is a Corriere della Sera ("Evening Courier" is an Italian daily Newspaper (first in sales) published in Milan. l'Unità is an Italian Left-wing Newspaper, originally founded as official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party and today strictly Nominated for Best Documentary at the European Film Awards, Europe's equivalent of the Oscars, the film established his reputation as a director of "extraordinarily controlled" feature documentaries. The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. In the Film industry, a feature film is a Film made for initial distribution in theaters and being the "main attraction" of the screening [3]

Pettigrew's films include portraits of Eugène Ionesco, Italo Calvino, and Moebius. Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu ( November 26, 1909 – March 28, 1994 Italo Calvino ( October 15, 1923 &ndash September 19, 1985) (ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno was an Italian journalist and writer of short His film, Balthus Through the Looking Glass, a study of the controversial French painter, was filmed in Super 16 over a 12-month period in Switzerland, Italy, France and the Moors of England. Balthus Through the Looking-Glass ( French: Balthus de l'autre côté du miroir) is a 1996 French Documentary Highly-esteemed by Guy Davenport[4], it screened in a cycle of film classics by Jean Renoir, Marcel Carné, and Jean Vigo in September 2007 at the Museum Ludwig (Cologne, Germany). Guy Mattison Davenport ( November 23 1927 – January 4 2005) was an American Writer, Translator, Illustrator Jean Renoir (French ʁəˈnwaʁ ( September 15, 1894 – February 12, 1979) born in the Montmartre district of Paris Marcel Carné ( August 18, 1906 - October 31, 1996) was a French Film director. Jean Vigo ( April 26, 1905 &ndash October 5, 1934) was a French Film director, who helped establish Poetic realism Museum Ludwig, located in Cologne, Germany, houses a collection of Modern art.

Currently, he is directing two major documentaries for ARTE France in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada. Arte (Association Relative à la Télévision Européenne is a Franco-German TV network. The National Film Board of Canada (usually National Film Board or NFB) is Canada's public film producer and distributor The first, a new portrait of Italo Calvino based on in-depth conversations filmed at the novelist's penthouse in Piazza Campo Marzio (Rome) in 1983. Italo Calvino ( October 15, 1923 &ndash September 19, 1985) (ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno was an Italian journalist and writer of short Also featured is a unique recording of Calvino reading from his last novel, Mr. Palomar, taped by Pettigrew on the writer's terrace. Mr Palomar is the title of William Weaver 's English translation of Italo Calvino 's novel Palomar (first published 1983; English translation The second is a study of the European and Yiddish cabaret tradition leading up to and during the Second World War as experienced by French stars Irene and Bernard Hilda. Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring Comedy, Song, Dance, and Theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue &mdash a Restaurant [5]

In development are two feature films: Darkness Visible starring Tim Roth, and Sam & Me, based on the director's experience working with Samuel Beckett. Tim Roth (born Timothy Simon Smith; 14 May 1961 is an English film Actor and director. Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 was an Irish Writer, Dramatist and poet

Selected Filmography

Director

Producer

Screenplays

Video art

I'm a Born Liar: A Fellini Lexicon (2003)
I'm a Born Liar: A Fellini Lexicon (2003)

Publications

This bibliography is focused on the published interviews that were filmed, produced and directed by Pettigrew in collaboration with the following artists:

Awards

UNESCO Grand Prize - Best Documentary

Lausanne International Festival of Art Films - Best Photography Prize

European Film Awards Prix Arte Nomination - Best Documentary

Marseille International Film Festival Award - Coup de Coeur

Banff World Television Festival Rockie Award - Best Arts Documentary

Member, The Society of Multimedia Authors of France (SCAM) and The Society of Authors of France (SGDL)

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Interview with Pettigrew and Caroline Caldier, Radio France, 4 May 2003. An Art film (also called an “art cinema” “art movie” or in the U Video art is a type of Art which relies on Moving pictures and is comprised of Video and/or audio data Radio France is the French radio broadcaster. Mission Radio France's two principal missions are To create and expand the programming
  2. ^ Part of his correspondence with the Irish novelist and playwright is archived at Emory University in Atlanta, home to the Beckett Correspondence Project under the direction of Lois Overbeck and Martha Fehsenfeld.
  3. ^ David Denby, The New Yorker, April 21, 2003. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry Based on the maestro's last interviews filmed by Pettigrew in 1991-1992 (Fellini died in 1993), the film was selected in over 40 international festivals including Edinburgh, Moscow, Amsterdam, Cannes and Montréal, distributed theatrically in 15 countries, and sold to television worldwide (source: MK2 International). As a companion to the film, the interview transcripts were published by Abrams (New York) in 2003 and lavishly illustrated.
  4. ^ Davenport was an early shaping influence on the film and contributed valuable insight in a series of letters to Pettigrew between 1995-6. Their correspondence is archived at L'Arche éditeur (Paris) under the direction of Rudolf Rach. See also Davenport's A Balthus Notebook (New York: Ecco Press, 1989) for a seminal essay on the French artist's work.
  5. ^ Information cited in Arte France

External links

I'm a Born Liar A Fellini Lexicon is a book combining film stills and photographs with transcripts of the last filmed interviews with Federico Fellini conducted
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