Jackie Raynal
Born: 1940-10-20 in Poilhes, France
Known For: Directing
Biography
Jacky Raynal is French directress, actress and film editor. She's born in 1940 near Montpellier. The film maker has a diploma in Linguistics. In the early 60's, already a photographer, young Jacky Raynal starts working in the field of cinema. She's assistent film editor for the documentarys of G. Patriss and F. Vienne. After that, she edits the first films of E. Rohmer. In 1965 J. Raynal gets the license of senior film editor for feature films in CNC (National Cinema Center). Now she's working with the film directors of the New Wave. She edits all of the skecthes of Six in Paris, directed by Jean Douchet, Jean Rouch, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol. Jacky Raynal continues to work in editing till the end of 70's. In 1968, with S. Boissonas and O. Mosset, she's the founder of the Zanzibar group. She works with Philippe Garrel, Serge Bard, Daniel Pommereulle, Alain Jouffroy and Patrick Deval. J. Raynal shoots her first feature film Two Times in Barcelona. In 1972, the movie wins the Grand Prix in the Festival of Hyères/Toulon. At that time she's already living in New York. There, between 1975 and 1992, she's responsible for the programs of Carnegie Hall Cinema and Bleeker Street Cinema. She shows there numerous independent international films. Her job in New York is appreciated by F. Truffaut (he compares it with the French Cinematheque) and awarded twice by the Village Voice in 1981 and 1991. J. Raynal directs New York Story (Grand Prix in Melbourne) and Hotel New York. In the same time, she plays in several movies, organises numerous international cinema festivals, like Colombian Film Festival, Israel Film Festival or Avignon Film Festival. From 1973 to 1986, with Sid Geffen, they're publishing the independent international cinema review 1000 Eyes Magazine. From 2000, Jacky Raynal directs numerous documentarys, like Notes on Jonas Mekas (2000) or Eric Rohmer, the Film Maker (2010). In 2010, Jacky Raynal is rewarded for her work in arts the Légion d'Honneur (Knight in the Order Arts and Letters).
Filmography
2021
- The black bath as Herself
2020
- L'homme qui part as La mère
- Parisian Life
- La Fille oblique
2019
- Felix in Wonderland as Self
2015
- Two Rémi, Two as Esther Pardon
- On the Margin: The Cursed Films of Jean-Denis Bonan as Self
2014
- Welcome to New York as Dinner Guest
2013
2011
2010
- My Last Interview with Eric Rohmer ... (Director)
2009
- Gougnette ... (Director)
2007
- Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice as Self
2005
- Zanzibar ... (Director)
2004
- Portrait de Jean Rouch ... (Director)
- La nuit de l'ours ... (Director)
2003
- Around Simon Lazard ... (Director)
- Around Jacques Baratier ... (Director)
2000
- Notes on Jonas Mekas ... (Director)
1985
- The Man Who Envied Women as French Intellectual
1984
- Hotel New York as Loulou
- Naughty Boys as Femme Fatale
1981
- Freak Orlando as Siamesischr Zwiling Leni un Bunny
- Coupla White Faggots Sitting Around Talking
- Cinématon XII as N°110
1980
- New York Story as Loulou
1978
- Cinématon as N°110 / N°2929
1975
- Saturday Night at the Baths ... (Editor)
1974
- The Rehearsal ... (Editor)
1972
- The Big Departure as Sterling Hayden's Wife
1971
- Jupiter as Hippie
1970
- Trap as La femme torturée
1969
- Camembert Martial Extra-doux
- Destroy Yourselves ... (Editor)
1968
- Cinétracts ... (Director)
- Acéphale
- Concentration ... (Editor)
- Deux fois
- A Woman Kills as Angèle
- Homero Presto ... (Assistant Director)
1967
- La Collectionneuse
- Bizet Carmen ... (Editor)
- Heraclitus the Dark ... (Editor)
1966
- A Modern Coed ... (Editor)
1965
- Six in Paris ... (Editor)
1964
- Nadja in Paris ... (Editor)
- Cover Girls ... (Editor)
1963
- The Bakery Girl of Monceau ... (Editor)
- Suzanne’s Career ... (Editor)
- Méditerranée ... (Editor)
1962
- Merce Cunningham ... (Director)
1958
- Bonjour Tristesse as Dancer (uncredited)