Pierre Carles
Born: 1962-04-02 in Talence, Gironde, France
Known For: Directing
Biography
Pierre Carles was born in 1962 in Gironde. He spent part of his childhood and adolescence in Chile and Colombia with his mother, a teacher in French schools. He returned to France in the late 1970s and studied socio-cultural animation, then journalism. He worked in television from 1988, first as a news cameraman for France 3 Régions, then as a columnist or author of humorous subjects in variety shows (TF1, France 2, Canal +, M6). From 1993, he made short documentaries for the Belgian-French show Strip-tease (France 3) and for the magazine Brut (ARTE). In 1998, he created a production company in Montpellier, with around ten audiovisual and cinema workers involved in the production of his first feature film, Pas vu pas pris, including producer Annie Gonzalez. From 1998 to 2020, he directed or co-directed around ten feature-length documentaries for the cinema, which deal with media criticism (Pas vu pas pris, 1998; Enfin pris?, 2002; Fin de concession, 2010; Les Ânes ont soif, 2004), the questioning of wage labor and the possibility of living differently (Attention danger travail, 2003; Volem rien foutre al païs, 2007), armed struggle (Ni vieux, ni traîtres, 2006)... He is also the author of filmed portraits of singular personalities such as Professor Choron (Choron dernière, 2008, with Éric Martin) or Pierre Bourdieu, whom he followed for three years to produce La sociologie est un sport de combat (2001). Through the exchanges of the great researcher with colleagues, journalists or activists, the profound nature of sociological practice and its critical potential are expressed.
Filmography
2024
- The Farc Guerilla, a History of the Future ... (Writer)
2020
- Gébé on arrête tout, on réfléchit ... (Director)
- Tant pis tant mieux ... (Director)
- Le Rond-Point de la colère ... (Director)
2019
- Un berger et deux perchés à l'Elysée ? ... (Writer)
2016
- On revient de loin ... (Director)
2015
- On a mal à la dette ... (Director)
- Les Ânes ont soif
2012
- Hollande, DSK, etc ... ... (Director)
- Nino (Une adolescence imaginaire de Nino Ferrer) as L'imprésario
2010
- Fin de concession as Pierre Carles
2009
- Choron dernière ... (Director)
2008
- Charlie Hebdo se fait Hara Kiri ... (Director)
2007
- Volem rien foutre al païs as Himself
- Bages-Sigean à la rame ... (Director)
2006
- Neither Old Nor Traitors as Themselves
2004
- Aaltra as Le médecin
2003
- Attention danger travail ... (Director)
2002
- Enfin pris ? as Self
2001
- Sociology Is a Martial Art as Self
1998
- Pas vu, pas pris ... (Director)
1995
- Juppé, forcément... ... (Director)
- Pas vu à la télé ... (Director)
1992
- 1992 : pourquoi les jeunes aiment le rap ? ... (Art Direction)