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Interview with Jean-Christophe
Jean-Christophe Bouvet is a French actor known for playing in films
After studying linguistics, semiotics, psychoanalysis and sociology, We sat down with Jean-Christophe Bouvet to talk about ÉCU, his career and his vision of art cinema vs. commercial cinema. 1) You’ve played in art films and in commercials films, which one do you prefer?
‘We are paid to be in commercial films. For films like ‘Taxi’
One can be an intellectual and an artist, in London to be an 2) How much more complex is it to act in an art film than in a commercial film such as Taxi?
‘There are advantages to making commercial films, such as good
3) Many people think independent cinema is like an intellectual
‘There are too many labels, films and commercial films are still 4) Before filming with someone like Godard, had it been one of your dreams? Did you ever expect that to happen one day?
‘For Godard it was a dream I’d had since childhood, I saw ‘À bout de 5) What one piece of advice would you give to young directors hoping to break into independent film?
‘I’d say buy a camera and shoot yourself. With today’s technology -----------------------------------------------------------------
Jean-Christophe Bouvet est un comédien français connu pour avoir joué
Après avoir étudié la linguistique, la sémiologie, la psychanalyse et Jean-Christophe Bouvet a accordé une interview à ÉCU sur son parcours et sa vision du cinéma d’auteur et du cinéma commercial. 1) Vous avez tourné dans des film commerciaux et indépendants, qu’est ce que vous préférez?
«Quand nous jouons dans des films commerciaux, nous sommes payés pour
On peut être intellectuel et artiste. A Londres, être intellectuel
Son plus grand fantasme était de monter les marches à Cannes, choses
2) Quelle est la complexité à jouer dans un film d’auteur qu’on ne retrouve pas dans un film commercial?
3) Beaucoup pensent que le cinéma indépendant est un ghetto
4) Tourner avec quelqu’un comme Jean-Luc Godard, cela faisait partie de vos «rêves»?
5) Quel conseil donneriez-vous aux jeunes réalisateurs qui espèrent percer dans le cinéma indépendant?
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Hillier Scott
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Scott Hillier, Founder and President of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival
Scott Hillier is a director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, based in Paris, France. In the last 20 years, Hillier has gained international recognition from his strong and incredible cinematography, editing, writing, producing and directing portfolio in both the television and film industries.
Scott began his career in the television industry in Australia. In 1988, he moved to London getting a job with the BBC who then set him to Baghdad. This opportunity led him to 10 years of traveling around world for the BBC, mainly in war zones like Somalia, Bosnia, Tchetcheynia, Kashmir, and Lebanon. After a near fatal encounter with a Russian bomber in Tchechnyia, Hillier gave up his war coverage and began in a new direction.
He moved to New York City in 1998. He directed and photographed eight one-hour documentaries for National Geographic and The Discovery Channel. Based on his war knowledge and experience, Hillier wrote and directed a short film titled, “Behind the Eyes of War!" The film was awarded “Best Short Dramatic Film” at the New York Independent Film and TV Festival in 1999. From that he served as Supervising Producer and Director for the critically acclaimed CBS 42 part reality series, "The Bravest” in 2002 and wrote and directed a stage play called, "Deadman’s Mai l," which ran at Le Théâtre du Moulin de la Galette in Paris during the summer of 2004. He then became the Director of Photography on a documentary titled, “Twin Towers." This was yet another life changing experience for Hillier. The riveting documentary won an Academy Award for "Best Documentary Short Subject" in 2003. In 2004, Hillier changed continents again, spending three months in Ethiopia. He produced “Worlds Apart,” a pilot for ABC America / True Entertainment / Endemol. As you can see, Hillier was and is always in constant movement and enjoys working in a number of diverse creative areas including documentaries, music videos, commercials, feature and short films.
Scott studied film at New York University and The London Film and Television School. He also studied literary non-fiction writing at Columbia University. Hillier's regular clients include the BBC, Microsoft, ABC, PBS and National Geographic. Between filming assignments, he used to teach film, a Masters Degree course in Screenwriting at the Eicar International Film School in Paris, France and journalism at the Formation des Journalistes Français in Paris, France.
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