Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 15, 1928
Died
Jan 04, 2015
Place of Birth
Camaret-sur-Mer
Credits
67 titles
René Vautier
Biography
René Vautier, born January 15, 1928 in Camaret-sur-Mer (Finistère) and died January 4, 2015 in Cancale (Ille-et-Vilaine), is a French director and screenwriter, communist and anticolonialist, particularly known for his film Have twenty years in the Aurès. Born to a factory worker father and a teacher mother, René Vautier carried out his first militant activity within the Resistance in Brittany in 1943, when he was fifteen years old, which earned him several decorations. He was decorated with the Croix de Guerre at the age of sixteen, responsible for the “youth” group of the René Madec clan, cited in the Order of the Nation by General Charles de Gaulle for acts of Resistance (1944). René Vautier joins the maquis in France then takes the IDHEC competition under the leadership of his comrades in combat. From then on, this fierce supporter of the Communist Party will never stop, camera in hand, campaigning in Algeria, Africa or Brittany in order to denounce the contradictions of the systems in place. If he spoke about social struggles in France (Quand tu dit Valery), the condition of women (Quand les Femmes ont la anger) or Africa (Afrique 50), René Vautier is best known for his commitment against the abuses of the French army during the Algerian War. Thus, Being 20 years old in the Aurès represents one of his major works. His work, specifies the Arab HUFFINGTON POST, is today part of the historical heritage of Algeria, where he is considered a Mujahid, understand an independence fighter. A rebellious and prolific filmmaker, René Vautier experienced the wrath of censorship on numerous occasions. Imprisonments, hunger strikes, but also numerous awards have regularly punctuated the career of this atypical activist artist.
Known For
Filmography
Une certaine histoire du cinéma expérimental français
Lui-même
Histoires d’images, images d’Histoire
Self
Carottage
self
Commune présence
(voice)
Mohamed Chouikh, Algérie mon Amour
Self
Algérie Tours Détours
Himself
The Law of Silence
Self
Antoine Bonfanti, sonic traces of an engaged listening
Self
René Vautier, le rebelle
Self
René Vautier, le maquisard à la caméra
Self
Remise du Collier de l'Hermine à René Vautier
himself
Entretien avec Pierre Clément
Director
The Battle of Production
Self
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Director of Photography
René Vautier, l'indomptable
himself
Hirochirac 1995
Director
Et le mot frère et le mot camarade
Director
Everything is Ahead
Mys et Thienot
Director
Lumières
L'animateur des Ciné Pops
Mission Pacifique
Director
Vous avez dit Français ?
Director
Ensemble, vivre et travailler
Director
Paris pour la paix
Director
À Propos De... L'autre Détail
Director
Guerre aux images en Algérie
Director
Tournevache
Director
Chateaubriand, mémoire vivante
Director
Briser le bâillon
Director
Fort Du Conquet Destruction of the Vautier Archives
Self
Déjà le sang de mai ensemençait novembre
Author
Le Dur Désir de dire
himself
Le Scorpion de Saint-Nazaire
Director
Marée noire, colère rouge
Director
Carte blanche à Gilles Servat
Director
Carte blanche à Glenmor
Director
Quand les femmes ont pris la colère
Director
Quand tu disais, Valéry
Director
Le poisson commande...
Director
Alan Stivell
Director
Frontline
Director
Four Days of a Partisan
Des goûts et des couleurs
Original Story
The Madwoman of Toujane
Himself
A Human Condition
Director
Le Remords
Himself
Immigration : Amiens
Director
Transmission d'expérience ouvrière
Director
La Caravelle
Director
To Be Twenty in the Aures
Director