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Catherine Poitevin

  • Catherine Poitevin
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Film director, Screenwriter, Director of photography (d.o.p.), Editor
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

French Film Editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and film director.

Catherine POITEVIN is a editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and director.
She is known for "North-South Conversation: Daney / Sanbar" (1993, CO-DIRECTOR, with Simone Bitton), "Rachel" (2009, EDITOR)," Wall (Mur)" (2004, EDITOR), "A summer in La Goulette" (1996, EDITOR with André Davanture), " Arthur Rimbaud - A biography" (1991, EDITOR),"Balles Perdues" (1983, EDITOR), "L'Inde fantôme" (1969, EDITOR).

Born in Cambodia, of French nationality, Catherine Poitevin studied at IDHEC (currently FEMIS). Since then she has been editing. After an initiation with Louis Malle on "Phantom India", she edited numerous documentary films: "Ben Barka, the Moroccan equation" and "Wall" by Simone Bitton; "Une Vie d'Arthur Rimbaud, Vie ou Théâtre" by Charlotte Salomon; "Le Che, journal de Bolivia" by Richard Dindo; "Once upon a time in Chechnya" by Nino Kirtaze, as well as "Those of Saint-Cyr" by Philippe Costantini.
She also edited numerous documentaries on contemporary music, as well as fiction films by Jean-Louis Comolli, René Allio, Robert Guédiguian, Férid Boughédir, Saad Chraïbi.
She shared the research of René Allio, author and producer of young talents.
In 2013, Catherine POITEVIN received a prize in London for a documentary made in prison on the possibilities of integration through initiation into the theater. She co-directed with Simone Bitton the film " North-South Conversation: Daney/Sanbar" (1993).
She has participated in numerous public aid commissions for documentaries. Catherine POITEVIN is President of the Institut de l'Image in Aix en Provence.

FILMOGRAPHY

Conversation Nord-Sud : Daney / Sanbar
Dir: Simone Bitton & Catherine Poitevin - France - 1993 | Documentary | 48 minutes | Betacam SP
* CO-DIRECTOR
* CO-SCREENWRITER

Ce qui nous arrive
Dir: Caroline Caccavale | France | 2011 | Documentary | 124 minutes | Beta numérique
* EDITOR

Les Yeux fermés
Dir: Clément Dorival, Christophe Pons | France | 2010 | Documentary | 59 minutes | DV Cam
* EDITOR

Mes deux seins, journal d'une guérison
Dir: Marie Mandy | France | 2010 | Documentary | 92 minutes | HDV
* EDITOR

La Tôle et la Peau
Dir: Claude Hirsch | France | 2010 | Documentary | 52 minutes | DV Cam
* EDITOR

Rachel
Dir: Simone Bitton - France | France | 2009 | Documentary | 100 minutes | Video
* EDITOR
* CINEMATOGRAPHER

Wall
Dir: Simone Bitton | France | 2004 | Documentary | 100 minutes | DV Cam
* EDITOR

Chili - Les héros sont fatigués
Dir: Marco Enríquez-Ominami | Chili, France | 2002 | Documentary | 51 minutes | DigiBeta
* EDITOR

Atash (SOIF / Thirst)
Dir: Saâd Chraïbi - Morocco/France - 2001 | Feature drama
* EDITOR

Ben Barka : l'équation marocaine
Dir: Simone Bitton | Belgium/France | 2001 | Documentary | 84 minutes | DigiBeta
* EDITOR

Il était une fois la Tchétchénie
Dir: Nino Kirtadzé | France | 2001 | Documentary | 57 minutes | Beta digital
* EDITOR


The Closed Doors (Les portes fermées)
Dir: Atef Hetata - Egypt, 1999 | Feature drama
* EDITOR

En ces temps incertains
Dir: Florence Lloret | France | 1999 | Documentary | 58 minutes | Betacam SP & DV Cam
* EDITOR

The Tree
Dir: Catherine Berge - 1998
* EDITOR

Photographie d'un camp
Dir: Linda Ferrer-Roca | France | 1997 | Documentary | 56 minutes | 16 mm
* EDITOR

L'Homme allumette
Dir: Judit Kele | Germany/Belgium/Hungary/France | 1996 | DOCU-FICTION | 57 minutes | Super 16 mm
* EDITOR

Un été à La Goulette
Dir: Férid Boughedir - France/Belgium/Tunisia - 1996 | Feature drama
* EDITOR (along with André Davanture)

La lumière des étoiles mortes
Dir: Charles Matton - France - 1994
* EDITOR

Ceux de Saint-Cyr
Dir: Philippe Costantini | France | 1994 | Documentary | 104 minutes | Super 16 mm
* EDITOR

Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Dir: Richard Dindo | Switzerland/France | 1994 | Documentary | 90 minutes | 35 mm
* EDITOR

Les Enfants illégitimes d'Anton Webern
Dir: Lilia Ollivier | France | 1993 | Documentary | 60 minutes | 16 mm
* EDITOR

La cabale des oursins
Dir: Luc Moullet | France | 1991 | Documentary | 17 minutes | 16 mm
* EDITOR

Arthur Rimbaud - Une biographie
Dir: Richard Dindo - France/Switzerland - 1991
* EDITOR

Rouge midi
Dir: Robert Guédiguian - France - 1985
* EDITOR

Balles perdues
Dir: Jean-Louis Comolli - France - 1983
* EDITOR

Histoire de Wahari
Dir: Jacques Monod & Vincent Blanchet - France & Venezuela - 1975 - Documentary - 1h09.
* EDITOR

L'Inde fantôme
Dir: Louis Malle (& Hema Malini) | France | 1968 | Doc | 354 minutes | 35 mm
* EDITOR

La Reprise du travail aux usines Wonder
Dir: Jacques Willemont | France | 1968 | Doc | 10 minutes
* EDITOR

Source :
* https://fidmarseille.org/personnalite/catherine-poitevin-2/
* www.cinelounge.org/Perso/61896/Catherine-Poitevin
* https://on-tenk.com/fr/documentaires/parole/conversation-nord-sud-daney-sanbar
* www.film-documentaire.fr/4DACTION/w_liste_generique/C_221_F#ancre_generique

Partners

  • Kenya : Arterial Network chapter
  • Kenya : Ketebul Music
  • Kenya : Studio Vista Network
  • Kenya : Kuona Trust
  • Kenya : The Theatre Company

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