Jean-François Millier
Jean-François Millier (born October 14, 1944 in Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d'Uzet , Charente-Maritime , † December 3, 2007 in Paris ), was a French cultural manager .
After studying literature and training at the theater, he began his professional career as assistant to the director Henri Colpi . In 1969 he became the manager of the first permanent French company dedicated to contemporary dance, the Compagnie Félix Blaska . In 1974, parallel to the theater festival there, he initiated a music and chanson festival in Avignon .
He then worked as a producer and organizer, among others for Léo Ferré , Claude Nougaro , Jacques Higelin and Bernard Lavilliers . From 1980 to 1984 he was director of the Théâtre du Palais des glaces in Paris. In the following years he organized a large number of French and international events for the French Ministry of Culture. On his own account he organized the Marché international des arts du spectacle (international market for the performing arts), MARS, in La Villette .
In addition, he worked from 1994 to 1998 as a professor for European cultural management at the University of Paris-VIII.
From 2001 he also organized meetings on the subject of architecture. His last major project was the first Biennale in Saint-Étienne in 2006 .
The daily Le Monde honors him as a personality of French culture, a man of renewal and reflection on the democratization of culture ( figure du milieu culturel français, homme d'innovation et de reflexion sur la démocratisation de la culture )
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- ^ Véronique Mortaigne in Le Monde, December 13, 2007, page 23
Web links
- On the death of Jean-François Millier , (Décès de Jean-François Millier) ( French )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Millier, Jean-François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cultural manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d'Uzet , Charente-Maritime department |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 2007 |
| Place of death | Paris |