Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Jean-Pierre Sinapi (born January 28, 1949 in Cahors ) is a French film director.
Sinapi, son of an Italian immigrant family, came from a technical background and taught physics at the Lycée Diderot for five years before turning to writing. Pier Paolo Pasolini was one of his role models . His first attempt, La vallée des espoirs , had an autobiographical background and was adapted for television by Jean-Pierre Marchand in 1984.
He often works with Daniel Tonachella; since the mid-1980s he wrote several screenplays, for example for Ludo Sanders and La madonne et le dragon .
He first worked as a director in 1996 for Un arbre dans la tete . His film Uneasy Rider (Nationale 7) received the Panorama Audience Award at the 2000 Berlinale . Another well-known film directed by Sinapi is the Franco-German production Vivre me tue / Life kills me from 2002. Camping à la ferme followed in 2004 .
Filmography
- La vallée des espoirs (1989)
- Uneasy Rider (2000)
- Life kills me (2002)
- Long Live the Bomb (2006)
Web links
- Information and pictures
- Family backgrounds
- Jean-Pierre Sinapi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sinapi, Jean-Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cahors |