Jean-Pierre Gorin

Biography

Jean-Pierre Gorin (born 17 April 1943) is a French filmmaker and professor, best known for his work with Nouvelle Vague luminary Jean-Luc Godard, during what is often referred to as Godard's "radical" period. Jean-Pierre Gorin was a student of Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault and Jacques Lacan. He was a radical leftist well before meeting Godard in 1966. Godard relied on some of his discussions with Gorin while writing the script of 1967's La Chinoise. Gorin played a role in making Le Gai Savoir, which was released in 1969. In 1968, Gorin and Godard founded the collective Dziga Vertov Group and together produced a series of overtly political films including Vent d'est (1970), Tout va bien (1972), and Letter to Jane (1972).

Directed

1. Tout Va Bien (1972) — Director
2. Wind from the East (1970) — Director
3. Struggle in Italy (1971) — Director
4. Vladimir and Rosa (1971) — Director
5. Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1974) — Director
6. Routine Pleasures (1986) — Director
7. Cinétracts (1968) — Director
8. Poto and Cabengo (1980) — Director
9. My Crasy Life (1992) — Director
10. Letter to Peter (1992) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Vladimir and Rosa (1971) — Karl Rosa (uncredited)
2. Godard Cinema (2023) — Self (archive footage)
3. Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1974) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
4. Routine Pleasures (1986) — Self
5. Poto and Cabengo (1980) — Narrator (voice)
6. My Conversations on Film (2013) — Himself
7. Godard in America (1970) — Self
8. Milagrez (2008) — Self
9. A Weekend at the Beach (2015) — Self
10. Jean-Pierre Gorin, encore un effort pour être cinématonné (2014) — self