Jean-Claude Brisseau

JeanClaude Brisseau 17 July 1944 11 May 2019 was a French filmmaker best known for his 2002 film Secret Things Choses Secrètes and his 2006 film The Exterminating Angels Les Anges exterminateurs His film Céline was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival At the Cannes Film Festival he was awarded the France Culture Award in 2003 for Secret Things in 1988 he was awarded the Special Award for the Youth In 2002 Brisseau was arrested on charges of sexual harassment after three women came forward accusing him of cajoling them into performing sexual acts on camera by promising them a film role He was eventually found guilty fined and given a suspended oneyear prison sentence Brisseau made a semiautobiographical film in 2006 about this incident Les Anges Exterminateurs He was formerly a professor at La Fémis in Paris Brisseau died in Paris on 11 May 2019 at the age of 74 Description above from the Wikipedia article JeanClaude Brisseau licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia