PIERRE-ANDRÉ BOUTANG

DIRECTING

Pierre-André Boutang, born March 25, 1937, in Paris and died August 20, 2008, in Grosseto-Prugna, Corsica, was a French documentary filmmaker, producer, and director. He was one of the directors of the Franco-German channel Arte, after previously being one of the directors of La Sept.

A major figure in French television, Pierre-André Boutang, producer, director, programmer, and interviewer, knew how to combine intelligence and a broad audience through films and documentary series for ORTF since the 1960s.