Pascal Auger

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1955-10-03 (69 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Pascal Auger

Biography

Pascal Auger is a French film and video artist. After having followed the courses of the philosopher Gilles Deleuze, at the University of Vincennes, then at Saint-Denis, from 1975 to 1987, he was a lecturer in this faculty for two years, from 1980 to 1982. He then worked with Deleuze1 on experimental cinema and the notion of any space, as developed by Deleuze in L'Image-movement. In 1991, he was awarded a prize at the Madrid Contemporary Art Fair (ARCO). In 1996, he was awarded a prize at Villa Kujoyama in Japan, where he met the writer Jean-Philippe Toussaint and the Spanish composer José Manuel López López. Two artists with whom he collaborates several times thereafter. From 1975 onwards, he made "experimental" films, influenced by American structural cinema. In 1977, he participated in Melba4, an avant-garde film magazine. In 1996, he turned to video art and made documentaries on artists such as the poet Michel Bulteau, the writers Dominique Noguez and Jean-Philippe Toussaint or the dancer Didier Théron.

Known For

Director

1987
Juste avant midi

as Director

1984
1981
Chronique Atopique

as Director

1981
Jaune et bleu

as Director

1978
La Petite Fille

as Director

1978
Evry

as Director

1978
Andy W

as Director

1976
Intermidanse

as Director

1976
Couleurs Kaduk

as Director

1976
Expérimentations

as Director

Actor

1977
Melba Film Coop

as Himself