Jean-Daniel Simon

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Film director, Actor, Screenwriter
Principal country concerned : Column : Theater, Cinema/tv

French film director, actor and screenwriter.

Jean-Daniel SIMON is a director, actor and screenwriter.

He is known for "Camp de Thiaroye" (1987, Actor).

Born in 1942 in Salon-de-Provence, he died in Aulnay-sous-Bois (Paris, France), on February 3, 2021, at the age of 79.
The last ten years of his life he lived in Dakar, Senegal.

He is co-founder of the Society of Film Directors (SRF) and of the Directors' Fortnight (Cannes FilmFest).
He had been one of the instigators of the Visions sociales film festival (Cannes).

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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