Thomas Bourguignon
Thomas Bourguignon is a French producer [1]. He produced the TV series Baron noir[2] broadcasted on Canal+
Education[edit]
Thomas Bourguignon studied in Sciences Po and in La Sorbonne at Paris. During his studies, he published his first articles in the cinema magazine Positif.
Career[edit]
Film critic[edit]
In 1993, Thomas Bourguignon joined the redaction comity of "Positif" next to Michel Ciment. He dedicated interviews and articles to American and Asiatic cinemas (Stanley Kubrick[3][4][5][6], David Lynch[7], Tim Burton[8], Cohen Brothers[9], Akira Kurosawa[10], Edward Yang[11]...). He participated to several publications about cinema : Paris-Rome: 50 ans de cinéma franco-italien (Ed. de la Marinière, 1995), Kieslowski (Études cinématographiques, 1997), L'Amour du cinéma (Folio, 2002). In 1993, Gilles Jacob asked him to join his selection committee for the Cannes Film Festival. He worked for five years by his sides to select films for the sections "In Competition" and "Un Certain regard".
Screenwriter and director[edit]
In 2009, Thomas Bourguignon wrote and directed Words of Love[12] with Michel Vuillermoz and Clotilde Courau, film which was selected at the Montreal Film Festival, the FIPA and the Banf Film Festival. He also wrote with Olivier Gorce, in 2010, Natural Selection, with Sam Karmann and Frédéric Diefenthal.
Producer[edit]
After working at the French television for 3 years, Thomas Bourguignon became producer at Alyzés Films in 1997 (Peur Blanche; Une femme piégée with Marion Cotillard, 2001). In 2009, he set up BB Films with Patrick Benedek and produced a lot of TV series and mini-series (Elodie Bradford, Les Tricheurs...) In 2007, he set up his own production company, Kwaï[13], which became part of FremantleMedia Group in 2015[14], and produced TV series Baron noir (2016) for Canal+ (2 seasons), Kim Kong (2017) [15] and Il Miracolo[16] (in coproduction with Wildside) for Arte. In 2017, he was in the jury of the festival "Series Mania" [17] [18]. In 2017, Kwaï was elected best French TV producer of the year.
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.europeanproducersclub.org/kwai?pg=1
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/11/arts/television/baron-noir-french-politics.html
- ↑ Thomas Bourguignon, Le Baiser du tueur : jeu de massacre, Positif, no 388, juin 1993, p. 6-7
- ↑ Thomas Bourguignon, À l'amour comme à la guerre : Spartacus, Positif, no 368, octobre 1991, p. 102-104
- ↑ Thomas Bourguignon, Dr Folamour, ou comment j'ai appris à ne plus m'en faire et à aimer la bombe. Fin de partie, fin du monde..., Positif, no 439, septembre 1997, p. 77-81
- ↑ Thomas Bourguignon, Orange mécanique. La très horrifique et très pitoyable histoire d'Alex l'ultra-violent, Positif, no 379, septembre 1992, p. 96-101
- ↑ Thomas Bourguignon, Edward aux mains d'argent, Positif, no 364, juin 1991
- ↑ Thomas Bourguignon, L'illusionniste et le visionnaire. Le cinéma des frères Coen, dans Positif, No 366, p. 56
- ↑ Thomas Bourguignon, L'illusionniste et le visionnaire. Le cinéma des frères Coen, dans Positif, No 366, p. 56
- ↑ Thomas Bourguignon, Kurosawa et l’Occident : le Meiji en cinéma, Positif, no 369, novembre 1991, p. 93-95
- ↑ Thomas Bourguignon, A brighter summer day, Positif, no 375-376, mai 1992, p. 65
- ↑ Des Mots d'Amour : Clotilde Courau dans un téléfilm sur la maladie d'Alzheimer [archive], Première
- ↑ www.kwai.tv/en/
- ↑ https://variety.com/2015/tv/global/fremantlemedia-takes-majority-stake-in-french-producer-kwai-1201608374/
- ↑ https://www.dwdl.de/madeineurope/62393/kim_kong_wie_funktioniert_kreativitt_unter_zwang/
- ↑ https://variety.com/2018/tv/festivals/on-the-spectrum-tops-2018-series-mania-1202800617/
- ↑ https://variety.com/2017/tv/festivals/fertile-crescent-wins-series-mania-coproduction-forum-1202391106/
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/your-honor-i-love-dick-take-top-prizes-at-series-mania-996595
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