Gérard Courant

Gérard Courant is a French filmmaker writer actor poet and independent producer born on December 4 1951 in Lyon France He is the son of the writer and historian René Courant He is one of the most prolific filmmakers of cinema He created directed and produced Cinématon the longest film in the world over 200 hours long In all he has shot nearly 7000 filmed portraits and a very large number of other films more than 1000 since the mid1970s He has also published several books on cinema