Olivier Père

Born in 1971 in Marseilles a French national Olivier Père graduated with a degree in Humanities from the University of Sorbonne Paris IV He joined the French Cinémathèque in 1995 and soon became in charge of the programme organizing numerous retrospectives and thematic seasons Alongside his work there in 1996 he began a longstanding collaboration with the Belfort Entrevues Film Festival for whom he organized retrospectives Since 1997 he has been writing for the cultural publication Les Inrockuptibles on film television and DVD Between 2004 and 2009 Olivier Père headed the Directors Fortnight independent section at the Cannes Film Festival organized by SRF Société des Réalisateurs de films From September 1 2009 until 2012 Olivier Père was the artistic director of the Festival del film Locarno In 2012 he became Managing Director of Arte France Cinéma a subsidiary of Arte France Source Article Olivier Père from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30