JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BERJON

Artistic Director Semaine de la Critique, France

 Previously actor and theater director (Topor, Ionesco…), Jean-Christophe Berjon was a teacher at the performing school Le Cours Florent (Paris) before becoming one of its supervisors from 1998 to 2000. Meanwhile, he had been the editor of Les Fiches du Cinéma and L’Annuel du Cinéma from 1997 to 2005. He collaborates with several publications (Avant-Scène Cinéma, Virgin Hebdo, Télérama…) and has been part of radio and TV shows such as Le Cercle on Canal + TV channel since 2005. He directed a documentary about Mexican cinema, produced in 2008 by Canal+. Former General Secretary of the French Union of Film Critics, he became the Semaine de la Critique’s Artistic Director from 2004 till 2011. In addition, he was the Artistic Director of the Biarritz Latin American Film Festival from 2008 till 2010, and an International Assessor for the Morelia Film Festival (Mexico) since 2005.