Trivia for Jean-Luc Groudiard

His father was a doctor and his mother was a psychologist. Ironically, psychology and anatomy usually are symbolic themes in his films.

He has directed films in France, China and the United States.

He has directed his early shorts, Frisson (1978) and I Am The Elephant Man (1981) on original Super8 cameras.

His favorite movies of all time are Il Gattopardo (1963), The Red Shoes (1948) and Black Narcissus (1947).

His directorial debut, Frisson (1978), took eight years to make because of the practicality in the set-ups, the gore effects, the actors and the locations.

Considers films as the same medium as the art form of painting.

It took eight years before he could finish Frisson (1978), because he had never directed a full length feature before and did not work professional.

His last official feature length film was released in 2006. Since that time, has only directed a couple of documentaries and has appeared as himself in some.

He never writes screenplays. He bases the structure of scenes on compositions and sketches that he has drawn.