About

Known credits:
78
Birthday:
1943-06-23
Place of birth:
Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]
Website:
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Patrick Bokanowski

Overview

Patrick Bokanowski is a French filmmalker who makes experimental and animated films.

The film The Angel (1982) is his most prominent, fascinating, and obsessive work. It is accompanied by a soundtrack made by his wife, Michèle Bokanowski, and released during 2003 on a CD album by the label trAace under the title L'Ange.

Bokanowski develops work between the traditional cinematographic genres: short film, experimental film, and animation. His manner of treating filmic material is his research at the frontier of optical and visual arts, always in an "in-between" to create. He calls into question the idea that cinema's essence should be to reproduce reality, that is, our habits of thinking and feeling. His films contradict the "objectivity" of photography that is solidly essential to most of the global film productions. Bokanowski's experiments, with the aim of opening cinema to other expressive possibilities – for example the "warping" of objective lenses (though he prefers the term "subjective") – testify to purely mental visions that ignore conventional representations, affecting reality, transforming, and giving the viewer of his films new perceptual adventures.

According to Raphaël Bassan, in his article «L'Ange: Un météore dans le ciel de l'animation,» Patrick Bokanowski's work can be considered the beginnings of contemporary animation.

Known for

Acting
2017 Patrick Bokanowski - Genesis of 'Un rêve solaire' Actor 59
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2017 Patrick Bokanowski : visite à l'atelier Actor Himself 59
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2016 A Solar Dream Actor 59
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2003 Paroles d'artistes Actor Self N/A
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2002 Le Canard à l'orange Actor The Woman 59
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1977 A Creator of the Imaginary: Patrick Bokanowski - Short Film Actor Patrick Bokanowski 59
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1975 A Creator of the Imaginary: Patrick Bokanowski - Hieroglyphs Actor Patrick Bokanowski 59
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Directing
2024 Beyond Directing Director N/A
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2022 Réminiscence Directing Director 59
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2021 Hum Drum Directing Director 59
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2021 Une visite au musée Directing Director 59
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2020 Vers Syracuse Directing Director 59
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2018 L'indomptable Directing Director 59
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2018 Soar Directing Director 59
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2016 A Solar Dream Directing Director 59
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2014 Un rêve Directing Director 59
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2008 Solar Beats Directing Director 59
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2003 The Waking Dream Directing Director 59
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2002 Le Canard à l'orange Directing Director 59
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2002 Éclats d'Orphée Directing Director 59
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1998 Flammes Directing Director 59
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1994 By the Lake Directing Director 59
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1992 The Beach Directing Director 59
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1984 The Role of Chance Directing Director 59
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1982 The Angel Directing Director 59
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1974 Breakfast Directing Director 59
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1972 The Woman Who Powders Herself Directing Director 59
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1968 Little Rootie Tooti Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2021 Hum Drum Writing Writer 59
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2021 Hum Drum Writing Screenplay 59
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2021 Une visite au musée Writing Writer 59
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2021 Une visite au musée Writing Screenplay 59
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2020 Vers Syracuse Writing Screenplay 59
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2020 Vers Syracuse Writing Writer 59
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2018 L'indomptable Writing Writer 59
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2018 L'indomptable Writing Screenplay 59
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2018 Soar Writing Screenplay 59
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2018 Soar Writing Writer 59
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2016 A Solar Dream Writing Screenplay 59
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2016 A Solar Dream Writing Writer 59
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2014 Un rêve Writing Screenplay 59
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2014 Un rêve Writing Writer 59
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2008 Solar Beats Writing Screenplay 59
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2008 Solar Beats Writing Writer 59
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2003 The Waking Dream Writing Screenplay 59
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2003 The Waking Dream Writing Writer 59
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2002 Le Canard à l'orange Writing Screenplay 59
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2002 Le Canard à l'orange Writing Writer 59
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2002 Éclats d'Orphée Writing Screenplay 59
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2002 Éclats d'Orphée Writing Writer 59
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1998 Flammes Writing Screenplay 59
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1998 Flammes Writing Writer 59
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1994 By the Lake Writing Screenplay 59
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1994 By the Lake Writing Writer 59
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1992 The Beach Writing Screenplay 59
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1992 The Beach Writing Writer 59
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1984 The Role of Chance Writing Screenplay 59
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1984 The Role of Chance Writing Writer 59
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1982 The Angel Writing Writer 59
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1982 The Angel Writing Screenplay 59
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1974 Breakfast Writing Writer 59
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1974 Breakfast Writing Screenplay 59
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1972 The Woman Who Powders Herself Writing Screenplay 59
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1972 The Woman Who Powders Herself Writing Writer 59
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Production
2021 Hum Drum Production Delegated Producer 59
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2020 Vers Syracuse Production Producer 59
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Art
1982 The Angel Art Production Design 59
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Camera
2016 A Solar Dream Camera Director of Photography 59
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1982 The Angel Camera Director of Photography 59
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Crew
2018 Soar Crew Cinematography 59
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1994 By the Lake Crew Special Effects 59
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Editing
2021 Hum Drum Editing Editor 59
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2016 A Solar Dream Editing Editor 59
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1982 The Angel Editing Editor 59
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1974 Breakfast Editing Editor 59
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1972 The Woman Who Powders Herself Editing Editor 59
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Visual Effects
2021 Hum Drum Visual Effects Special Effects Supervisor 59
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1992 The Beach Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
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