François Reichenbach is a French scenario writer born the July 3rd 1921 and deceased the February 2nd 1993. Born in 1921 in an easy family from industrialists and business men, cousin of the producer of cinema Pierre Braunberger, nephew of the collector Jacques Guerin and the painter Jean Guerin, François Reichenbach, him even art lover and collector, began as commission agents from tables to the the United States. To beginning of the year 50 it launched out in the realization of documentary films devoted to personalities or impressions felt during its walks or of its many voyages throughout the world. It thus carried out portraits of the scenario writer Orson Welles, musicians Yehudi Menuhin or Arthur Rubinstein, but also of the popular singers or singers like Johnny Halliday, Barbara, Mireille Mathieu, Vince Taylor, of the footballers Pelé or Pascal Olmeta, of the sculptor Arman, the guitarist Manitas de Plata, of the painter Dunoyer de Segonzac, of the leader Karajan, of the actress Brigitte Bardot…

Its first short films are the following:

• "Face of Paris " (1956) 9 min;

• " November with Paris " (1956) 9 min;
• " With the memory of the Rock'n'roll " (1962) 11 min (With Vince Taylor);
• " The Paris of the photographes" (1962) 13 min;
• " The Paris of the mannequins" (1962) 11 min;
• " The professor of piano" ((1965) 6 min;
• " Special Bardot " (1967) 47 min;
• " Gromaire " (1967) 11 min;
• " I greet you Paris " (1967) 10 min;
• " The Small Mexicain" Circus; (1975) 17 min;
• " Dunoyer de Segonzac " (1984) 11 min;
• " Birth of a Opera with the Bastille " (1983) 20 min…

François Reichenbach also turned of the documentary feature-length films relating to subjects of company like:

• "Impressions of New York " ,

• " the Indien" Summer;
• " Marines" (1957)
• " The America insolite" (1960)
• " A large heart like ça" (1962) The portrait of a Senegalese boxer.
• " The Softness of Village" (1964)
• " Mexico City, Mexico" (1968)
• " Thirteen Days in France" (1968) (with Claude Lelouch)
• " Love of the Life: Arthur Rubinstein" (1969)
• " Houston Texas " (1979)
• " Reason of the more fou" (1973), with Raymond Devos, Alice Sapritch, Paul Preboist, Paula Moore, Patrick PEN.
• " Truths and mensonges" Around Elmer de Hory, brilliant forger (with Orson Welles) (1973)
• " You hear the Dogs Aboyer' (1975)
• " Sex O' Clock, USA" (1976), on the sexual release in the United States
• " Houston Texas " (1980) On the topic of the capital punishment in the USA.
• " The Japan of François Reichenbach" (1983)
• " A passion mexicaine" …

Rewards

• It obtained a Oscar in Hollywood (1970) for " Love of the vie" , a film on Arthur Rubinstein; the Grand Prix of the short film to the Cannes festival for " The softness of the village" (1964). He was member of the jury of the Cannes festival 1965.
• a large heart as that gained the Prix Louis-Delluc and the Léopard of gold to the Festival of Locarno.