Jackie Raynal

Jackie Raynal

Born 1940-10-20 (age 85) Poilhes, France
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Biography

Jacky Raynal is French directress, actress and film editor. She's born in 1940 near Montpellier. The film maker has a diploma in Linguistics. In the early 60's, already a photographer, young Jacky Raynal starts working in the field of cinema. She's assistent film editor for the documentarys of G. Patriss and F. Vienne. After that, she edits the first films of E. Rohmer. In 1965 J. Raynal gets the license of senior film editor for feature films in CNC (National Cinema Center). Now she's working with the film directors of the New Wave. She edits all of the skecthes of Six in Paris, directed by Jean Douchet, Jean Rouch, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol. Jacky Raynal continues to work in editing till the end of 70's.

In 1968, with S. Boissonas and O. Mosset, she's the founder of the Zanzibar group. She works with Philippe Garrel, Serge Bard, Daniel Pommereulle, Alain Jouffroy and Patrick Deval. J. Raynal shoots her first feature film Two Times in Barcelona. In 1972, the movie wins the Grand Prix in the Festival of Hyères/Toulon. At that time she's already living in New York. There, between 1975 and 1992, she's responsible for the programs of Carnegie Hall Cinema and Bleeker Street Cinema. She shows there numerous independent international films. Her job in New York is appreciated by F. Truffaut (he compares it with the French Cinematheque) and awarded twice by the Village Voice in 1981 and 1991.

J. Raynal directs New York Story (Grand Prix in Melbourne) and Hotel New York. In the same time, she plays in several movies, organises numerous international cinema festivals, like Colombian Film Festival, Israel Film Festival or Avignon Film Festival. From 1973 to 1986, with Sid Geffen, they're publishing the independent international cinema review 1000 Eyes Magazine.

From 2000, Jacky Raynal directs numerous documentarys, like Notes on Jonas Mekas (2000) or Eric Rohmer, the Film Maker (2010).

In 2010, Jacky Raynal is rewarded for her work in arts the Légion d'Honneur (Knight in the Order Arts and Letters).

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Known For

Two Rémi, Two
Two Rémi, Two

2015

as Esther Pardon

Trap
Trap

1970

as La femme torturée

Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse

1958

as Dancer (uncredited)

La Collectionneuse
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York

2014

as Dinner Guest

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Naughty Boys

1984

as Femme Fatale

Acéphale
Deux fois
Cinématon
Cinématon

1978

as N°110 / N°2929

The Big Departure
The Big Departure

1972

as Sterling Hayden's Wife

La Fille oblique
Hotel New York
Hotel New York

1984

as Loulou

Freak Orlando
Freak Orlando

1981

as Siamesischr Zwiling Leni un Bunny

Eyes Find Eyes
L'homme qui part
L'homme qui part

2020

as La mère

Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

2011

as Herself (archive footage)

A Woman Kills
A Woman Kills

1968

as Angèle

Jupiter
Jupiter

1971

as Hippie