Jean-Michel Bouhours
Experimental filmmaker, Jean-Michel Bouhours (born 1956) is the author of some thirty films since 1975. Former chief curator, in charge of the Cinema Department at the Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou (1992-2003), chief curator in the Modern Art Department (2008-2013) then head of the Modern Art Department (2013-2016); director of the Nouveau Musée national de Monaco between 2003 and 2008. In the field of experimental cinema, author of the books: L'Âge d'or : Correspondance Luis Buñuel-Charles de Noailles (with Nathalie Schoeller), Cahiers du MNAM, Centre Pompidou, 1993; Man Ray, directeur du mauvais movies (with Patrick de Haas), Centre Pompidou, 1996; Michel Nedjar : Tout est poupée. Conversations avec Jean-Michel Bouhours, Buchet-Chastel, 2021; José Antonio Sistiaga : De Rerum Natura, Kutxa Fundaxioa, 2022.
2025
bilingual edition (English / French)
Light Cone
forthcoming
An anthology of texts by Jean-Michel Bouhours on photographer and filmmaker Paolo Gioli, a key figure in the Italian avant-garde of the 1970s.
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Documents
JRP|Editions - Documents (co-edition Les presses du réel)
A journey through pivotal moments of the history of experimental cinema.