French Society of Cinematographers
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Founder | Henri Alekan, Raoul Coutard, , Pierre-William Glenn, |
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Type | Association loi de 1901 |
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Key people | Co-Presidents Nathalie Durand, Laurent Chalet, Vincent Mathias Vice-Presidents Richard Andry, Philippe Van Leeuw General Secretary Vincent Jeannot |
The French Society of Cinematographers (French: Association française des directeurs de la photographie cinématographique), or the AFC[1] for short, is France's foremost professional organization of French cinematographers. Founded in 1990 by Henri Alekan, Raoul Coutard, , Pierre-William Glenn, and , who were soon joined by Eduardo Serra, Pierre Lhomme, and , the AFC today has over one hundred members.
The AFC receives financial support from the Centre national de la cinématographie, and is a co-founder of Imago,[2] The European Federation of Cinematographers.
Its headquarters are located at 8, in the 18e arrondissement of Paris, next to the cinema academy.
Members of the Board of Directors for 2019[]
- President: Gilles Porte
- Vice-Presidents: Richard Andry, Caroline Champetier, Éric Guichard
- General Secretary: Nathalie Durand
- Secretary: Vincent Jeannot
- Treasurer: Michel Abramowicz
- Vice-Treasurer: Jean-Marie Dreujou
Activities[]
- The AFC publishes a journal entitled Lumières.
- The AFC drew up the Charte de l'image
- The AFC partners with French manufactures of cinematographic equipment.
- Every year, the AFC hosts its annual trade fair, the Micro Salon, in Paris, where equipment manufacturers, service providers, and users gather to discuss cinematographic innovations.
- Every year, the AFC hosts the Journées AFC de la Postproduction
- The AFC participates in the Cannes Film Festival, and organizes professional events on an international scale at its stand, the Pavillon de l'Image.
- The AFC publishes original interviews granted by cinematographers whose films have been selected by the Festival.
- The AFC publishes its monthly la AFC Newsletter.
- The AFC has created and maintains Le CinéDico, a thematic multilingual dictionary for cinematographic and audiovisual terminology, with translations in French, English, German, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Russian.
Notes[]
- ^ Following in the model of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), the official abbreviations of cinematographers' professional associations are often composed of 3 letters, the last of which is "C", as in the English word Cinematographer: British Society of Cinematographers (BSC), (AIC), etc. Therefore, the AFC writes its full name as follows: Association Française des directeurs de la photographie Cinématographique.
- ^ Imago (The European Federation of Cinematographers)
External links[]
Categories:
- Cinema of Paris
- Cinematography organizations
- Film organizations in France
- Organizations based in Paris
- Film-related professional associations
- Film organization stubs