About
Born in France in 1974, Jean-Gabriel Périot never went to film school but studied media and communication. While working in the audiovisual service at Centre Georges Pompidou, he turned to editing and got introduced to archives. This new medium turned out to be for him a never-ending material allowing for the elaboration of new visual narratives. His approach to editing mainly questions violence and history from film and photographic archives. He directed many short films bordering on documentary, fiction and experimental cinema, as well as longer formats.
Filmography
A Life, A Manifesto2026 · Director
Facing Darkness2024 · Writer, Director, Editor
All Effort of Men2022 · Editor, Screenplay, Director
Returning to Reims2022 · Director, Screenplay
Our Defeats2019 · Director, Editor
There Is Joy in This Struggle2018 · Script, Editor, Director
Song for the Jungle2018 · Director
Summer Lights2016 · Director, Writer, Editor
Même le vent semble pleurer2016 · Writer, Director
Un autre jour en France2016 · Director
Nous2016 · Director, Editor
A German Youth2015 · Director
Poor Little White Girls2015 · Director, Editor
We Are Become Death2014 · Director
Si jamais nous devons disparaître ce sera sans inquiétude mais en combattant jusqu'à la fin2014 · Director, Writer
The Day has Conquered the Night2013 · Director, Writer, Editor
Our Days, Absolutely, Have to Be Enlightened2012 · Director
The Devil2012 · Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
#672012 · Director
Looking at the dead2011 · Director