Pierre Perrault

Director | Writer

Date of birth : 06/29/1927

Date of death : 06/23/1999

City of birth : Montréal, Québec, Canada

Born in Montreal, Québec, Pierre Perrault went to law school before turning is attention to the cinema. Concerned more by real life then fiction, he makes movies in the 'cinéma direct' style. He filmed real people in real life situations listening to what they have to say and looking at how they do things. He is also a poet and a writer.