Directing

Éric Duvivier

Born — Died

1928-10-31 — 2013-12-30

Place of birth

Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

12 titles

Eric Duvivier was a French filmmaker and psychiatrist known for his medical documentaries and collaborations with the pharmaceutical industry. Born in Paris, he pursued a career in medicine, specializing in psychiatry, and simultaneously developed an interest in filmmaking. Duvivier directed several educational films aimed at medical professionals and the public, focusing on psychiatric conditions and treatments. His notable works include Le Psychodrame (1961), which explores psychodrama therapy, and La Schizophrénie (1965), a documentary on schizophrenia. Duvivier's films are recognized for their informative content and compassionate portrayal of mental health issues.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

The Woman with 100 Heads poster
6.7

Surrealist short film of images viewed to a surrealist poem by Max Ernst.

The Woman with 100 Heads

1968

Auto-stop – Les cinq grandes constitutions psychopathiques poster
NR

A presentation of the five major psychopathic personality types: the cyclothymic, the perverse, the mythomaniac, the paranoid, and the emotional.

Auto-stop – Les cinq grandes constitutions psychopathiques

1964

Le Monde du nouveau-né poster
NR

A subjective representation of an infant’s experience, from the womb to first steps

Le Monde du nouveau-né

1965

Autoportrait d’un schizophrène poster
5.3

A document of the mental universe of a schizophrenic. Starring Pierre Clémenti.

Autoportrait d’un schizophrène

1977

The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown poster
5.3

A very personal interpretation, to say the least, of the passion of the Christ According to St. John.

The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown

1974

Mechanical Concerto for Madness or Mad Mechanomorphosis poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mechanical Concerto for Madness or Mad Mechanomorphosis

1963

Ballet on a Paraphrenic Topic poster
NR

Egon Bondy (Zbyněk Fišer) was a poet, philosopher, Marxist, and important figure in 20th-century history. This well-known Prague prominent, who in his heyday famously lived on Nerudova Street, is noted for having led a double life: serving as an informant and frequent collaborator for the state police while also maintaining his position as an influential personality in the Czechoslovak underground. His legacy still carries with it a number of ambiguities, controversies, and prejudices. Some still demand he be condemned for his “ratting on the righteous.” Others stress the importance of his philosophical work, despite his seditious existence. The image of Egon Bondy in this documentary gives a playful nod to this ambivalent interpretation. Creators are frequently attracted to his powerful personality and still work to understand his complex worldview.

Ballet on a Paraphrenic Topic

1962

The World of the Schizophrenic poster
5.0

A depiction of the schizophrenic condition, this film attempts to reconstruct, objectively and subjectively, the images and sounds experienced by the schizophrenic.

The World of the Schizophrenic

1961

Images of the Visionary World poster
6.0

On the mental images produced by those subject to certain psychotropic substances.

Images of the Visionary World

1963

No artwork available
6.4

A short film which explores various paintings from mental patients.

Images of Madness

1950

Phobie d'impulsion poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Phobie d'impulsion

1967