Jean Luc Ormières

Biography

Jean-Luc ORMIERES shares his time between his Production activities, his activities as European film consultant, and his activities in the international development of the VoD portal of the French independent cinema Universcine.com. He has produced over forty feature films as of today. His first feature, Rue Cases Nègres (Sugarcane Alley), won a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and went on to be honoured with the 1984 French Cesar for Best First Feature Film. He has been often represented in international festivals where his films were awarded several prizes. He dedicated a substantial part of his activities to first-time directors such as Euzhan PALCY (Sugar Cane Alley), Patricia MAZUY (Peaux de Vaches), DAI Si Jie (ChIna, my Sorrow), Yolande ZAUBERMAN (Moi Ivan, toi Abraham).