Éric Duvivier

Éric Duvivier (1928-2018), Julien Duvivier's nephew, made around 700 short films between 1950 and 1990, mostly financed by the pharmaceutical industry (Sandoz, Roche, LaGrange) and intended for the medical profession. He is known primarily for his numerous films on psychiatric themes (The World of the Schizophrenic, Ballet on a Paraphrenic Theme, Images of Madness), but also addressed all medical subjects, from endoscopic films to neurological disorders, from dermatology to the history of pathologies, from obstetrics to traumatology. With his production companies (Art et Science, ScienceFilm), he established fruitful collaborations with industry, specialists in the medical field, but also artists such as Henri Michaux (Images du monde visionnaire), talented actors such as Pierre Clementi, and produced films by filmmakers such as Jean-Daniel Pollet (L’ordre) or Marcel Hanoun (Le huitième jour). His experimental work led him to be hired as a “lighting advisor” on the unfinished film L’Enfer by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Duvivier’s colossal work, elements of which are today preserved in the vaults of Image’Est, and are partly available on the Canal-U platform and thanks to the Medfilm project.