Georges Gachot
Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, Georges Gachot is a French-Swiss filmmaker. He started his career working in film production for commercials and as a sound assistant. Subsequently, he was commissioned by the music label Naxos and by various European TV channels to direct films that portray musicians, composers, and performers. In 1996 he began producing and directing his own films. Gachot received the prestigious "Prix Italia" in 2002 for his portrait of the Argentinean pianist Martha Argerich, Evening Talks, and, in 2005, shots the first of a trilogy of films about Brazilian music, Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume. He became a true enthusiast and specialist in the latter and went on to film two more feature length documentaries, Rio Sonata (2010) and O Samba (2014). Between 1996 and 2012, he also directed five feature length documentaries about Cambodia. Gachot's latest project is Where are you, João Gilberto? (2018).
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Where are you, João Gilberto?
Where are you, João Gilberto? is a feature-length documentary adapted from the book Hobalala by the German journalist and writer Marc Fischer. In his book, originally written in German, Fischer tells of his compulsive search for the last great musical legend of our time, the Brazilian musician João Gilberto. The creator of Bossa Nova, and a figure of modern popular music mythology, Gilberto has...
Where are you, João Gilberto?
Where are you, João Gilberto? is a feature-length documentary adapted from the book Hobalala by the German journalist and writer Marc Fischer. In his book, originally written in German, Fischer tells of his compulsive search for the last great musical legend of our time, the Brazilian musician João Gilberto. The creator of Bossa Nova, and a figure of modern popular music mythology, Gilberto has...
