Annie Tresgot (b. 1937, Saint-Mandé, Val de Marne, France) worked occasionally in film beginning in the 1950s when she directed Fabliau (1957). Her artistic short L’ange de l’abîme (1982) was nominated for a César for Best Short Documentary. In 1982 she shot two feature-length documentary biopics of Hollywood directing legends: Elia Kazan Outsider and Portrait d’un homme ‘à 60% parfait’: Billy Wilder. Six years later she came out with another documentary, this time a TV portrait of Kazan as a co-founder of the renowned method acting school, Hello Actors Studio (1988).
46. IFF Karlovy Vary
