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Pierre-Yves Borgeaud is a Swiss film director. ==Biography== Born August 25, 1963 in Monthey, Switzerland, Pierre-Yves Borgeaud has a bachelor’s degree in arts at the Lausanne University in 1990, with a thesis about the influence of jazz on French writers (Paul Morand, Boris Vian, Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis-Ferdinand Céline). He has worked as an independent journalist, writing about music and moving images in different media. He also played the drums in jazz and funk bands and worked as a music producer. In 1996, Pierre-Yves Borgeaud is studying at the New York University and obtains a certificate at the dpt. of Film, Video & Broadcasting. Since 97, he’s working on documentaries and music videos, especially for the ECM label in Germany. He also participates to a video installation workshop at the Film/Video Arts, New York. In 1998, he becomes one of the Swiss pioneers of VJing,〔''(Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, vidéaste en liberté )'', an article (in French) about Borgeaud's video work by Antoine Duplan, published in L'Hebdo, February 26, 2004〕 presenting live performances with musicians like (Pierre Audétat ), Christy Doran, Nils Petter Molvaer or Don Li (composer/musician). Director, producer, and interdisciplinary artist, Borgeaud founded Momentum Production in 1999. In 2000, he receives the price "Young artist" in video awarded by a council of the arts in Switzerland. In 2003, his first long feature ''iXieme: diary of a prisoner'' is awarded with the Golden Leopard in Video at the Locarno International Film Festival.〔(A review about iXieme: diary of a prisoner in Variety Magazine ), August 25, 2003.〕 In 2004, the short film ''Interface'' is nominated for the best Swiss short film. In 2008, his film ''Return to Goree'', with Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour, is distributed and awarded worldwide.〔(A review of ''Youssou N'Dour: Return to Goree'' in the San Francisco Chronicle ), September 19, 2008〕 Best Documentary at the 16th Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles. In 2013, Pierre-Yves Borgeaud's new long feature documentary, ''(Viramundo )'' with Brazilian singer, composer and icon Gilberto Gil is presented for the world premiere at the Visions du Réel Film Festival in Nyon and distributed worldwide. The film also inaugurates the (T.I.D.E. Experiment ) for pan-European and multi-support releases.〔''(TIDE to “day-and-date” release Gilberto Gil doc in ten countries )'', SCREEN Daily, 27 February 2013, by Melanie Goodfellow〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pierre-Yves Borgeaud」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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