Sound
Pierre Schaeffer
1910 · Nancy, France
19 films
Bio
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His innovative work in both the sciences—particularly communications and acoustics—and the various arts of music, literature and radio presentation after the end of World War II, as well as his anti-nuclear activism and cultural criticism garnered him widespread recognition in his lifetime.
Filmography
Antoine and Colette
Pierre Schaeffer
Love at Twenty
Himself (segment "Antoine et Colette")
Leonardo Da Vinci The Tragic Pursuit of Perfection
Music
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
Self (archive footage)
Sisters with Transistors
Self (archive footage)
Maskerage
Music
The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse
Self
Jours de mes années
Supervising Music Editor
Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World
Self - Composer (archive footage)
Animated Objects
Music
Run!
Music
I. You. They.
Producer