François Porcile

His filmography covers many themes, from history (Vents d'est, vents d'ouest; Mise à mort d'une république; Propaganda - L'image et son pouvoir), to visual arts (Élie Faure ou l'esprit des formes; André Derain thèmes et variations) including photography (Le Paris de Robert Doisneau), cinema (Émile Cohl image par image), literature (Itinéraire d'Alejo Carpentier) or various social facts (Quinze jours en août, l'embellie; Femmes de la mine; Les veilleurs du Val).

In addition, linking cinema and music, he made several portraits of composers including (Maurice Jaubert, Henri Dutilleux, Édith Canat de Chizy, Louis Durey, Betsy Jolas) and interpreters (Frédéric Lodéon and Benoît Thivel).

For FR3 or Arte he filmed a series of concerts (Nocturne, 40 programs conceived by Dominique Jameux), two operas (L'Heure espagnole by Maurice Ravel and La clemenza di Tito by Christoph Willibald Gluck) as well as a ballet by Josef Nadj (La Mort de l'empereur).

Several of his films have been awarded (Colombo Festival in 1974, Besançon festival in 1986) as well as several of his musicographies including the Prix Armand Tallier in 1972 for Maurice Jaubert, musicien populaire ou maudit le prix du Syndicat de la critique in 2001 and of the Académie Charles Cros in 2002 for Les conflits de la musique française 1940-1965 and another prize of the Académie Charles Cros for Maurice Ohana, co-written with Édith Canat de Chizy (2005).

At the request of the Arte channel, he completed the reconstruction of original scores composed for silent films, including The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna by Hanns Schwarz, Maldone by Jean Grémillon and Carmen by Jacques Feyder.