François Gauducheau
François Gauducheau was born in Nantes. After studying Letters and spending a year as an aid worker in Africa, he moved to Paris and began documentary production at ORTF. From 1970 to 1980, he produced a number of films, including for the show “Le Jour du Seigneur”: France, Africa, India, Asia: the subjects are varied with strong social and human accents. At the start of the 80s, he joined the company Vidéo 44, which produces numerous institutional films, mainly for local communities. A few years later, he created GF. Production, his own company that enables him to both direct and to explore the world of documentaries once again. In 1997, he created the Association des Producteurs Audiovisuels de Pays de la Loire and sold his company to the group Her-bak. Since then, François Gauducheau has produced numerous documentaries for television. He works with regional production companies: Pois-chiche films, 24 Images, Odysséus Productions, Plan Large, Aligal, Aber images, etc. In 2008, with a few close friends he created a non-profit company, Primavista, which does testing, recording of artistic performances and short films with its own recording and editing equipment. Since July 2010, he has been a member of the board of directors of Association Télénantes, which develops future local Nantes television programming for presentation to the CSA (Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel).
Source : François Gauducheau ‘s website
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