Claude Santiago

Of Spanish origin, born in Algeria, with a degree in political sociology from the University of Paris VIII, he filmed his first images at the age of 18, in 1968: an exchange between Sartre and a group of students. He spent the next decade among hippies between California and Canada, where he discovered video art. He also writes a cultural column for the French daily Libération.
In San Francisco, he is artistic producer of the avant-garde club Savoy Tivoli. From California and New York, he mounted several experimental video projections for Europe (Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, Palace, Bains Douches). From 86 to 89, he produced Picnic Tv, a magazine on video creation broadcast unencrypted on Canal +. He will direct around fifteen creative documentaries and experimental films, notably for Arte.