Jean-Michel Gaillard
Writing
- Born
- May 16, 1946 · Pont-Saint-Esprit, Gard, France
- Died
- July 19, 2005 (age 59)
Jean-Michel Gaillard (May 16, 1946, Pont-Sant-Esprit in Gard, France – July 19, 2005, Paris) was a high-ranking French official. He was, most notably, director general of Antenne 2 (now France 2), from 1989 to 1991.
He was a student of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, where he received a doctorate in history. As a politician he was a militant socialist, aligned with the likes of François Hollande and Ségolène Royal. He was father to two girls.
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Before his death from cancer at the age of 59, he was counsel for the Academy of Television Arts. During the presidency of François Mitterrand, he worked as a senior advisor at the Élysée Palace. As a television script writer he co-wrote the television film Leclerc, a Dream of Indochina with Nicolas Sarkozy, which debuted on France 3 in 2003.
He wrote many works, including a biography of Jules Ferry, published in 1989.
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Known for
Behind the camera6
- 2004Leclerc, a dream of Indochina Writer
- 2001Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon Writer
- 1997Le Dernier Été Scenario Writer
- 1993Jules Ferry Writer
- 1991Van Gogh Producer
- 1991Un type bien Producer