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Director, camera, editing
Born August 25, 1963 in Monthey, Valais, Switzerland. Currently
lives in Lausanne.
Graduated from the University of Lausanne in 1990. During his
studies, P.-Y. Borgeaud also made super-8 films, afterwards,
wrote, produced and directed in 1989 Another love Story,(encore
une histoire d'amour). This short 16mm film was presented at
the Locarno Film Festival. From 1986, he has worked as an independent
journalist, collaborating with several newspapers, magazines
and various radio stations. He is also active as a musician (drummer)
and producer of the jazz group Urgent Feel (3 CDs, concerts in
Switzerland and abroad, TV).
In 1996, he decided to work full time in video production. He
worked in the US where he obtained a certificate from New-York
University, dept. of film, video & broadcasting ("A" grade).
In 1998, he made several video clips for the Label ECM and started
to explore the possibilities of mixing live images and music.
Along these lines, he worked with, among others, the pianist
Pierre Audétat and the guitarist Christy Doran. Producer,
director, cameraman and editor, he founded Momentum Production
with the goal to develop and produce his own projects. In 2000,
he received the prize for young creators from the Foundation
Vaudoise for Artistic Creation.
| 2004 |
Family Music. Exploring the link
between life and musical creation, mixing Super 8 films
and live recordings, a film with the Austrian duo Christian
and Wolfgang Muthspiel. Coproduction momentum production & Swiss
TV (60 min.) |
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New Ballet for Xala. Conception and
creation of the multi-angles DVD for the dancer and musician
Ania Losinger. Release 2004/2005 on the label tonus-music.ch
(60 min. environ) |
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| 2003 |
iXième, feature film, caught between
true fiction and imaginary documentary, a poetic video diary
left by a home prisoner who afterwards mysteriously disappears.
Official selection Locarno film festival, international video
competition (105 min.). |
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Longest Journey. performance–installation
video & music with Don Li (composition, alto sax., clarinets),
Ania Losinger (tm xala), Björn Meyer (el.bass), Jojo
Mayer (drums). Premiered at the Swiss Peaks Events, New-York,
March 2003 ( 360 min.) |
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Interface (Cartographie no.3).
A video thriller with the dancers of the company Philippe
Saire in Lausanne. Nominated in the category "Best Short
Film" at the Swiss Cinema Award 2004 (15 min.) |
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| 2001 |
Inland. This musical film is a creation
about and with Stimmhorn, the famous duet by Christian Zehnder
and Balthasar Streiff from Basel. SF-DRS / SSR production,
Idée Suisse (50 min.). |
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| 2000 |
My Body Electric. Video and music performance
with Pierre Audétat (keyboards, sampler). Premier
with Nils Petter Molvaer (trumpet) at the Cully Jazz Festival
2000 (60 min. env.). |
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| 1999 |
Swiss Jam: Swiss musicians in New-York.
Multiple portraits of Swiss composers Peter Scherer, Daniel
Schnyder, Christian Marclay and Alex Bugnon. Co-production
Swiss Romand Television. (55 min.). |
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Stéphane Blok: Cyberceuse. Video-clip
for Boucherie Productions (Paris). Shown on M6 and other
French television channels (4 min.). |
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| 1998 |
Music Hotel. Musicians from ECM records
get together for a special festival. Documentary with Manfred
Eicher, Tomasz Stanko, John Surman, Dino Saluzzi (50 min.). |
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| 1997 |
Nils Petter Molvaer: Song of Sand. Video
clip for ECM records. Shown on MTV, Viva, M6, etc. (4 min.) |
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| 1990 |
Encore une histoire d'amour, fiction.
Two singles believe to have a date in town. They miss the
date but the film brings them together. Different international
festivals. Copyrights bought by Sept/Arte (16mm., 12 min.). |
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