French Filmmaker from Guadeloupe and Trinidad.

He is sometimes credited as | Parfois crédité sous le nom de :
Jean-Claude FLAMAND BARNY

Jean-Claude BARNY, a French director from Guadeloupe and Trinidad and Tobago, blends European auteur cinema with US entertainment. Self-taught, he began making films at sixteen by analyzing cinema. He co-directed the short film "Putain de porte" (1994), starring Vincent Cassel and Mathieu Kassovitz, later casting Kassovitz's "La Haine" (1995). In 2003, he moved to Guadeloupe to make his first feature-length film, "Nèg Maron" (2005), which addressed the challenges facing Caribbean youth and drew 250,000 admissions. For television, he directed "Tropiques amers" (mini-series, 2007) and "Rose et le Soldat" (2014). His second feature, "Le Gang des Antillais" (2016), revisits the 1970s Martinican robber Loïc Lery. After directing "Fanon" (2024), he began work on "La Légende de Battling Siki".


Jean-Claude Barny's cinema clearly asserts its Caribbean identity, halfway between the European arthouse cinema and the American entertainment industry. He directs Nèg Maron, in 2005. This first feature film highlights the fundamental problems of an idle Caribbean youth with no future.
In 2007, he directed Tropiques Amers, a six episodes historical series, which returns to the dark and ignored hours of a late eighteenth century France where slaves would develop the sugar economy.
In 2010, he produced three commercials with the world champion Usain Bolt in Jamaica and then developed two full length movies with Prod Vertigo and Les Films d'Ici production companies.
In 2012 and 2013, he devoted himself to writing and developing his next feature film West Indies Gang produced by Les Films d'Ici and Syncroteam Films.
In 2014, he undertakes the development of a telefilm produced by Lizland Films: Rose et le Soldat.




Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- The Talent himself | L'artiste JC Barny, Mai 2014, Dakar
- www.talentbox.fr/talent/jean_claude_barny.htm
- https://marrakech-festival.com/films/fanon/
- https://marrakech-festival.com/en/films/fanon/
Updated by Thierno DIA, 29 Dec 2024