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René Viénet

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 1283314

IMDb ID: nm0896743

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1944

Age: 82

Place of birth: Le Havre, France

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1973 - 1977

Years active: 5

Wikidata: Q2144893

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Biography

René Viénet is a French sinologist who is famous as a situationist writer and filmmaker. Viénet used the situationist technique of détournement — the diversion of already existing cultural elements to new subversive purposes. After completing his studies in Sinology in Paris, he moved to China but he was expelled in 1966 for his critical approach towards the Maoist regime. In the 1970s, he worked at CNRS from where he was fired on two different occasions in 1971 and 1978 for heavily criticising those who defended Mao, particularly through the books from the publishing house Champ libre where he directed the series Bibliothèque asiatique. From 1974 to 1978, he also taught Chinese at the École polytechnique. After 20 years spent in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, he returned to France. He is the director of redaction for the review Monde chinois since 2007.

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