Jean de Segonzac (sometimes credited as Jean DeSegonzac) is a director, screenwriter and cinematographer who has worked in documentaries and television programs. Most of his work has been in gritty, cinéma vérité-style law enforcement TV dramas.
De Segonzac's first known credit was as cinematographer on the documentary film Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989). He followed it up in 1991 with the documentary Where Are We? Our Trip Through...
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Jean de Segonzac (sometimes credited as Jean DeSegonzac) is a director, screenwriter and cinematographer who has worked in documentaries and television programs. Most of his work has been in gritty, cinéma vérité-style law enforcement TV dramas.
De Segonzac's first known credit was as cinematographer on the documentary film Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989). He followed it up in 1991 with the documentary Where Are We? Our Trip Through America (1992) which followed gay filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman as they went from small town to small town, interviewing local people. His breakthrough effort was Nick Gomez's independent feature film, Laws of Gravity (1992).
De Segonzac not only provided the cinematography, but also refused his $5,000 salary in order to help complete the film(, ).
In 1994, de Segonzac was part of the team that won a Peabody Award for the documentary Road Scholar. The film follows Romanian-born poet, novelist and National Public Radio...
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