Janine Bazin

Janine Bazin
Born
Janine Kirsch

(1923-01-29)29 January 1923
Paris, France
Died31 May 2003(2003-05-31) (aged 80)
NationalityFrench
CitizenshipFrance
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • Television producer
EraFrench New Wave
Spouse
(m. 1949; died 1958)
Children1

Janine Bazin (née Kirsch; 29 January 1923 – 31 May 2003) was a French film and television producer of the French New Wave movement. Alongside André S. Labarthe, she was the co-producer of an hour-long series of programmes called Cineastes de Notre Temps (English: Filmmakers of Our Time), which was broadcast from 1964 to 1974. From 1980, Bazin was co-producer of the series Cinema De Notre Temps and established the Entrevues Belfort Film Festival. The Janine Bazin Award for Best Performance was named after her.