Jean Afanassieff
Directing
Born: 1953-02-17 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Died: 2015-01-10
Biography
Jean Afanassieff, born February 17, 1953 born in Paris and died in the same city on January 10, 2015, is a French mountaineer and director of Russian origin, considered one of the best climbers of his generation. On October 15, 1978, he was one of the first French people to reach the summit of Everest, with Pierre Mazeaud and Nicolas Jaeger Accompanied by the Austrian Kurt Diemberger, altitude cameraman. Grandson of the Russian emigration of 1917, having fled Crimea, son of Igor Afanassieff eng
🎬 Movies (18)
Eric Escoffier, la Fureur de Vivre
2019
Self
Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief
2008
Self
The World According to Gazprom
2008
Director
Tank on the Moon
2007
Director
Mammoth Hunter
2005
Director
When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema
2000
Self
Everest At Any Cost
1999
Director
La Grande Cordée
1997
Director
Paragot-Bérardini, La Cordée des Voyous
1997
Director
Guido Magnone - The Artist
1997
Director
The Death Zone
1996
Self
Gary Hemming, le beatnik des cimes
1996
Director
Le Grec - Georges Livanos
1994
Director
Au Nord De L'Hiver
1993
Director of Photography
Annapurna 88
1988
Director
Faces Nord
1987
Director
Everest 78, or the French on top of the world
1978
Self
Death of a Guide
1975
Guide de Haute-Montagne
