Roger Leenhardt

Biography

Roger Leenhardt was a French writer and filmmaker born in a bourgeois Protestant family. He became fascinated by cinema through his cousin and started working for the newsreel program Éclair Journal. As a critic, he influenced André Bazin and helped promote cinema as an art form with his influential articles "La petite école du spectateur" and the creation of Objectif 49, which led to the Festival of Cursed Films and other film festivals.