- Birthday
- 1944-01-11
- Place of Birth
- Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France
Jean Asselmeyer
DirectingBiography
Jean Asselmeyer is a documentary filmmaker and committed activist. Born on January 11, 1944, in Mulhouse, he lived between France and Germany, where he campaigned alongside revolutionary figures such as Rudy Dutschke. He founded several politically engaged groups and magazines, including the International Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners in Western Europe and the magazine Combattants Anti-Impérialistes (Anti-Imperialist Fighters). As a filmmaker, in 1975, he co-directed "De qui dépendance que l'oppression demeure" (On Whom It Depends That Oppression Remains) with Pierre-André...