Jean Afanassieff

Director

Born: February 17, 1953
Died: January 10, 2015 (age 61)
From: Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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…

Filmography (17)

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
Gary Hemming, le beatnik des cimes (1996)
Director
The Death Zone (1996)
Self
Le Grec - Georges Livanos (1994)
Director
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