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name: "Jean Ravel"
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roles: ["Editor"]
born: "9 August 1927"
died: "7 July 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:42:02.855605+00:00"
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# Jean Ravel

Editor. Born 9 August 1927 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Died 7 July 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 9 August 1927, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- **Died:** 7 July 1990
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3174244, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9958

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Chronicle of a Summer*](https://film.one/film/chronicle-of-a-summer.md) (86)

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## Biography

Jean Ravel (1927–1990) was a French film editor. Born in Nice, he began working in the industry in the early 1950s and became known for his work on documentaries and features.

He edited *Chronicle of a Summer* (1961) alongside Néna Baratier and Françoise Collin, and contributed to Chris Marker’s *La Jetée* (1962). His later credits include *The Cat* (1971), *The Widow Couderc* (1971), *The Last Train* (1973), *The French Detective* (1975), *Hunter Will Get You* (1976) and *L’Étoile du Nord* (1982). Ravel received four César nominations for Best Editing between 1976 and 1983.

He collaborated frequently with director Pierre Granier-Deferre and served as co-president of the French film technicians’ union SNTPCT from 1968 until his death in Paris in 1990.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Chronicle of a Summer* (1961), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/chronicle-of-a-summer.md)

## Also known for

- *La Jetée* (1962), Editor
- *The French Detective* (1975), Editor
- *Hunter Will Get You* (1976), Editor
- *The Cat* (1971), Editor
- *The Widow Couderc* (1971), Editor
- *The Last Train* (1973), Editor
- *Valparaiso* (1964), Editor
- *The Horse* (1970), Editor

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