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Michel Auder
Michel Auder (born 1945 in Soissons, France) is a French photographer and filmmaker. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
He began making films at the age of 18. He was influenced by the French New Wave and experimental cinema, most notably Jean-Luc Godard and Andy Warhol. In 1969, Auder met and eventually married Viva, an actress who started her career collaborating with Warhol. A year later, they moved to New York City where Auder has since resided. That
The Feature
The Feature is a collaboration between filmmakers Michel Auder and Andrew Neel. Using a collection of videos that Auder had created over the previous 40 years, in combination with original present-day footage of Auder shot by Neel, the two filmmakers made a feature-length film loosely based on the story of Auder’s life.
Auder created a form of video diary, starting with his first Sony Portapak camera in 1969, documenting the people, places, and events in his life, which included marriages to Viva