Pre Bardot A Go Go - The History of 60s French Music


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Eric Ramsey
Director of Photography
Eric Ramsey has shot music videos, short films and segments for the Learning Channel’s Scene of the Crime program. His keen eye for cinematic composition has been honed through his career as a storyboard artist. Some of the productions he has worked on include Apollo 13, Cats and Dogs, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and A River Runs Through It.

Vanessa Flynn
Production Manager
Vanessa Flynn has the envious position of being a dual citizen of France and the USA and to back it up she is perfectly bilingual. She has worked as an Assistant Director and Production Coordinator for Viacom Pictures, Gaumont TV, Téléma, Warner Brothers and Artisan Entertainment. Recently, she worked as an Assistant to Roman Polanski.

Fredrica Drotos
Music Supervisor
Fredrica Drotos has worked at Fantasy Records (the world's largest independent jazz record company) and The Saul Zaentz Company (an independent film production company) since 1986, in Business Affairs: Licensing and Legal. In that capacity she has worked on the release of hundreds of jazz re-issues by artists such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk; and films such as Amadeus, The Mosquito Coast, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The English Patient, and The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Alec Palao
Historical Advisor
English-born Alec Palao has made a career out of record collecting. Alec produced such CD releases as The Zombies Boxed Set (Ace Records) and Nuggets–Psychedelic Music of the 60s (Rhino Records). He is currently finishing shooting interviews for a documentary film on the British Invasion. Alec brings his incredible musical knowledge to the project.

Elisabeth Vincentelli
Historical Advisor
Elisabeth vincentelli currenlty enjoys the position of Music Editor for Time Out, New York. She also wrote the liner notes for Pop Romantique, a tribute CD to 60s French artists. She contributed to the 2001 edition of the Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Her articles have appeared in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly and The village Voice. A native of France, she was the first to write articles on 60s French pop stars in the American press. Elisabeth also wrote liner notes for three CDs, including the American version of the Serge Gainsbourg collection Couleur Café. Born and raised in France, she has been living in the US since 1987.