Personal info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
3 / Feb / 1953 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Also Known As
- Жан Афанасьев
Jean Afanassieff
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 cameraman.
Grandson of the Russian emigration of 1917, having fled Crimea, son of Igor Afanassieff engineer at Thomson, Jean Afanassieff was born on February 17, 1953 in Paris. He discovered climbing in...
Known For
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When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema
7 / Jan / 2000
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Everest 78, or the French on top of the world
1 / Oct / 1978
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Faces Nord
5 / Jan / 1987
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Eric Escoffier, la Fureur de Vivre
5 / Dec / 2019
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Death of a Guide
7 / Jan / 1975