Jean-Daniel Pollet was a French screenwriter and filmmaker born in 1936, whose career begins in 1958 with his first short film, Pourvu qu’on ait l’ivresse, a silent picture observing the bodies and figures of dancers. Later, in 1963, Pollet directer another short film, Méditerranée, an experimental film that documents the origins of a civilization in a voyage through the waters and shores of the Mediterranean Sea. He directed many films, including Une balle au coeur (1966) and L’acrobate (1976). A particular feature of his work is the introduction of commentary and text segments by French authors such as Philippe Sollers or Francis Ponge in order to achieve a form of poetic cinema.