Biografia

President of the jury at the entrance examination of La Fémis (France's national film school) in 1986.

French editor and director, trained at the French cinema school IDHEC. Later taught editing techniques at the National Higher Institute of the Performing Arts in Brussels.

Ten reels of an unreleased silent film by Andre Antoine, L,Hirondelle et La Mesange, which had been stored by the French Cinematheque, were edited into a projectable version by Colpi for showing in 1983.

Colpi directed the 1961 film Une aussi longue absence, which is well known for sharing the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival with Viridiana, directed by Luis Buñuel.

He edited André Antoine's forgotten film L'Hirondelle et la Mésange (The Swallow and the Titmouse) to a 79-minute feature that premiered in 1984. Antoine initially shot six hours of footage.