Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

492 • HAMON, EMMANUEL
an accomplished cowboy working on ranches in
Montana, mixing with Indians on reservations, and
even meeting Buffalo Bill. Having returned to France
to do his military service, he intended to become a
painter but was soon captivated by cinema. He sold
the screenplay of a western to Luxembourg. In 1907
and 1908, he wrote, directed, and performed about
ten movies for the company. In 1909, the British fi lm
society Safety Bioscope Cie hired him to portray
Buffalo Bill. Besides his own fi lms, he starred in most
of the westerns directed by Jean Durand. In 1912, he
signed a contract with L’Eclipse for his most famous
serial, Arizona Bill. He stopped directing in 1931 but
pursued his acting career until the mid-1940s. His last
appearance was in a fi lm shot by newcomer Francis
Leroi (Pop Game, 1966). He also illustrated books.
Autobiography: 1962 Du Far West à Montmartre (Les
Editeurs Français Réunis).
Filmography
1907 Cow Boy (short; also screenwriter, actor)
Le Desperado (short; also screenwriter, actor)
1909 Les Aventures de Buffalo Bill (fi ve shorts; also
actor; UK)
Un Drame au Far West (short; also screenwriter,
actor)
1911 La Chevauchée infernale (short; also actor)
L’Île de l’Epouvante (short; also actor)
L’Oiseau de Proie (short; also actor)
1912 Aux Mains des Brigands (short; also actor)
1912– Arizona Bill (shorts: La Piste argentée, De l’Azur
1914 aux Ténèbres, La Ville souterraine, Les Fraudeurs
d’Opium, Les Diables rouges, Aux Mains des
Brigands, L’Oiseau de Proie, La Chevauchée
infernale, also screenwriter, dialogist)
1913 210 contre 213 (short; also actor)
Les Diables rouges (short; also actor)
La Ville souterraine / USA: The Subterranean City
/ Trailing the Jewel Thieves (short; also actor)
1921 L’Etrange Aventure (also actor)
Le Gardian (also actor)
1926 La Fille des Pachas (co-director with Adrien
Caillard; also actor)
1930 Un Caprice de la Pompadour (German version:
Die Marquise von Pompadour, Willi Wolff,
France / Germany)
1931 Les Monts en Flammes (German version: Berge
in Flammen; Luis Trenker; France / Germany)
Grock (German version: Grock; Carl Boese;
France / Germany)
HAMON, EMMANUEL
From 1990 to 2000, he was an assistant director
(1990 Lacenaire, Francis Girod; 1992 Indochine /
USA: Indochina / Indochine, Régis Wargnier; Après
l’Amour / USA: After Love / Love After Love, Diane
Kurys; 1993 Une Journée chez ma Mère, Dominique
Cheminal; 1994 La Reine Margot / La Regina Margot /
Die Bartholomäusnacht / USA: Queen Margot, Patrice
Chéreau, France / Italy / West Germany; Prêt-à-porter
/ Ready to Wear, Robert Altman, USA; 1995 Le Garçu,
Maurice Pialat; 1997 Tenue correcte exigée, Philippe
Lioret; 2000 Toreros / La hora del silencio, Eric Barbier,
France / Spain).
Filmography
1998 Coup de Lune (short; also co-screenwriter)
2003 Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said
(documentary; medium-length; USA / France)
2005 Democracy@large (documentary)
HANCHAR, YVES (July 23, 1960, Huy, Belgium–)
Having graduated from the Belgian fi lm school IN-
SAS, he directed his fi rst short in 1981. He also was
a co-screenwriter (2001 Slogans, Gjergi Xhavani,
France / Albania), actor (2000 Pourquoi se marier le
Jour de la Fin du Monde?, Harry Cleven, Belgium /
Luxembourg), and art director, technical adviser, and
artistic adviser (2006 C’est Gradiva qui vous appelle,
Alain Robbe-Grillet).
Filmography
1981 La Mort de Monsieur Goulouja (short; Belgium)
1983 Hôtel des Acacias (short; under the direction
of Chantal Akerman; Belgium)
1984 Voisinage (short; Belgium)
Lagune (video documentary; Belgium)
1985 A vous de jouer (video documentary; Belgium)
1989 Maîtres du Monde (video documentary; Belgium)
1990 Six Manières d’en fi nir une Fois pour toutes avec
l’Amour (short; Belgium)
1991 Le Souper du Voleur (short; also screenwriter;
Belgium)
1992 Huit en Jeu (short; also screenwriter, dialogist;
Belgium)
1994 La Partie d’Echecs (also co-screenwriter, actor;
Belgium / France / Switzerland)
2000 En Vacances (also co-screenwriter; France /
Belgium / Canada)