Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

2003 Y voir, Identité (short; also producer, cinematographer)
2004 L’Etonnement (short; also cinematographer)
HÄNSEL, MARION (Marion Ackerman / February
12, 1949, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France–)
She spent her childhood in Antwerp. After studying
dramatic art in Brussels, in New York (Lee Strasberg
Actor’s Studio), and at the Paris-based Fratellini
circus, she played onstage and on TV. She turned a
director in 1977.
Filmography
1977 Equilibres (short; also screenwriter; Belgium /
France)
1979 Sannu (short; Belgium)
Rakti (short; Belgium)
Hydraulip II (short; Belgium)
Gongola (short; Belgium)
1982 Le Lit / Het Bed (Belgium / France)
1985 Dust (also screenwriter, adapter; Belgium /
France)
1987 Les Noces barbares / UK and USA: The Cruel
Embrace (also screenwriter, adapter; Belgium
/ France)
1989 Il Maestro / Musical May (also screenwriter,
adapter; Belgium / France)
1992 Sur la Terre comme au Ciel / Entre el cielo y la
tierra / USA: Between Heaven and Earth (also
co-screenwriter; Belgium / France / Spain)
1995 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (also
co-screenwriter; Belgium / France / UK)
1998 The Quarry / La Faille / A cielo abierto (also
screenwriter, adapter; Belgium / France / Spain
/ Netherlands)
2001 Nuages: Lettres à mon Fils / Wolken: Brieven
aan mijn zoon / Wolken / Wolken—Briefen an
meinen Sohn / Clouds: Letters to My Son (also
screenwriter, dialogist; Belgium / Germany)
2006 Si le Vent soulève les Sables (also screenwriter,
adapter; Belgium / France)
HANSS, FRANÇOIS (June 15, 1960, France–) and
PIERRE, ARTHUR-EMMANUEL
Having graduated from the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma
Français in 1981, François Hanss was an assistant
director from 1987 to 1992 (1985 Brigade des Moeurs
/ US DVD: Brigade of Death, Max Pécas; 1986 Libertine,
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musical short, Laurent Boutonnat; 1987 Tristana, short,
Laurent Boutonnat). He directed mainly commercials,
musical videos, and shorts. Arthur-Emmanuel Pierre
graduated from the Fémis in 1995 and received a grant
from the Hachette Foundation in 1996. He wrote or
co-wrote about twenty shorts and co-authored the
screenplays of La Squale (Fabrice Genestal, 2000) and
Podium (Yann Moix, 2004).
Filmography (François Hanss)
1981 Poursuite (short)
1992 Le Trou de la Corneille (short)
1993 Paris . . . Saint-Petersbourg (documentary;
short)
René Lalique—Maître du Feu et du Verre (documentary;
short)
1994 L’Homme qui marche debout (documentary)
1995 Correspondances (short)
1996 La Dame de Casablanca (short)
Drôle de Noël pour Jérémy
1998 Dôlè
2003 Corps à Corps (co-director with Arthur-Emmanuel
Pierre; also screenwriter, dialogist /
Arthur-Emmanuel Pierre only)
Television Filmography
2005 La Séparation
2007 Tous . . . pour la Musique (also co-screenwriter)
HAPKE-PRENCZINA, SABINE (1954, East Berlin,
Germany–)
Both her parents were teachers. From 1966 to
1976, she successively lived in Ethiopia, where she
completed her secondary studies, and then in Iran,
and Italy. She settled in Paris to study cinema. Having
graduated with several bachelors’ degrees (sinology,
modern letters, and cinema), she entered fi lms as an
assistant editor and assistant director. She also was a
journalist for Radio France International.
Filmography
1984 Et pourtant elles tournent (short; also screenwriter)
1985 La Mort dans l’Âme (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1989 Touchstone (short; also screenwriter)
1991 Farendj (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
shot in 1989)