Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

498 • HAUDEPIN, DIDIER
2002 Strip Tease (documentary; short; episode “Ah
la Vie, Ah la Mort!”)
2003 Strip Tease (documentary; short; episode “Acteur
ou Tracteur”)
Strip Tease (documentary; short; episode “Gardez
le Sourire”)
Strip Tease (documentary; short; episode “Le
Maître du Logis”)
2004 Strip Tease (documentary; short; episode “Mes
Ouvriers, Maman et moi”)
Quand passent les Sangliers (documentary)
2006 Strip Tease (documentary; short; episodes
“Welcome in Bretagne,” “Le Squat”)
HAUDEPIN, DIDIER (August 15, 1951, Paris,
France–)
A gifted child actor, he notably played in Moderato
cantabile / Moderato cantabile: Storia di un strano amore
/ UK: Seven Days . . . Seven Nights (Peter Brook, France
/ Italy, 1960), Les Amitiés particulières / UK and USA:
This Special Friendship (Jean Delannoy, 1964), Los pianos
mecanicos / Les Pianos mécaniques / Amori di una
calda estate / Die Versuchung heisst Jenny / UK: The
Piano player / USA: The Uninhibited (Juan Antonio Bardem,
Spain / France / Italy / West Germany), Promise
at Dawn / La Promesse de l’Aube (Jules Dassin, USA /
France), and L’innocente / L’Innocent / UK: The Innocent
/ USA: The Intruder (Luchino Visconti, Italy / France).
He progressively gave up his acting career to work
as a production designer (1979 Félicité, Christine
Pascal; 1980 Anthracite, Edouard Niermans; Le Bar du
Téléphone, Claude Barrois). In 1978, he created his
own production company, Bloody Mary Productions,
which fi nanced his fi lms and a few other movies, including
Personne ne m’aime (Marion Vernoux, 1994),
Regarde les Hommes tomber (Jacques Audiard), and Pas
douce (Jeanne Waltz, 2007). His younger sister, Sabine
Haudepin (b. 1955), is a stage and fi lm actress.
Filmography
1982 Paco l’Infaillible / Paco el seguro (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Spain;
shot in 1979)
1985 Elsa, Elsa (also screenwriter, co-adapter, dialogist,
delegate producer, actor)
1995 Le plus bel Âge . . . (also co-dialogist, producer)
HAUDIQUET, PHILIPPE (April 15, 1937, Albert,
Somme, France–)
A fi lm critic and historian, he collaborated on La
Revue du cinéma (from 1964) and wrote monographs
on various directors (Mark Donskoï, John Ford, and
Jean Epstein). His interest for East European cinema
led him to become assistant to Hungarian director
Miklós Jancsó (1969 Sirokko / Sirocco d’Hiver / UK and
USA: Winter Wind, also actor, Hungary / France) and
to play in Csend ès kialtas / UK and USA: Silence and
Cry (Mikós Jancsó, Hungary, 1967) and Szerelmes Film
(István Szabó, Hungary, 1970).
Filmography
1964 Une Histoire de Chevaux (short)
1969 Trente-Six Heures (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
producer designer, costume designer)
1970 Transhumance dans le Lubéron (short; also
screenwriter)
Sansa (medium-length; also screenwriter)
1971 Moulins du Nord (short)
1973 Crépuscule (short)
Les Halles, Janvier 73 (documentary; short)
1974 Gardarem lou Larzac / Larzac (documentary;
co-director with Dominique Bloch, Isabelle
Lévy; also editor)
1975 Réponses à un Attentat (short)
1976 Quand j’aurai Vingt Ans, je serai heureux (codirector
with Gabriel Auer, Jean-Michel Carré,
Philippe Pillard; episode “Trente-Six Heures”;
also screenwriter, dialogist, producer designer,
costume designer)
Bibi (short)
Necesite li ak ekri po devlopman (short)
1978 Les Bâtisseurs / Larzac 75-77 (documentary)
1985 Paul Langevin (medium-length)
1993 Georges Rouquier ou la belle Ouvrage (mediumlength;
documentary; co-director with Jean
Arlaud)
HAUDUROY, JEAN-FRANÇOIS (October 31,
1928, Paris, France–)
He started out as a second assistant director (1953
Rue de l’Estrapade / UK and USA: Françoise Steps Out,
Jacques Becker; 1954 Touchez pas au Grisbi / Grisbi
/ USA: Grisbi / Hands Off the Loot, Jacques Becker,
France / Italy; 1956 C’est arrivé à Aden, Michel Boisrond;
1957 Les Aventures d’Arsène Lupin / Le avventure
di Arsenio Lupin / USA: The Adventures of Arsene Lupin,
Jacques Becker, France / Italy) and worked mostly as
a co-screenwriter for fi lms (1969 Le Corps de Diane
/ Telo Diany, Jean-Louis Richard, France / Czechoslo-