Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

534 • JAUDEAU, SÉBASTIEN
Le Val d’Enfer (short; also producer)
Le Voile du Passé (short; also screenwriter)
Zigomar Peau d’Anguille (three-part short: “La
Résurrection de Zigomar,” “L’Eléphant cambrioleur,”
“Le Brigand de l’Air”)
JAUDEAU, SÉBASTIEN
Having graduated from the Institute of Political Studies
of Bordeaux in 1993, he received a diploma in
political sociology and comparative politics in Paris
and a certifi cate in fi lmmaking from Brooklyn College,
New York (1994). He shot several experimental
shorts before directing institutional fi lms and commercials.
Filmography
1996 La Légendaire Epopée de Neptune sur le Mont
virtuel (video short)
Marcher et décomposer le Rythme de sa Marche
(short)
1997 Les “Médiats” (Les mendiants) (video documentary;
short)
1998 Paprika (short)
1999 Courir (16-mm short)
2004 Intrusion (short)
Osmose (short)
2007 La Part animale (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
shot in 2004)
JAVAUX, PIERRE
Having graduated from the HEC (high commercial
studies school), he had two passions: music and cinema.
He made his debut as a production manager
(1990 Retour à Samarkand, 4 50' TV documentary,
Haroun Tazieff; 1991 Les Enfants du Voyage, 3 52',
Laurent Chevallier) before creating his production
company in 1994. From 1995 (Le Blanc à Lunettes, TV,
Edouard Niermans) to 2007 (Le Cœur des Hommes 2,
Marc Esposito), he fi nanced a dozen TV movies and
motion pictures, including the only one he directed.
He also co-wrote two movies: 1995 Le Passager clandestin
/ El pasarejo clandestino / El passtger clandesti
(Agustí Villaronga, France / Spain); 1998 El pianista,
also production manager, Mario Gas, Spain / France).
Filmography
1995 Le Père, le Fils, le Manager (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2006 Les Enfants du Pays (also co-screenwriter,
producer)
JAYET, RENÉ (May 20, 1906, Paris, France–October
31, 1953, Paris, France)
A former camera operator, he became a director in
1928. He was a technical adviser to Max Joly (1936
Aux Jardins de Murcie) and Gilbert Gil (1947 Brigade
criminelle).
Filmography
1928 Casaque Damier . . . Toque blanche (short)
1930 Une Femme a passé (shot in 1928)
1931 L’Affaire de la Clinique Ossola (medium-length)
1932 Champion de mon Amour (short)
1934 Alcide Pépie (short)
Malabars (short)
Piano à vendre (short)
1935 Couturier de mon Cœur / De Kampioen dezer
Dames (co-director with Raymond de Cesse;
France / Belgium)
1937 Passeurs d’Hommes
Le Champion de ces Dames (short; also editor)
1939 Deuxième Bureau contre Kommandantur (codirector
with Robert Bibal)
1941 Retour au Bonheur / L’Enfant dans la Tourmente
(also co-adapter)
Ici l’on pêche
1943 Vingt-cinq Ans de Bonheur
1946 Le Cabaret du grand Large
Cinq à sept (short)
Le Testament (short)
Une Voix ordonne (short)
1947 L’Homme de la Nuit
1948 Mandrin (two parts: “Le Libérateur,” “La Tragédie
d’un Siècle”)
Bichon
La Voix qui accuse (short)
1949 Ma Tante d’Honfl eur (as co-screenwriter, coadapter)
Le Dernier Quart d’Heure (short)
1950 Nuit de Noces
Les Aventuriers de l’Air (also producer)
1951 Le Chéri de sa Concierge
Moumou (also producer)
1953 Des Quintuplés au Pensionnat (also producer)
JEAN, JEAN-CLAUDE (November 13, 1959,
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France–)
He earned a master’s degree from the Polytechnic
Institute of Cinematographic Arts and started out as
a musician (three records and two musical videos).