Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

lowed him to direct two shorts. In 1994, he created
a production company, Les Films Alba Longa. From
1999 to 2003, he directed about thirty commercials.
He co-wrote a short (1998 Kontrat, Gregory Morin)
and authored a novel (1998 Visa vers ça).
Filmography
1991 L’Image du Désir (short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1994 Court Circuit (short, also screenwriter, producer)
1997 Adiós!—La Fin du Monde (also screenwriter,
dialogist, editor)
JOLIVET, MARC (June 17, 1950, Saint-Mandé, Valde-Marne,
France–)
The son of actress Arlette Thomas (b. 1927), he made
his stage debut in the Club Méditerranée with his
younger brother Pierre. He created with him a comedy
tandem that spent the 1970s on radio and in music
halls before entering fi lms in a movie he co-directed
with Pierre Jolivet and Claude Barrois. After 1980, he
wrote and performed many one-man shows. He appeared
as an actor only in the following fi lms: 1984 La
Voix de son Maître ou deux Jours dans la vie de Monsieur
Léon Ton / La Voix de son Maître (short, Patrick Zeyen);
1986 Le Complexe du Kangourou (Pierre Jolivet); 1987
Poule et Frites (Luis Régo); 1989 Force majeure (Pierre
Jolivet); 1990 Cinématon (short, as himself, Gérard
Courant); 1993 A l’Heure où les grands Fauves vont boire
(Pierre Jolivet); 1995 La Poudre aux Yeux (Maurice Dugowson).
He also played in TV movies: 1989 Les Cinq
Dernières Minutes (episode “Mort d’Orgue,” Gérard
Gozlan); 1993 Le Paradis absolument (Patrick Volson);
1995 Sa Dernière Lettre (Serge Meynard).
Filmography
1980 Alors, heureux? (co-director with Claude Barrois,
Pierre Jolivet; also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
Coup d’Fil (short; also actor)
1981 Encore une Histoire d’Amour (short; also screenwriter)
Le Permis Télé (short; also screenwriter)
1982 Tic Tac (short; also screenwriter, actor)
1984 Ôte-moi de mon Soleil / Diogène(also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor)
Repérage (short; also screenwriter, actor)
Toilette No. 1 (short; also screenwriter)
Le Train du Plaisir (short)
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1985 A suivre (short; also actor)
Les Chaises (short; also screenwriter, actor)
Et Dieu créa la Prise (short; co-director with
Arthur de Ploubinec; also screenwriter, actor)
L’Heure du Coup de Feu (short)
No Love’s Land (short; also actor)
La Porte (short)
Le Train fatal (short; also screenwriter)
1998 Meurtre à la Baullywood (short; also producer)
Television Filmography
2006 Concours de Danse à Piriac (also screenwriter,
actor)
JOLIVET, PIERRE (October 9, 1952, Saint-Mandé,
Val-de-Marne, France–)
The son of actress Arlette Thomas, he made his
debut behind the camera at age fi ve (1958 Le Désert
de Pigalle / L’inferno di Pigalle / UK: A Priest in Pigalle,
Léo Joannon, France / Italy). He and his elder brother
Marc were Club Méditerranée entertainers for four
years before creating a successful comedy team.
After their separation and despite two leading roles
in Luc Besson’s fi rst directing efforts (1981 L’Avant-
Dernier, short, also co-screenwriter, Luc Besson; 1983
Le Dernier Combat / UK: The Last Combat / USA: The
Final Combat / The Last Battle, also co-screenwriter,
producer), he soon gave up acting to direct his own
movies. Other credits (as actor): 1982 Salut . . . j’arrive
/ Sehnsucht nach dem Rosaroten Chaos (Gérard Poteau,
France / West Germany); 1997 Amour et Confusions
(Patrick Braoudé); 2002 Mon Idole / US festival: My
Idol (Guillaume Canet); Un Après-Midi au Parc (short,
Serge Meynard); (as composer): 1989 L’Intouchable
(short, Michel Gauthier); 1996 Sans regrets (short,
Guillaume Canet); (as co-screenwriter): 1985 Subway
(also producer, Luc Besson); 1991 Fortune Express
(Olivier Schatzky); (as author of original movie): 1998
Return to Paradise (Joseph Ruben, USA).
Filmography
1973 L’Autre (short; also actor)
1980 Alors, heureux? (co-director with Claude Barrois,
Marc Jolivet; also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1985 Strictement personnel (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, producer)
1986 Le Complexe du Kangourou (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, uncredited actor)