Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

After co-writing an unfi lmed screenplay for Laurent
Bénégui (Paris Banquise), in 1995 he founded his own
production company, Jour J. Productions, which fi -
nanced his shorts and documentaries. He played in all
the fi lms he directed and in a few others (1994 La Séparation,
Christian Vincent; 1997 Je ne vois pas ce qu’on me
trouve / USA: What’s Funny About Me, Christian Vincent;
1999 Le Voyage à Paris, Marc-Henri Dufresne, France /
Belgium; 2006 Quatre Etoiles, Christian Vincent).
Filmography
1979 Sur la Plage tout court (16-mm short)
1980 Le Baiser du Peintre (16-mm short)
1981 La Femme Secret (16-mm short)
1982 La Disparue des Minquiers (16-mm short)
1983 Le Doigt (short; also actor)
1987 Planète Rabelais (short; co-director with Jean-
Louis Comolli; also co-screenwriter)
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1988 Matin de Mariage (short; also screenwriter,
actor)
1993 Ce que Femme veut . . . (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, actor)
1995 Suivez le Bébé (short; also co-screenwriter,
actor)
1997 Poisson dans l’Eau (short, also actor)
TV and Video Documentaries
1990 L’Enfant et la Musique (short)
L’Affaire du Gendre de Leonid Brejnev (mediumlength)
1995 Les Vivants, les Morts et ceux qui vont sur la Mer
(medium-length)
La Caverne des Phoquiers (short)
2000 Les Bestiaires de Paris (2 52')
2001 Mes Carnets de Pêche extraordinaires (8 30')
2003 L’Invitation au Château