Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

548 • KAHN, CÉDRIC
1975 L’Ortie
L’Affaire Portal (documentary)
Henri Cartier-Bresson: L’Aventure moderne (documentary;
short)
1976 Robert Macaire
1977 Fachoda (6 60')
1978 Marthe, 19 Ans en 18
On ne badine pas avec l’Amour
L’Affaire Peiper (documentary)
1979 Les Procès, Témoins de leur Temps: Varinka
Les Dossiers éclatés (episode “Mort non naturelle
d’un Enfant naturel”)
Charles Clément, Canut de Lyon
1980 Les Dossiers éclatés (episode “Les Fusils sont
arrivés”)
Papa Poule (13 56')
1981 L’Ennemi de la Mort (4 60')
1984 L’Âge vermeil (4 52')
1985 L’Histoire en marche (episode “Le Serment”)
Irène et Fred (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1988 Drôles d’Histoires (episodes “Crime passionnel,”
“Le Comptoir d’Etain,” “Pour le meilleur
et pour le Pire,” “Mariage de Raison,” “Le
Taulard,” “Le Voyeur,” “A votre bon Cœur,”
“M’sieurs Dames,” “L’Homme au Masque,”
“Droit de Visite,” “Nuit de Noël,” “Dépôt
vente”; also screenwriter)
1989 Le Masque (episode “L’Île aux Mouettes”)
Les Deux Frères (8 60'; also co-screenwriter)
1990 Histoires d’Amour (100 26'; co-director
only)
1991 Premiers Baisers (325 26'; four episodes)
1992 Goal (episodes “L’Anniversaire,” “Un Goal audessus
de tout Soupçon”; also screenwriter)
1996 Ma Petite Mimi (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1999 L’Instit’ (episode “L’Enfant caché”; also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2001 L’Instit’ (episode “La Gifl e”; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2002 L’Instit’ (episodes “Aurélie,” “La Main dans la
Main”)
2003 Regards d’Enfance—Ecoute Nicolas (also coscreenwriter)
2004 Le Tuteur (episodes “Flèche d’Or,” “Promenade
de Santé”; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
KAHN, CÉDRIC (June 17, 1966, Paris, France–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC, he worked as a
trainee assistant editor (1987 Sous le Soleil de Satan /
UK: Under Satan’s Sun / USA: Under the Sun of Satan,
Maurice Pialat), assistant editor (36 Fillette / UK: Virgin,
Catherine Breillat), and editor (1993 L’Exposé, short,
Ismaël Ferroukhi). He co-wrote three movies (1990
Outremer / UK and USA: Overseas, Brigitte Roüan;
1993 Les Gens normaux n’ont rien d’exceptionnel / UK:
There’s Nothing Special About Normal People / USA:
Normal People Are Nothing Special / Normal People Are
Nothing Exceptional, Laurence Ferreira Barbosa; 2006
Les Ambitieux, Catherine Corsini) and appeared in
one feature-length fi lm (1996 N’oublie pas que tu vas
mourir, Xavier Beauvois) and a documentary (2005
Lettre à un jeune Cinéaste, as himself, episode “Cédric
Kahn,” Lionel Boisseau). In 1994, he received the Jean
Vigo Prize for Trop de Bonheur.
Filmography
1989 Nadir (video short)
1990 Les Dernières Heures du Millénaire (short; also
screenwriter)
1992 Bar des Rails (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
1994 Trop de Bonheur (originally shot as Bonheur
for Tous les Garçons et les Filles de leur Âge;
TV miniseries; also co-screenwriter; shot in
1992)
1998 L’Ennui / O tédio (also co-screenwriter; France
/ Portugal)
2001 Roberto Succo (also screenwriter; France /
Switzerland)
2004 Feux rouges / USA: Red Lights (also co-screenwriter;
shot in 2002)
2005 L’Avion (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
France / Germany)
Television Filmography
1996 Culpabilité Zéro / USA: Zero Guilt (also coscreenwriter)
KALEYA, TANA (1939, Wroclaw, Poland–)
She grew up and studied literature in Austria and
Germany. After shooting a few shorts on the Berlin
Wall, she worked as a model, lived in Paris, and
traveled around the world. Her meeting with David
Hamilton incited her to try her luck as a photographer.
She specialized in male nudes, and her book
Hommes (1974, Robert Laffont) was a success. In
1983, she directed Femmes, in which starred one of
her former models, Helmut Berger.
Filmography
1983 Femmes / Mujeres (also screenwriter, dialogist;
France / Spain)