Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

570 • KOOB, ANDRÉ
as an extra in several movies, including Vénus aveugle
(Abel Gance, 1941), and landed several jobs at the
Victorine Studios in Nice. He worked as a unit producer
(1959 Mademoiselle Ange / Ein Engel auf Erden /
USA: An Angel on Wheels / An Angel on Earth, Geza von
Radvanyi, France / West Germany), production manager
(1960 Tirez sur le Pianiste / UK: Shoot the Pianist /
Canada: Shoot the Piano Player, François Truffaut), and
assistant director (1966 A 077, sfi da ai killers / Bob
Fleming . . . Mission Casablanca / 077 défi e les Tueurs /
USA: Killers Are Challenged, Anthony M. Dawson = Antonio
Margheriti, France / Italy). Actress Marie-France
Pisier made her fi lm debut with him. He introduced
the seventeen-year-old performer to François Truffaut,
who hired her to play Colette in L’Amour à Vingt
Ans. His poor health (he suffered from Parkinson’s
disease) disrupted and fi nally broke his career. He
was an assistant to his brother, TV director Youri, for
a TV movie shot in Nice (1968 L’Ombre blanche).
Filmography
1962 Qui ose nous accuser? (also co-screenwriter)
KOOB, ANDRÉ (1946, France–)
The founder of the production and distribution
company Eurogroup, he notably released several
American horror movies (1973 The Crazies, George
A. Romero; 1985 Reanimator, Stuart Gordon; 1986
Crawlspace, David Schmoeller; From Beyond, Stuart
Gordon) and co-produced Ruggero Deodato’s fl icks
(1992 Mama ci penso io, Italy; 1993 Vortice mortale,
Italy). He directed two kung fu movies performed by
Bruce Le, a “clone” of Bruce Lee.
Filmography
1982 Bruce contre-attaque (co-director with Bruce
Le; also screenwriter, dialogist, co-producer,
actor; France / Hong Kong)
1989 La Filière chinoise (also screenwriter, dialogist,
co-producer, actor; France / Hong Kong)
KOPP, LIONEL (March 6, 1962, France–)
From 1979 to 1981, he studied acting and played in
several shows at the Théâtre du Luxembourg. Having
trained at the Vaugirard-Louis Lumière fi lm school, he
landed jobs as an assistant director, camera operator,
and effects man. In 1987, he co-wrote a short (La Pension,
Marc Cadeux). He was only nineteen years old
when he directed his fi rst short. In 1985, he created
with a friend cinematographer, Dominique Colin, a
35-mm research laboratory (Les Trois Lumière) that
helped such directors as Jean-Pierre Jeunet, David
Fincher, and David Lynch create original images.
Filmography
1982 Myria (short)
1983 Travelling mort (short)
1992 L’Amant 2 (short)
1997 Mordbüro (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
KORALNIK, PIERRE (December 25, 1937, Paris,
France–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC, he was an assistant
director to Robert Enrico before shooting
reports for TV (Cinq Colonnes à la Une) and directing
TV shorts.
Filmography
1966 Anna (released only on TV)
1970 Cannabis / New York Parigi per una condanna
a morte / Cannabis—Engel der Gewalt / UK:
French Intrigue / USA: Mafi a Wants Your Blood
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
1972 La Sainte Famille ou La Chasse au Diable (also
screenwriter, dialogist; France / Switzerland)
Television Filmography
1960 Denis de Rougemont, Fragments d’une Biographie
(documentary; short; also screenwriter;
Switzerland)
1962 James Baldwin, un Etranger dans le Village (documentary;
short; also screenwriter; Switzerland)
1963 Francis Bacon, Peintre anglais (documentary;
short; also screenwriter; Switzerland)
1970 Peggy Guggenheim, Mémoire d’une Collectionneuse
(documentary; short; also screenwriter;
Switzerland)
1973 Salomé (also producer; shot in 1969)
1974 La Reine de Saba
1976 Parlez-moi (Switzerland)
1977 Moi . . . Exilée (Switzerland)
1978 Rumeur (Switzerland)
1980 Louise Nevelson, My Life As a Collage (documentary;
short; also screenwriter; Switzerland)
1983 La Passion d’Adolf Woefl l (documentary; also
screenwriter; Switzerland)
1984 Le Rapt
1986 Enquête sur la Parole donnée
1988 Le Prince barbare