Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1965 Corrida pour un Espion / Persecucion a un espia
/ Der Spion, der in die Hölle ging / UK: The Spy
Who Went into Hell / USA: Code Name: Jaguar
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France /
Spain / West Germany)
1968 Casse-Tête chinois pour le Judoka / Ore violente
/ Die sieben Masken des Judoka (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter; France / Italy / West
Germany)
Television Filmography
1972 La Feuille d’Erable (39 60'; co-director with
Gilles Carle, Jean-Louis Colmant, Aimée Danis,
Jean-Pierre Decourt, Carole Laure; France /
Canada / Switzerland / Belgium)
LABRO, PHILIPPE (August 27, 1936, Montauban,
Tarn-et-Garonne, France–)
At age eighteen, he studied at Washington and Lee University
in Lexington, Virginia, USA, and traveled across
the USA. He began as a journalist for Marie-France and
France-Soir and soon became a radio reporter for Europe
1. In 1960, he published his fi rst novel (Un Américain
peu tranquille). He occasionally played in fi lms (1967
Made in USA, Jean-Luc Godard; 1975 Le Chat et la Souris
/ UK: Seven Suspects for Murder / USA: Cat and Mouse,
Claude Lelouch; 2001 Le Peuple migrateur / Il popolo migratore
/ Nomaden der Lüfte / Nomaden der Lüfte—Das
Geheimnis der Zugvögel / Nomadas del viento / UK: The
Travelling Birds / USA: Winged Migration, as narrator of
English version, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel
Debats, France / Italy / Germany / Spain). He also
wrote the commentary of a short (1962 Coup-de-Feu à
Dix-Huit Heures, Daniel Costelle). One of his short stories
and two of his novels were brought to the screen
(1963 Le Type au Ras du Cou blanc, short, as author of
original story, Alain Dhenault; 1994 Des Feux mal éteints,
Serge Moati; Foreign Student / L’Etudiant étranger, Eva
Sereny, Netherlands / USA / France / Italy / UK). He
wrote many songs for singer and actor Johnny Hallyday
and hosted several TV programs, including Ombre
et Lumière (2001–2006).
Filmography
1969 Tout peut arriver / UK and USA: Don’t Be Blue
(also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
1971 Sans Mobile apparent / Senza movente / UK
and USA: Without Apparent Motive (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor;
France / Italy)
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1973 L’Héritier / L’erede / USA: The Inheritor / The
Exterminator (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist, actor; France / Italy)
1974 Le Hasard et la Violence / Amore e violenza /
Assassinio al sole (also co-screenwriter; France
/ Italy)
1976 L’Alpagueur / USA: Hunter Will Get You (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, cameo)
1983 La Crime (also co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1984 Rive droite, Rive gauche / UK and USA: Right
Bank, Left Bank (also co-screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
1966 Les Deux D: Marie Dubois, Françoise Dorléac
(short; documentary)
LABRUNE, JEANNE (June 21, 1950, Berry Bouy,
Cher, France–)
After completing her studies in letters, she began
directing for TV. She is also a screenwriter (1985
Rancune tenace, 35 26', as dialogist, Emmanuel Fonlladosa;
1994 Les Absences du Président, TV movie, as
screenwriter, dialogist, Gérard Guillaume; 2000 Vatel,
Roland Joffe, France / UK). Other credit (as actress):
1996 L’Inconnue (short, Ismaël Ferroukhi). She authored
a novel, L’Obscur (Grasset et Fasquelle, 2007).
Filmography
1988 De Sable et de Sang / USA: Blood and Sand /
Sand and Blood (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
Correspondance privée sur un Lieu public (short;
also screenwriter)
1992 Sans un Cri (also screenwriter, co-dialogist;
France / Belgium / Italy)
1998 Si je t’aime . . . prends garde à toi / USA: Beware
of My Love! (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2000 Ca ira mieux demain (also screenwriter)
2002 C’est le Bouquet! (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
2004 Cause toujours! (also co-screenwriter, producer)
2007 Mauvaise Pente (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
Television Filmography
1978 Fenêtres
1979 L’Île à ma Dérive
1982 Les Prédateurs (also screenwriter)
1984 La Digue (also screenwriter)