Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

600 • LAUNOIS, BERNARD
LAUNOIS, BERNARD (April 8, 1930, Mézières,
Ardennes, France–)
After two years of pharmacy studies, he switched to
cinema and landed a job as a trainee editor and then
briefl y served as an assistant. In 1953, he joined the
Paramount programming department in Paris. During
the 1960s, he managed two movie theaters and
worked for various release and production companies
(Parafrance, Comacico, Cinemarc, Sedimo). In 1979,
he created his own society, Lancaster, which fi nanced
his comedies. He also edited about seventy trailers
and played small parts (1971 Caroline Mannequin nu,
Dan Simon = Daniel Lesoeur, shot in 1970, France /
Belgium; Fieras sin jaula / Due maschi per Alexa / US
video: Two Males for Alexa, Juan Logar = Juan López
Garcia, Spain / Italy; 1973 Pigalle, Carrefour des Illusions,
Peter Knight = Pierre Chevalier; shot in 1971; 1977
Une Cage dorée / Razzia sur le Plaisir, A. M. F. Frank =
Marius Lesoeur, shot in 1976). In 1987, he founded
a new company, Delta Films, and bought a movie
theater complex of four screens. He also played small
parts under the pseudonym of Bob Gary in about ten
fi lms (1956 Pitié pour les Vamps, Jean Jospovici; 1970
Caïn de nulle Part / USA: Cain from Nowhere, Daniel
Daërt; Le Voyageur / UK: S for Sex, Daniel Daërt; 1971
L’Homme qui vient de la Nuit, Jean-Claude Dague;
Chaleurs / La Femme créa l’Amant, Daniel Daërt; 1972
Justine de Sade / Justine / UK: Justine de Sade / USA:
The Violation of Justine, Claude Pierson, France / Italy
/ Canada; 1973 Le Dingue, Daniel Daërt; Pigalle, Carrefour
des Illusions, Pierre Chevalier, shot in 1971).
Filmography
1974 Lâchez les Chiennes! (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist, co-producer; shot in 1972)
1975 Les Dépravés du Plaisir
1976 Les Machines à Sous (also screenwriter, producer)
1980 Sacrés Gendarmes (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
Touch’ pas à mon Biniou (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist, producer)
1985 Il était une Fois le Diable / USA: Devil’s Story
(also screenwriter)
LAURENT, CHRISTINE (March 29, 1944, Paris,
France–)
A stage set and costume designer, notably for René
Allio, she occasionally was an actress (1972 Les Camisards,
also costume and production designer, René Allio,
shot in 1970; 1983 En Haut des Marches, Paul Vecchiali;
1984 Le Matelot 512 / Australia: Able Seaman 512,
René Allio; 1990 Le Lyonnais, TV, episode “Taggers,”
Cyril Collard) but worked mainly as a costume designer
for fi lm (1973 Rude Journée pour la Reine, René
Allio; 1976 Moi Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma Mère, ma
Sœur et mon Frère . . . , René Allio; 1980 Retour à Marseille,
René Allio, France / West Germany; 1994 Jeanne
la Pucelle 1—Les Batailles / UK and USA: Joan the Maid
1: The Battles, also co-screenwriter, Jacques Rivette;
Jeanne la Pucelle II—Les Prisons / UK and USA: Joan
the Maid 2: The Prisons, also co-screenwriter, Jacques
Rivette; 2001 Va savoir / Chi lo sa? / USA and Australia:
Va savoir (Who Knows?), also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
Jacques Rivette, France / Italy) and TV (1981 Les
Intermittences du Coeur, Dirk Sanders; 1997 L’Arlésienne,
Dirk Sanders). A fi lm director since 1977, she cowrote
the screenplays and the dialogues of several
Jacques Rivette movies (1988 La Bande des Quatre /
USA: The Gang of Four / US DVD: Gang of Four, Jacques
Rivette, France / Switzerland; 1991 La Belle Noiseuse
/ UK and USA: The Beautiful Troublemaker, Jacques
Rivette; 1995 Haut Bas Fragile / USA: Up, Down, Fragile,
Jacques Rivette; 2003 Histoire de Marie et Julien / Storia
de Marie e Julien, Jacques Rivette, France / Italy; Ne
Touchez pas à la Hache / La duchessa di Langeais / UK:
Don’t Touch the Axe / USA: Don’t Touch the Axe, Jacques
Rivette, France / Italy; 2009 36 Vues du Pic Saint-Loup).
She is also a stage director.
Filmography
1977 Alice Constant / A. Constant (also screenwriter,
actor; France / Switzerland)
1985 Vertiges (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist,
costume designer; shot in 1983–1984)
1990 Eden Miséria (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist; France / Portugal; shot in 1986)
1997 Transatlantique / Transatlantico (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Portugal / Uruguay)
2006 Call Me Agostino (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
LAUREUX, JEAN-CLAUDE (1939, France–)
A sound engineer since 1967 (Mon Amour, mon Amour,
Nadine Trintignant), he notably collaborated on most
of Louis Malle’s movies (from 1969 L’Inde Fantôme /
UK and USA: Phantom India to 1992 Damage / Fatale
/ Verhängnis, UK / France / Germany). His erotic comedy
was produced by Malle’s brother Vincent.