Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

610 • LE MONNIER, ANN
1992 Les Sept Péchés capitaux (also producer; segment
“La Pureté”; also screenwriter of the
segment “L’Espérance,” Olivier Smolders; Belgium
/ Luxembourg)
1998 Le Nain rouge / Il nano rosso / UK and USA:
The Red Dwarf (also screenwriter, dialogist,
producer; Belgium / Italy / France)
2005 Vendredi ou un autre Jour (also screenwriter,
dialogist, producer; Belgium / France)
LE MONNIER, ANN (January 19, 1949, Neuillysur-Seine,
Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
His great-grandfather, Ernest Normandin, was a rival
of the Lumière brothers with his own cinematograph
called “Royal Biograph.” Having trained at the London
Film School (1972–1973), he was an assistant director
from 1974 to 1987. A fi lm director since 1980, he
shot many institutional movies and documentaries.
Filmography
1980 Happy End (short; also screenwriter)
1982 Cher Alexandre (short; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1991 Il est interdit de jouer dans la Cour (short; also
screenwriter)
1992 Vagabond (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1990 Asunción (documentary; short)
Fleuve Paraguay (documentary)
LE PÊCHEUR, DIDIER (July 5, 1959, France–)
After studying graphic arts and industry at the Ecole
Estienne, he began his professional career as an artistic
director. Then he shot many commercials and musical
videos. Also a novelist (1988 Le Bord du Monde,
Régine Desforges; 1990 Battavia, Régine Desforges;
1992 Les Hommes immobiles, Régine Desforges; 1995
Des Nouvelles du Bon Dieu, Julliard), he directed his fi rst
short in 1988 and shot many musical videos. Other
credits (as co-screenwriter): 2000 Harrison’s Flowers
(Elie Chouraqui); 2004 Premiers Secours (TV; episode
“Un Enfant en Péril,” Didier Delaître); 2005 Fargas
(TV; episode “Fashion Victim,” Christophe Douchand);
2006 Premiers Secours (TV; episode “Maux d’Amour”);
O Jerusalem / O’ Jerusalem (Elie Chouraqui, France
/ Italy / UK / Greece / Israel / USA); (as dialogist):
2003 Fargas (TV; episode “La Loi du Sang,” Charlotte
Brandström); (as co-adapter, dialogist): 2007 Commissaire
Cordier (episode “Attaque au Fer”); (as screen-
writer, adapter, dialogist): 2008 Le Septième Juré (TV;
Edouard Niermans).
Filmography
1988 Ludovine (short)
1989 Le Mystère des Voix bulgares (short; also screenwriter)
1990 Requiem (short; also screenwriter)
Histoire de Mila (short; also screenwriter)
1991 Le Mari de la Femme du Pompiste (short; also
screenwriter, dialogist)
1996 Des Nouvelles du Bon Dieu / UK: News from the
Good Lord (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
1998 Plan Séquence: Adieu Monde cruel (short; also
screenwriter)
1999 J’aimerais pas crever un Dimanche (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2008 Home Sweet Home (co-director with Bruno
Candillon; also co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
2001 Vertiges (episode “La Peu au Ventre”)
2002 Sang d’Encre
Les Enquêtes d’Eloïse Rome (episode “S.K.”)
2004 Malone (episode “La 7ème Victime”)
2005 Fargas (episode “Comme un Chien”; also coscreenwriter)
2007 Les Bleus: Les Premiers Pas dans la police
(episodes “Hôtels particuliers,” “Retour de
Flammes,” “Les Yeux fermés,” “Otages,” “Faux
semblants,” “Rien ne va plus”)
Malone (episode “Jolie Môme”)
LE PÉRON, SERGE (May 13, 1948, Paris, France–)
A former fi lm critic for Les Cahiers du Cinéma, he also
taught cinema. He played a supporting role in Cauchemar
(Noël Simsolo, 1980).
Filmography
1976 L’Olivier (documentary; co-director with Ali
Akika, Guy Chapouillié, Danièle Dubroux, Jean
Narboni, Dominique Villain)
1984 Laisse Béton (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2000 L’Affaire Marcorelle (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2005 J’ai vu tuer Ben Barka (co-director with Saïd
Smihi; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
2001 Léaud l’Unique (documentary; also screenwriter,
commentary)
2003 Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (documentary)