Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

LE ROCH, ERIC (September 5, 1968, Paris, France–)
After earning a diploma in chemistry, he wrote
sketches and plays (1995 L’Envol des Mammouths;
1998 Le Bagout des Poux). He made his screen acting
debut in Le Bal des Casse-Pieds (Yves Robert, 1992)
and played supporting roles in a few fi lms and TV
series. Besides his own movies, he co-wrote a short,
Le Fauteuil magique (André Valardy, 1992).
Filmography
1990 Fantômes à Table (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1992 Revanchards (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
De la Tête aux Pieds (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1995 L’Histoire du petit Homme bizarre (short; also
screenwriter, dialogist)
1996 Mauvais Plan (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2001 Le Soleil au-dessus des Nuages (also screenwriter;
shot in 2000)
2007 New Délire (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1993 La Vie des Cakes (pilot for a TV series; also
screenwriter)
Les Métiers d’Après-demain (15 2'; also
screenwriter)
1995 Les Sports d’Après-demain (23 3')
2003 T.R.A.C. (pilot for a TV series)
2005 Méli-mélo (documentary)
2006 L’Accompagnement en Fin de Vie (documentary)
L’Estime de soi (documentary)
La Thérapie du Couple (documentary)
LE ROUX, HERVÉ (1958, France–)
After completing his studies of classical letters, he
became a fi lm critic at Cahiers du Cinéma. He made
his fi lm debut as an assistant to one of his colleagues
(1989 Incognito, TV, Alain Bergala).
Filmography
1993 Grand Bonheur / USA: Great Happiness (also
screenwriter, dialogist)
1996 Reprise (documentary)
1999 Sortie d’Usine (short)
2001 On appelle ça . . . le Printemps / USA: They Call
This . . . Spring (also screenwriter; shot in 1999)
LE SOMPTIER, RENÉ • 611
LE SOMPTIER, RENÉ (November 12, 1884, Caen,
Calvados, France–September 23, 1950, Paris, France)
The son of antique dealers, he studied law before
publishing articles in L’Action Française and L’Oeuvre
(1906). A high school friend of his who had founded
a fi lm company (Cosmograph) allowed him to direct
his fi rst movie, Poum à la Chasse, in which starred his
father. After the end of World War I, he also wrote
a few plays.
Filmography
1908 Poum à la Chasse (short; also screenwriter)
1912 Grand-Maman (also screenwriter)
Le Temps des Cerises (also screenwriter)
1913 Fleur fânée . . . Cœur aimé . . . (short; also screenwriter)
La Lettre (also screenwriter)
Les Mains qui meurent (also screenwriter)
La Poudre X (short; also screenwriter)
Prix de Rome (also screenwriter)
Un Drame de l’Air (short; also screenwriter)
1914 Au Fond du Cœur (short; also screenwriter)
Le Monde renversé (also screenwriter)
La Fille du Caissier (short; also screenwriter)
Ginette (also screenwriter)
Josette (short; also screenwriter)
Au Temps des Cerises / Le Temps des Cerises
(short; also screenwriter)
La Gloire posthume (short; also screenwriter)
L’Intègre (short; also screenwriter)
Le Bon Tuyau (short; also screenwriter)
Chef d’Ecole (also screenwriter)
Les Masques (short; also screenwriter)
Le Pressentiment (also screenwriter)
Le Raid aérien (short; also screenwriter, actor)
1915 Célibataire (also screenwriter)
Les Epaves de l’Amour / Les Epaves (also
screenwriter)
1916 L’Aubade à Sylvie (also screenwriter)
Le Pont des Enfers (also screenwriter)
1919 La Croisade (also screenwriter)
La Sultane de l’Amour (two parts; co-director
with Charles Burguet; a version colored with
a stencil key set was released in 1923)
1920 La Montée vers l’Acropole (also screenwriter)
1923 La Bête traquée / La Fille du Garde-Chasse (codirector
with Michel Carré)
La Dame de Monsoreau (a shortened version
colored with a stencil key set was released
in 1925)