Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

612 • LE WITA, FRANK
La Porteuse de Pain (four episodes: “Le Crime,”
“L’Evadée de Clermont,” “Maman Lison,” “Les
Métamorphoses d’Ovide”)
1924 Les Fils du Soleil (eight episodes: “Un Drame
à Saint-Cyr,” “Le Capitaine Youssouf,” “Chrétienne
et Musumane,” “Le Justice d’Abd-el-
Kassem,” “L’Evasion,” “La Guerre sainte,” “Sabre
au Clair,” “Le Triomphe de l’Honneur”)
1925 Les Terres d’Or (documentary)
1926 La Forêt qui tue / Het Dodeljike Woud (also coscreenwriter;
partially directed by René Le
Somptier; Belgium)
Le P’tit Parigot
1928 La Marche vers le Soleil / USA: The March Toward
the Sun (also screenwriter, actor)
LE WITA, FRANK
In 1981, he co-directed with his friend Robert
Guédiguian Dernier Eté. Since then, he has worked as
a co-screenwriter for fi lm (1985 Rouge Midi, Robert
Guédiguian) and TV (1989 En Cas de Bonheur, 250
26', Dominique Giuliani, Paul Vecchiali), production
manager (1987 Sale Destin, Sylvain Madigan; 1992 Les
Paradis perdus, Pierre Rival; 1993 Personne ne m’aime,
Marion Vernoux; 1994 Regarde les Hommes tomber,
Jacques Audiard; Grossesse nerveuse: Wer kriegt denn
hier ein Baby?, Denis Robiglia), and delegate producer
(1998 Une Minute de Silence, Florent-Emilio Siri; 2001
Charmant Garçon, Patrick Chesnais; Le Fils de Jean-
Claude Videau, Pascal Videau; 2003 Variété française,
Frédéric Videau; 2005 Le Promeneur du Champ de
Mars, Robert Guédiguian).
Filmography
1981 Dernier Eté (co-director with Robert Guédiguian;
also co-screenwriter)
1985 Le Souffl eur
LEBEL, JEAN-PATRICK (January 8, 1942, Antananarivo,
Madagascar–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC (directing department,
editing option) in 1963, he worked as an assistant
director on shorts and TV movies (1963–1966).
Then he successively was a location manager (1967
Made in USA, Jean-Luc Godard; Deux ou trois Choses
que je sais d’elle / UK and USA: Two or Three Things I
Know About Her, also actor, Jean-Luc Godard; L’Horizon,
also actor, Jacques Rouffi o; La Chinoise, Jean-Luc Godard;
Loin du Vietnam / USA: Far from Vietnam, segment
“Camera-Eye,” Jean-Luc Godard; 1969 Amore e rabbia /
Evangile 70 / La Contestation / Vangelo ’70 / UK and USA:
Love and Anger, segment “L’Enfant prodigue,” Jean-Luc
Godard, France / Italy; Le Corps de Diane / Telo Diany,
Jean-Louis Richard, France / Czechoslovakia), assistant
director (1967 Woman Times Seven / Sept Fois Femme
/ Sette volte donne, Vittorio de Sica, USA / France /
Italy; Week-End / Week-End un uomo e una donna dal
sabato alla domenica / USA: Weekend, Jean-Luc Godard,
France / Italy; 1969 Slogan, also editorial supervisor,
Pierre Grimblat; 1970 Le Dernier Homme, Charles L.
Bitsch, also actor, shot in 1967; Borsalino, Jacques Deray,
France / Italy; Le Cercle rouge / I senza nome / UK and
USA: The Red Circle, Jean-Pierre Melville, France / Italy;
1971 Léa l’Hiver, Marc Monnet; 1972 Beau Masque, also
co-screenwriter, France / Italy; 1973 Défense de savoir /
L’uomo in basso a destra nella fotografi a, Nadine Trintignant,
France / Italy; 1974 Le Trio infernal / Il trio infernale
/ Trio infernal / UK and USA: The Infernal Trio, also actor,
Francis Girod, France / Italy / West Germany; 1976 Un
Type comme moi ne devrait pas mourir, Michel Vianey;
1977 La Communion solennelle, René Féret), production
manager (1980 Fernand, René Féret), technical adviser
(1981 Itinéraire Bis, also actor, Christian Drillaud), and
producer or delegate producer. In 1971, he published
Cinéma et Idéologie (Editions Sociales). Other credits
(as actor): 1967 Le plus vieux Métier du Monde / L’amore
attraverso i secoli / Das älteste Gewerbe der Welt / UK:
Love Through the Centuries / The Oldest Profession in the
World / USA: The Oldest Profession, segment “Anticipation
ou L’Amour en l’An 2000” (Jean-Luc Godard,
France / Italy / West Germany); 1990 Lacenaire / US
DVD: The Elegant Criminal (Francis Girod).
Filmography
1979 Plurielles (also screenwriter)
1981 Le Décalage (video; medium-length)
1982 Le Mariage de Madame Citroën et de Monsieur
C.G.T. (video; medium-length)
1984 Nasdine Hodja au Pays du Business (video
documentary; also co-screenwriter)
1987 Cité de la Muette (documentary)
1988 Notes pour Debussy—Lettre ouverte à Jean-Luc
Godard / Notes pour Debussy (documentary)
1993 Les Heures creuses de Claude Miller (documentary;
short)
1998 La Cheminée dans la Cafetière (short; also
screenwriter, dialogist)
1999 Calino Maneige (also co-screenwriter, actor;
shot in 1996)
On s’fait un Film (documentary; short; codirector
with Philippe Troyon)