Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

LECONTE, JEAN-LOUIS (May 17, 1948, Paris,
France–)
Having graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economic
science, he learned his craft watching four or
fi ve movies a day at the French Cinémathèque. A fi lm
director since 1970, he also played in a movie (1975
Allégorie, Christian Paureilhe) and co-wrote several
features (1986 Les Longs Manteaux / Expreso a la
emboscada / Los largos abrigos, José Giovanni, France
/ Argentina; 1996 Les Caprices d’un Fleuve, collaboration
only; 1997 Tenue de Soirée, Philippe Lioret; 2004
L’Equipier, collaboration only, Philippe Lioret; 2006
Serko, Joël Farges). In 1978–1979, he directed reports
for Gaumont.
Filmography
1970 Le Temps d’une Sèche (short)
1973 La Décalcifi cation (short)
La Vie mystérieuse de Jean-Léon Cleutois (short)
1976 Chaleurs d’Eté (short)
1980 L’Ombre et la Nuit (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist; shot in 1977)
1981 Trente Secondes pour rêver (documentary)
1983 Une Pierre dans la Bouche / USA: A Stone in the
Mouth (also co-screenwriter)
1990 Bienvenue à bord! . . . (also screenwriter)
1998 Alekan, le Magnifi que (documentary)
2000 Luc Simon, Peintre de la Lumière (documentary;
short)
2004 Pierre Richard, Portrait d’un Rêveur (documentary)
Television Filmography
1993 Notre Histoire (3 52' documentary)
2003 Portrait craché (also co-screenwriter)
LECONTE, PATRICE (November 12, 1947, Paris,
France–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC in 1969, he directed
his fi rst short the same year. In the early 1970s,
he joined the magazine Pilote, in which he published
his comic strips for fi ve years. He worked as a title
designer (1971 Les Machins de l’Existence, short, Jean-
François Dion), played a few parts in fi lms (1973 L’An
01, Jacques Doillon, Alain Resnais, Jean Rouch; 1984 Pinot
simple Flic, Gérard Jugnot; 1995 Le Fils de Gascogne /
US DVD: The Son of Gascogne, as himself, Pascal Aubier;
Lumière et Compagnie / Lumiere y compania / Lumière
and Company, short, segment “Sarah Moon,” France /
Spain / Denmark / Sweden; 2008 Mes Stars et moi, La-
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etitia Colombani), co-wrote Le Jeu des Preuves (short,
Luc Béraud, 1974), and directed several plays (1991
Ornifl e ou Le Courant d’Air, Jean Anouilh; 2004–2005
Grosse Chaleur, Laurent Ruquier; 2007 Confi dences trop
intimes, adapted by Jérôme Tonnerre; Correspondance
de Groucho Marx; 2008 Héloïse). He authored a book:
2000 Je suis un Imposteur (Flammarion).
Filmography
1969 La Tiara d’Almendros (short)
L’Espace vital (short)
1971 Le Laboratoire de l’Angoisse (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, commentary)
1973 La Famille heureuse / La Famille heureuse (Famille
Gazul) (short)
1976 Les Vécés étaient fermés de l’Intérieur (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter)
1978 Les Bronzés / USA: French Fried Vacation (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1979 Les Bronzés font du Ski
1981 Viens chez moi, j’habite chez une Copine (also
co-screenwriter)
1982 Ma Femme s’appelle reviens (also co-screenwriter)
1983 Circulez, y’a rien à voir (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1985 Les Spécialistes (also co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1987 Tandem (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
camera operator)
1989 Monsieur Hire / UK and USA: Monsieur Hire
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist,
camera operator)
1990 Le Mari de la Coiffeuse / UK and USA: The
Hairdresser’s Husband (also screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist, camera operator)
1991 Contre l’Oubli / Ecrire contre l’Oubli / Against Oblivion
/ Lest We Forget (documentary; segment
“Pour Alexandre Goldovitch,” URSS)
1992 Le Batteur du Boléro (short; also screenwriter,
camera operator)
1993 Tango (also co-screenwriter, uncredited camera
operator)
1994 Le Parfum d’Yvonne (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist, editor, camera operator)
1995 Lumière et Compagnie / Lumiere y compania
/ Lumière and Company (segment “La Ciotat
1996”; France / Spain / Denmark / Sweden)
1996 Les Grands Ducs / USA: The Grand Dukes (also
co-screenwriter, camera operator)
Ridicule (also camera operator)