Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

he co-wrote Quand les Anges s’en mêlent . . . (Crystel
Amsalem, 2005).
Filmography
1990 Zak le Tricheur (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
actor)
1991 M’appelle pas André (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor)
1992 Charlie (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)
1996 Coup de Vice (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)
2001 Gamer (as Zak Fishman; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2009 Les Princes de la Nuit (co-director with Chrystel
Amsalem; also screenwriter, dialogist)
LÉVY, RAOUL J. (April 14, 1922, Antwerpen, Belgium–December
31, 1966, Saint-Tropez, Var, France)
He entered fi lms as a production assistant for RKO
in the USA and Mexico. Then he was a representative
for American producer Edward Small in Europe
(1948–1949). In 1950, he began producing fi lms
himself (1951 Identité judiciaire / USA: Paris Vice Squad,
Hervé Bromberger; 1953 Les Orgueilleux / UK: The
Proud Ones / USA: The Proud and the Beautiful, Yves Allégret,
France / Mexico; 1956 Pardonnez nos Offenses,
Robert Hossein; Et Dieu . . . créa la Femme / E Dio creo la
donna / Piace a troppi / UK: And Woman . . . Was Created
/ USA: . . . And God Created Woman, also actor, Roger
Vadim, France / Italy; 1957 Sait-on jamais . . . / Un colpo
da due miliardi / USA: No Sun in Venice, Roger Vadim,
France / Italy; 1958 Les Bijoutiers du Clair de Lune / Gli
amanti del chiaro di luna / UK: Heaven Fell That Night
/ USA: The Night Heaven Fell, Roger Vadim, France /
Italy; En Cas de Malheur / La ragazza del peccato / UK:
In Case of Adversity / USA: Love Is My Profession, Claude
Autant-Lara, France / Italy; 1959 Babette s’en va-t-en
Guerre / USA: Babette Goes to War, Christian-Jaque;
1960 Les Régates de San Francisco / Il risveglio dell’istinto
/ UK and USA: The Regattas of San Francisco, Claude
Autant-Lara, France / Italy; Moderato cantabile / Moderato
cantabile: Storia di uno strano amore / UK: Seven
Days . . . Seven Nights / USA: Moderato cantabile, Peter
Brook, France / Italy; La Vérité / La verità / UK and
USA: The Truth, Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy;
1962 Le Petit Garçon de l’Ascenseur, Pierre Granier-
Deferre; 1965 La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo /
Lo scacchiere di Dio / Le meravigliose avventure di Marco
Polo / Marko Polo / UK and USA: Marco the Magnifi -
cent, also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Denys de La
Patellière, Noël Howard, France / Italy / Yugoslavia /
Afghanistan / Egypt, shot in 1963; 1967 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).
He killed himself at age forty-four.
Filmography
1965 Je vous salue Mafi a! / Da New York: La mafi a
uccide / USA: Hail, Mafi a (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist, co-producer; France / Italy)
1966 L’Espion / Lautlöse Waffen / UK and USA: The
Defector (also screenwriter, dialogist; France /
West Germany)
LÉVY, SARAH (May 22, 1958, Paris, France–)
She entered fi lms as a script consultant (1989 Moitié-
Moitié, Paul Boujenah) before writing screenplays of
shorts and TV movies. She also co-wrote a feature
fi lm (1999 Prison à Domicile / USA: House Arrest, Christophe
Jacrot).
Filmography
1995 La Poupie (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
sound editor)
1998 Fausses Alertes (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1999 Du bleu jusqu’en Amérique (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2004 La Méthode anglaise (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
Television Filmography
1999 Chambre No. 13 (short; episode “Coccinelle”;
also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2000 Les Redoutables (short; episode “Prime Time”;
also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2004 Taxi blanc / Le Petit Garçon silencieux (also
screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 2002)
2006 Au Crépuscule des Temps (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2008 Little Wenzhou (also screenwriter, dialogist)
LEWIN, RAYMOND (1950, France–)
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An editor (1975 Le Soleil qui rit rouge, Bruno-Mario
Kirchner, shot in 1973; 1976 Les Petits Dessous des
grands Ensembles / Ca glisse au Pays des Merveilles,
Christian Chevreuse; 1980 Rapt in Love / Jarretelles
roses sur Bas noirs / Los amores impuros de Sybille / Französische
Küsse, Gérard Loubeau, Hans R. Walthard,