Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

LIÈVRE, HERVÉ (January 20, 1951, Roanne, Loire,
France–)
He studied business at the Ecole Supérieure de
Commerce de Paris (ESCP, 1974) and graduated in
economics from La Sorbonne in 1975. He taught
economics, management, and psychosociology while
directing his fi rst shorts. From 1981 to 1997, he ran
his own production company, AAPA, which fi nanced
his movies and a few shorts directed by Marc Adjadj
(1985 Pour quelques je t’aime de plus) and Lionel Delplanque
(1994 Le Ticket; 1995 Les Lustrales).
Filmography
1976 Le Joujou du Pauvre (short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1977 Confession à l’Aube (short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1978 Le Silence et la Nuit (short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1979 F.P. (short; also screenwriter, producer)
1980 La Mort en Herbe (short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1983 Bancals (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
producer)
1988 Une Journée (short; also screenwriter, producer)
La Queue de la Comète (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, co-producer)
1990 Le Diable en Enfer (short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1991 Ab Irato (short; also screenwriter, producer)
1992 La Maisonnée (short; also screenwriter, producer)
1993 L’Equipée (short; also screenwriter, producer)
1994 La Culpabilité (short; also screenwriter, producer)
LIFSHITZ, SÉBASTIEN (January 21, 1968, Paris,
France–)
He trained at the Ecole du Louvre and graduated
with a bachelor’s degree in the history of art from
La Sorbonne. In 1991, he was an assistant to photographer
Suzanne Lafont before switching to cinema.
He also appeared in a medium-length documentary
(1995 Fragments d’Amour à Vingt-Huit Ans, Sylvie Ballyot,
Béatrice Kordon).
Filmography
1993 Il faut que je l’aime (short; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
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1995 Claire Denis, la Vagabonde (documentary;
medium-length; also screenwriter, producer)
1996 Les Corps ouverts (short; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, producer, actor)
2000 Presque rien / UK: Almost Nothing / USA: Come
Undone (also co-screenwriter)
2001 La Traversée (documentary; also co-screenwriter)
2004 Wild Side (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1999 Les Terres froides (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
actor)
LIGNERAT, JEAN-LOUIS (December 10, 1940,
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France–)
He learned his craft watching movies at the French
Cinematheque. In 1963–1964, he was a trainee assistant
to directors Jean Becker, Claude Chabrol, and
Claude Lelouch. He co-wrote several TV series (1974
Les Faucheurs de Marguerites, 7 55', Marcel Camus,
France / Canada / Switzerland / West Germany /
Belgium; 1978 Le Temps des As, 6 55', Claude Boissol,
France / West Germany / Switzerland / Belgium
/ Morocco; 1980 La Conquête du Ciel, 6 55', France
/ West Germany / Switzerland / Belgium / Morocco;
1982 L’Adieu aux As, 6 55', Jean-Pierre Decourt).
Since the late 1990s, he has owned a medieval shop
in Dordogne. In 1984, he published a novel: Les Fous
du Ciel (Hachette).
Filmography
1965 On m’a volé le Far-West (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1977 Armons-nous et . . . partez (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, producer)
1986 813, Voyage incertain (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist, producer)
Television Filmography
1988 Les Enfants de la Liberté (animation; 8 26')
LILIENFELD, JEAN-PAUL (July 17, 1957, Paris,
France–)
An actor seen mostly in comedies, including those he
directed, he collaborated as a screenwriter on several
movies (1987 L’Eté en Pente douce, Gérard Krawczyk;
L’Oeil au Beur(re) noir, Serge Meynard; 1991 La Contre-
Allée, Isabel Sebastian).