Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

MACH, JEAN (October 26, 1969, Paris, France–)
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree and a
master’s degree in mathematics and having studied
screenwriting at the Montpellier ISAV fi lm school,
he directed his fi rst short. Seen as a supporting actor
in Die, Die, My Darling (Eric Anderson, 2000) and
Witching’Hour (also producer, Eric Anderson, 2005), he
created his own production company, MAD Films.
Filmography
1996 Sept Merveilles capitales (short)
1997 Rupture (short)
Vice Versa (short)
Risques
1998 Poisse (short)
Vampire (short)
1999 La Quadrature du Cercle (short)
Faux Frères (short)
2001 Maria (short; also co-screenwriter)
2002 Macadam Stories (link scenes; co-director with
Yann Gobart, Frédéric Grousset, Sam Van
Olfen; also actor)
2005 Par l’Odeur alléché (also screenwriter, coproducer,
actor; shot in 2002)
2008 8th Wonderland (co-director with Nicolas Alberny;
also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1999 Collège en Rep (documentary)
MACHIN, ALFRED (April 20, 1877, Blendecques,
Pas-de-Calais, Nord, France–June 16, 1929, Nices,
Alpes-Maritimes, France)
A photographer and reporter for L’Illustration, he was
sent to Africa by Pathé Frères as a cameraman and
director and directed his fi rst movies in Africa. He
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founded for Pathé the Hollandische Film in Amsterdam
in 1911 and the Belge Film in Brussels, Belgium.
He shot documentaries and comic shorts in the
Netherlands, Belgium, and France. During World War
I, he was mobilized and fi lmed for Pathé the battles
of the war and life in the trenches (1915–1917). After
the war, Pathé asked him to manage the two Nicebased
branches of the production company, Nizza
and Comica, and then offered him the purchase of
the studios. He agreed and created his own society
that fi nanced the animal comedies he directed. His
younger son, Claude, and wife, former Belgian actress
Germaine Lécuyer, sometimes played in these
pictures. Wounded by a panther on the set, he never
totally recovered his health, and he died of an embolism
while planning another shooting.
Filmography
1908 Chasse à l’Hippopotame sur le Nil bleu (documentary;
short)
Chasse à la Panthère (documentary; short; also
screenwriter, cinematographer)
1909 Coiffures et Types de Hollande (documentary;
short; also screenwriter)
Enfants de Hollande / USA: Dutch Kids (documentary;
short; also screenwriter)
En Hollande: Le Port de Volendam (documentary;
short; also screenwriter)
Le Fromage de Hollande (documentary; short;
also screenwriter)
Le Moulin maudit / UK: The Mill (short; also
screenwriter)
Une Journée à l’Île de Marken (documentary;
short; also screenwriter)
1910 La Catastrophe ferroviaire de Saujon (news short;
also screenwriter, co-cinematographer)