Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

718 • MEYROU, OLIVIER
Quartet, James Ivory, UK / France; 1982 Guy de Maupassant,
Michel Drach, 1983 L’Homme blessé / UK and
USA: The Wounded Man, Patrice Chéreau; La Tragédie
de Carmen / Die Tragödie der Carmen, Peter Brook,
France / UK / West Germany / USA; 1984 Un Amour
de Swann / Eine Liebe von Swann / UK and USA: A Love
of Swann / Swann in Love, Volker Schlöndorff, France /
West Germany; 1985 A View to Kill, John Glenn, UK /
USA; 1986 Golden Eighties / USA: Window Shopping,
Chantal Akerman, France / Belgium). Other credits
(as co-screenwriter): 1997 La Mère de nos Enfants
(Jean-Louis Lorenzi); 1998 Quand un Ange passe (Bertrand
Van Effenterre); 2002 Le Pont de l’Aigle (Bertrand
Van Effenterre). He authored several novels, including
Lapin Dixit (Editions Baleine, 1998), Dans le Doubs
absinthe toi (Editions Baleine, 1998), and Le Chant des
Couturières (Editions Baleine, 2000).
Filmography
1976 Fermé le Mercredi (short)
1979 Villandry (short; also cinematographer)
1984 Une Dent contre (short)
1986 L’Iguane (short)
Perfusion (short)
1987 L’œil au Beur(re) noir (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1992 Sexes faibles! (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1997 Un Après-Midi au Parc (short)
2000 Voyous Voyelles / USA: Pretty Devils / US cable
TV: The Little Grifters (also screenwriter; shot
in 1998–1999)
Television Filmography
1990 Le Blé en Herbe (also co-screenwriter)
1991 Parfum de Bébé
1995 Sa Dernière Lettre (also co-screenwriter, producer)
1996 Le Sang du Renard (also screenwriter, producer)
1997 Un Après-midi au Parc (also screenwriter)
Le Cri du Corbeau (also screenwriter)
1998 Le Danger d’aimer
2001 L’Inconnue du Val Perdu (also screenwriter,
camera operator)
Maïmiti, l’Enfant des Îles
2002 Hôpital souterrain (also co-screenwriter)
2004 Caution personnelle (also co-screenwriter)
La Nuit du Meurtre / Le Secret de Nathalie (also
co-screenwriter, camera operator)
2005 Le Crime des Renards (also screenwriter)
2006 Passés troubles (also adapter; France / Belgium)
2007 L’Enfant du Secret (also cinematographer;
France / Belgium)
2008 Miroir, mon beau Miroir (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
MEYROU, OLIVIER (February 19, 1966, Antony,
Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
A former assistant to TV director Claude Santelli, he
produced a short (1993 Le Repas / USA: The Meal, Jon
Carnoy, France / USA) and worked as a cinematographer
and editor (1997 Las olvidadas (Memorias de
la Argentina inundada), documentary, Hervé Delmare,
Argentina).
Filmography
2003 Bye Bye Apartheid (documentary; South Africa)
2005 Au-delà de la Haine (documentary; also screenwriter)
2007 Célébration (documentary; also screenwriter)
MIANSAROW, ALEXIS (November 22, 1968,
France–)
Of Russian descent, he graduated with a diploma in
history at the Sorbonne and a bachelor’s degree in
cinema. Then he created trailers for the Eurosport
TV channel before directing his fi rst short. Other
credit (as actor): 1999 Le Gang des TV (short, Artus
de Penguern).
Filmography
1993 Les Chiens de Pavlov (short)
1994 Tout un Cinéma (short)
1997 Francorusse (also screenwriter, actor)
2001 Bad Karma
MICHEL, ANDRÉ (November 7, 1910, Paris,
France–June 5, 1989, Paris, France)
Having graduated with a bachelor’s degree in law, he
was a fi lm critic before serving as an assistant director
(1939 Jeunes Filles en Détresse, G. W. Pabst; 1941
Nuit de Décembre, Curtis Bernhardt). World War II
and the German occupation of France interrupted his
activities. He joined the French Resistance and created
with cinematographer Henri Alekan the Service
du Comité d’Action de la Résistance, for which he
directed his fi rst fi lm, a short on Partisans. He ap-