Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

MIHAILEANU, RADU (April 23, 1958, Bucharest,
Romania–)
The son of a communist Jewish Romanian journalist,
he fl ed Ceaucescu’s dictatorship and took refuge in
1980 in Paris, where he studied directing and fi lm
editing at the IDHEC (1983). In 1984, he created his
own production company, Blimp Productions, which
fi nanced his fi rst shorts. He completed his apprenticeship
as an assistant editor (1984 Un Amour de
Swann / Eine Liebe von Swann / UK: A Love of Swann /
USA: Swann in Love, Volker Schlöndorff, France / West
Germany) and assistant director (1985 A View to a
Kill, stunt unit, John Glenn, UK / USA; 1986 I Love You,
Marco Ferreri; 1988 Y’a bon les Blancs / Come sono
buoni i bianchi / Los Negros también comen, Marco
Ferreri, France / Italy / Spain; Les Saisons du Plaisir,
Jean-Pierre Mocky; El sueno del mono loco / El mono
loco / Le Rêve du Singe fou / USA: The Mad Monkey /
Twisted Obsession, Fernando Trueba, Spain / France;
Un Week-End sur Deux / UK and USA: Every Other
Weekend, Nicole Garcia; 1992 Le Retour de Casanova,
Edouard Niermans; Maigret et la Nuit du Carrefour /
USA: Night at the Crossroads, Alain Tasma, Bertrand
Van Effenterre). He published a collection of poems
(Une Vague en Mal de Mer, Editions Caractères, 1987)
and a novel (Va, vis et deviens, Editions Grasset, 2005).
Other credit (as co-screenwriter, co-adapter): 1989
Le Banquet / Il banchetto di Platone (Marco Ferreri,
France / Italy).
Filmography
1983 Happy End (short)
1985 Naissance de Blimp (short; also screenwriter,
actor)
1986 Le Voyour (short; also screenwriter)
1989 Mensonge d’un Clochard (short; also screenwriter)
1993 Trahir / Traidor / A trada (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Spain / Romania)
1998 Train de Vie / Trenul vietii / USA: Train of Life
(also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Belgium
/ Netherlands / Israel / Romania)
2005 Va, vis et deviens / Vai e vivrai / Go, See and Become
/ UK and Canada: Live and Become (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer;
France / Belgium / Israel / Italy)
Television Filmography
2002 Les Pygmées de Carlo (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
MILESI, JEAN-LOUIS • 721
MILESI, JEAN-LOUIS (August 3, 1956, Sedrina,
Italy)
He entered fi lms as a trainee and then an assistant
director and assistant editor on Jorge Blanco’s Argie
(1984). He held jobs as an extra, a cook during the
shooting of a video clip as a second assistant decorator
(1987 Sale Destin!, Sylvain Madigan), and editor
(1986 La Clé, short, Ghassan Salhab, Lebanon / France;
1988 Les Surprises de l’Amour, short, Caroline Chomienne;
Un Médecin des Lumières / Ein Artz der Hoffnung,
TV movie, René Allio, France / West Germany; 1990
La Ville Louvre, documentary, Nicolas Philibert; 1992
Clin d’œil, short, Olias Barco; 1993 Que la Vie est belle,
short, Romain Vitali; Afrique Fantôme, short, Ghassan
Salhab, Lebanon / France). A fi lm director since 1984,
he also was a co-screenwriter and co-dialogist (1993
L’Argent fait le Bonheur / USA: Money Makes Happiness,
Robert Guédiguian; 1995 A la Vie, à la Mort!, Robert
Guédiguian; 1997 Marius et Jeannette / USA: Marius
and Jeannette, also lyricist, Robert Guédiguian; 1998 A
la Place du Cœur, Robert Guédiguian; 2000 A l’Attaque!,
Robert Guédiguian; La Ville est tranquille, Robert
Guédiguian; 2001 Charmant Garçon, Patrick Chesnais;
2002 Marie-Jo et ses 2 Amours, Robert Guédiguian;
2004 Mon Père est ingénieur, Robert Guédiguian; 2007
Sempre vivu!, Robin Renucci; 2008 Lady Jane, Robert
Guédiguian) and screenwriter and dialogist (2005 Le
Show des Machos, short, Thierry Binisti; Et si Kubrick,
c’était laid, short, Thierry Binisti; A consommer froid
de Préférence, short, Thierry Boscheron; Apparences,
short, Thierry Boscheron; Tête de Gondole, segments
“Le Show des Machos,” “Et si Kubrick, c’était laid,” “A
consommer froid de préférence,” “Apparences”). He
also authored and directed plays (1982 Néant Cage,
also actor; 1984 Une Petite Diffi culté) and adapted
Federico Fellini’s La Strada for the theatrical company
Y. Garouel.
Filmography
1984 Yihla Moja (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
editor)
1986 Comme une Bête (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, editor)
1988 Intimité (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
editor)
1990 19h39–19h45 (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
editor)
1991 En direct de l’Être humain (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, editor)