Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

724 • MINEUR, JEAN
assistant director (2003 On n’est pas des Marques de
Vélo, documentary, Jean-Pierre Thorn) and played in
a feature fi lm (1997 Salade russe, Eric Véniard) and a
short (2000 D’Amour et d’Eau fraîche, Sophie Laloy).
Filmography
1994 Tête d’Ange (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1997 Geste à Moscou (documentary; medium-length;
also screenwriter)
2000 Adolescents (short; also screenwriter, dialogist;
shot in 1998)
2003 Moscou entre Ciel et Terre (documentary;
medium-length; also screenwriter)
2005 Oublier Cheyenne / USA: Looking for Cheyenne
(also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
MINEUR, JEAN (March 12, 1902, Valenciennes,
Nord, France–October 19, 1985, Cannes, Alpes-
Maritimes, France)
Born into a modest family, he worked as a truck driver
and accountant before being hired as a reporter (he
was a specialist of aerial photography for Le Progrès
du Nord). During his years in journalism (1920–1927),
he discovered advertising. He gave up his journalistic
career to shoot commercials in the 1930s. The
animated character who introduced his shorts (a
little miner) became a familiar fi gure with French
audiences. In 1971, he created in partnership with
Pathé, Havas, and Publicis the company Médiavision,
for which such directors as Claude Chabrol, Jean-Paul
Rappeneau, Edouard Molinaro, Pascal Thomas, Gérard
Pirès, Georges Lautner, Claude Miller, and Bertrand
Tavernier fi lmed commercials. Autobiography: 1981
Balzac 00 01 (Editions Plon).
Filmography
1945 Marseille, premier Port de France (documentary;
short)
1946 Hommes et Bêtes (documentary; short)
1948 Troisième Cheminée à gauche (also producer)
Marrakech, Capitale du Sud (documentary;
short)
Mellah de Marrakech (documentary; short)
Sous les Palmes de Marrakech (documentary;
short)
MIRANDE, YVES (Charles Anatole Le Guerrec
/ March 8, 1876, Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine, France–
March 17, 1957, Paris, France)
A former journalist and subprefect, he started his
artistic life writing musicals and operettas and soon
became of the most famous boulevard playwrights of
the 1920s and 1930s (Le Chasseur de chez Maxim’s;
La Merveilleuse Journée; La Grande Vie). From 1909 (Le
Petit qui a Faim, Georges Denola) to 1954 (Le due
orfanelle / Les Deux Orphelines, Giacomo Gentilomo,
Italy / France), he collaborated as a screenwriter and
often dialogist on more than eighty movies. Autobiography:
1952 Souvenirs (Arthème-Fayard).
Filmography
1932 La Merveilleuse Journée (co-director with Robert
Wyler; also author of original play, screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
1936 Baccara (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Le Grand Refrain (also screenwriter, dialogist;
supervised by Robert Siodmak)
Sept Hommes . . . une Femme (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
Messieurs les Ronds-de-Cuir (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
1937 A nous Deux, Madame la Vie (co-director with
René Guissart; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1938 Café de Paris (co-director with Georges Lacombe;
also screenwriter, dialogist)
1939 Derrière la Façade / 32 Rue de Montmartre (codirector
with Georges Lacombe; also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor)
1940 Paris-New York (co-director with Claude Heymann;
also screenwriter, dialogist)
Moulin Rouge (co-director with André Hugon;
also co-screenwriter, dialogist)
MIRET, ORSO (September 26, 1964, Nevers,
Nièvre, France–)
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in modern
letters, he enrolled in the Fémis (directing department).
Filmography
1988 Les Carrières (short)
1989 Epilogue (short)
1990 De l’Histoire ancienne (short; also screenwriter)
1995 Dans la Forêt lointaine (short; also screenwriter)
1996 Une Souris verte (short; also screenwriter)
2001 De l’Histoire ancienne (also screenwriter)
2004 Le Silence (also screenwriter)