Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Vernay, France / Italy, 1955, shot in 1953–1954), and
La Tête contre les Murs / UK: The Keepers / USA: Head
Against the Wall (Georges Franju, 1959). Since 1959, he
has been one of the most prolifi c French directors
and directed movies impregnated with his taste for
satire, caricature, and the fantastic. He authored two
autobiographies (2001 M le Mocky, Editions Denoël;
2006 Cette Fois je fl ingue, Editions Florent Massot) and
two novels (2005 Mister Flash: Gentleman Gangster,
Editions Flammarion; 2007 Les Vacances du Pouvoir,
Editions Michalon).
Filmography
1959 Les Dragueurs / UK: Young Have No Morals
/ USA: The Chasers (also screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
1960 Un Couple (also screenwriter, co-adapter, coproducer,
actor)
1962 Snobs! (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, coproducer,
actor)
1963 Les Vierges / Le vergini (also screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist; France / Italy)
Un Drôle de Paroissien / UK: Heaven Sent / USA:
Thank Heaven for Small Favors (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, actor)
1964 La Grande Frousse / La Cité de l’indicible Peur
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist,
lyricist)
1966 La Bourse et la Vie / Geld oder Leben / USA:
Your Money or Your Life (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-producer; France / West Germany)
1967 Les Compagnons de la Marguerite / UK: Order
of the Daisy (also screenwriter, co-producer,
actor)
1968 La Grande Lessive (!) (also co-screenwriter,
co-producer)
1969 L’Etalon (also screenwriter, co-producer)
Solo (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist,
co-producer, actor)
1971 L’Albatros / UK and USA: Love Hate / USA:
The Albatross (also screenwriter, co-producer,
actor)
1972 Chut! / Mocky ’moque No. 1 (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, co-producer,
co-editor)
1974 L’Ombre d’une Chance (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer, actor)
1975 Un Linceul n’a pas de Poches (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer, actor)
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L’Ibis rouge (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
voice, producer)
1977 Le Roi des Bricoleurs (also screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist, producer, co-editor)
1978 Le Témoin / Il testimone / UK and USA: The
Witness (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter;
France / Italy)
1979 Le Piège à Cons (also co-screenwriter, producer,
actor, co-editor)
1982 Litan, la Cité des Spectres verts (also co-screenwriter,
producer, actor, co-editor)
Y-a-t-il un Français dans la Salle? (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, voice,
co-editor)
1984 A Mort l’Arbitre! / UK and USA: Kill the Referee
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, actor, coeditor)
1985 Le Pactole (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist, producer)
1986 La Machine à découdre (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist, producer, actor, co-editor)
1987 Le Miraculé (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
producer, actor, co-editor)
Agent trouble / UK and USA: The Man Who
Loved the Zoos (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist, co-producer, actor, co-editor)
Nice Is Nice (short; also producer, editor)
1988 Les Saisons du Plaisir (also screenwriter, dialogist,
co-editor)
Une Nuit à l’Assemblée Nationale (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist, co-producer, editor)
1989 Divine Enfant (also screenwriter, co-dialogist,
producer, actor, editor)
1990 Il gèle en Enfer (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist, producer, actor, editor)
1991 Mocky Story (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer,
actor, editor)
Crime imparfait (short)
Dis-moi que tu hais (short; also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist, editor)
La Méthode Barnol (short; also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist, editor)
La Vérité qui tue (short; also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist, editor)
1992 Ville à vendre (also co-screenwriter, coeditor)
1993 Le Mari de Léon (also screenwriter, co-adapter,
dialogist, producer, actor, editor)
1994 Bonsoir! (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
producer, co-editor; shot in 1992)