Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

742 • MONHEIM, LUC
1994). Other credit (as cinematographer): 1977 Souvenirs
des Années tragiques (Joseph Danan).
Filmography
1970 Vous les Terriens (short; also screenwriter)
1972 La Promenade à Bicyclette (unfi nished)
1973 L’Amour lent (short; also screenwriter)
1977 Les Petites Galères (also screenwriter, delegate
producer, editor; shot in 1974)
1980 Le Rôle effacé de Marie (also screenwriter,
producer; shot in 1978)
1985 Les Embarras du Monde (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
Le Dernier Jour d’un Condamné (also screenwriter,
editor)
1995 Objet de Désir (short; also screenwriter, editor)
2002 Bob l’Ourson (short; also screenwriter)
MONHEIM, LUC (June 23, 1941, Mortsel, Belgium–May
15, 1986, Paris, France)
A prize winner of the Antwerp Arts Academy in 1962,
he was mostly a sculptor and painter. He entered
fi lms as a set decorator (1968 Shogun, short, also actor,
Willy Verlinden, Belgium; 1970 De Blauwe Planeet,
also screenwriter, dialogist, actor, Willy Verlinden,
Netherlands / Belgium; 1973 Het Dwaallicht, Frans
Buyens, Netherlands / Belgium; 1974 Wondershop,
Frans Buyens, Guido Staes, Dirk Van den Eyden,
Belgium) before directing three movies. He wrote
the screenplay of an André Soupart short (1971 Les
Marais, Belgium). He died of cancer at age forty-four.
Filmography
1974 Berloren maandag / La Gueule de Bois (also
screenwriter, dialogist; Belgium / France)
1978 Deus lo volt / Dieu le veut (also co-screenwriter;
France / Belgium)
1986 Exit-Exil (also screenwriter, dialogist; France /
Italy)
MONNET, JACQUES (January 18, 1934, Concarneau,
Finistère, France–)
A former fi lm actor (1975 Section spéciale / L’affare
della sezione speciale / Sonderntribunal—Jeder kämpft
für sich allein / UK and USA: Special Section, Costa-
Gavras, France / Italy / West Germany; 1976 Noirs et
Blancs en Couleur / La Victoire en chantant / Sehnsucht
nach Afrika / USA: Black and White in Color, Jean-
Jacques Annaud, France / West Germany; 1979 Coup
de Tête / UK and USA: Hothead, Jean-Jacques Annaud;
1980 C’est pas moi, c’est lui / USA: It’s Not Me, It’s Him,
Pierre Richard; 1982 Elle voit des Nains partout, Jean-
Claude Sussfeld; 1993 Cible émouvante / UK and USA:
Wild Targets, Pierre Salvadori) and TV actor (1977 The
New Avengers / Chapeau Melon et Bottes de Cuir / The
New Avengers in Canada, episodes “K Is for Kill Part
1: Tiger by the Tail,” “K Is for Kill Part 2: The Tiger
Awakes,” Yvon-Marie Coulais), he directed comedies.
Filmography
1981 Clara et les chics Types
1983 Signes extérieurs de Richesse (also co-screenwriter)
1987 Promis . . . juré! (also screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1998 La Femme du Cosmonaute (also co-screenwriter;
shot in 1996–1997)
1999 C’est pas ma Faute (also co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1995 Adrien Lesage: Ma Fille est impossible
MONNET, MARC (Marcel Monnet / 1941, France–)
He apprenticed as an assistant director (1966 Le Roi
de Cœur / Tutti pazzi meno io / USA: King of Hearts,
Philippe de Broca, France / Italy; 1967 Women Times
Seven / Sept Fois Femme / Sette volte donna, Vittorio de
Sica, USA / France / Italy; Mise à Sac / Una notte per
5 rapine, Alain Cavalier, France / Italy; 1968 Le Rapace
/ Il rapace / El rapaz, José Giovanni, France / Italy /
Mexico; 1977 Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, Vincent
McEveety, USA; 1979 An Almost Perfect Affair, Michael
Ritchie, USA) and second unit director (1975 French
Connection II, John Frankenheimer, USA; 1977 Black
Sunday, John Frankenheimer, USA; 1984 La Vengeance
du Serpent à Plumes, also fi rst assistant director,
Gérard Oury, France / Mexico; 1987 Lévy et Goliath
/ USA: Levy and Goliath, Gérard Oury; Napoleon and
Josephine: A Love Story, TV miniseries, Richard T. Heffron,
USA). He also played in fi lms (1967 L’Horizon,
Jacques Rouffi o; 1974 Les Autres, Hugo Santiago; 1996
Surviving Picasso, James Ivory, USA) and TV movies
(1968 Mouche, Jacques Antoine). Other credit (as
producer): 1984 To Catch a King (TV movie, Clive
Donner, USA).
Filmography
1971 Léa (also co-screenwriter)
1977 Vous n’aurez pas l’Alsace et la Lorraine (codirector
with Coluche; France / Belgium)