Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1983 Black Venus / La Venus negra (USA / Spain)
1986 Le Couteau sous la Gorge / US video: Knife
Under the Throat (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
MUÑOZ, RAMON (1947, France–)
Filmography
1984 La Cassure (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist,
producer; shot in 1981)
MURAT, BERNARD (November 14, 1941, Oran,
Algeria–)
He made his debut onstage in 1960 (Les Femmes
savantes, directed by Jacques Charon) and played
supporting roles in fi lms (1961 La Menace / US TV:
The Menace, Gérard Oury; 1963 Le Temps des Copains,
Robert Guez; 1964 L’année du Bac, José-André Lacour,
Maurice Delbez; La Chasse à l’Homme / Caccia al
maschio / UK: The Gentle Art of Seduction / USA: Male
Hunt, Edouard Molinaro, France / Italy; 1972 Les Yeux
fermés, Joël Santoni; 1980 Certaines Nouvelles, Jacques
Davila, shot in 1976; 2005 Le Courage d’aimer, Claude
Lelouch) and on TV (1965 La Famille Green, Abder
Isker; 1968 Les Hauts de Hurlevent, Jean-Paul Carrère;
1980 Grand Peur et Misère du Troisième Reich, Gilbert
Pineau; Vernissage, Edouard Logereau; 1982 Une Voix
dans la Nuit, Yannick Andréi; L’Ours en Peluche, Edouard
Logereau; 1983 Lily Lamont, Edouard Logereau). Since
1985, he has been mostly a stage director. His daughter,
Stéphanie Murat, is also an actress and director.
Other credit (as co-screenwriter, co-adapter): 1994
La Vengeance d’une Blonde (Jeannot Szwarc).
Filmography
1996 Désiré (also screenwriter, adapter)
Television Filmography
1990 Les Gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles /
Charmante Soirée (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
2000 Fernando Kapp m’a écrit cette Lettre (co-director
with Yves di Tullio)
2003 Sarah (co-director with Yves di Tullio)
Le Nouveau Testament (co-director with Yves
di Tullio)
2007 Deux sur la Balançoire (co-director with Yves
di Tullio)
Faisons un Rêve (also screenwriter, adapter)
2008 Tailleur pour Dames
MURET, PAULE • 759
MURAT, STÉPHANIE
The daughter of actor and director Bernard Murat,
she started out as an actress onstage, on TV (1986
Le Rire de Caïn, 6 52', Marcel Moussy; 1987 L’Heure
Simenon, episode “Strip-Tease,” Michel Mitrani, France
/ Switzerland / Germany / Austria / Netherlands; Tailleur
pour Dames, Yannick Andréi; 1990 V comme Vengeance,
episode “Vol d’Enfant,” Luc Béraud; 1991 Les
Mouettes, Jean Chapot; 1996 Je m’appelle Régine, Pierre
Aknine; 1997 La Famille Sapajou, Elisabeth Rappeneau),
and in fi lms (1991 La Contre-allée, Isabel Sebastian;
1994 Boulevard Mac Donald, short, Melvil Poupaud;
2001 J’ai Faim!!!, Florence Quentin; 2002 24 Heures de
la Vie d’une Femme / 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman,
Laurent Bouhnik, France / Germany / UK; 2004 Ils se
marièrent et eurent beaucoup d’Enfants / US DVD: Happily
Ever After, Yvan Attal; 2005 Une Majorette peut en
cacher une Autre, short, Lola Doillon; 2006 Une Histoire
de Pieds, short, David and Stéphane Foenikos; Ce que
je vous dois, short, Olivier Bouffard).
Filmography
2001 Ce qui compte pour Mathilde (short; also
screenwriter, dialogist)
2004 Victoire (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist)
2008 Marguerite ou La Vie tranquille (video short; also
co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-producer)
MURET, PAULE (July 20, 1948, Martigny, Switzerland–)
A former production designer (1976 Le Grand Soir,
Francis Reusser, France / Switzerland) and assistant
camera operator (1976 Der Gehülfe, Thomas Koerfer,
Switzerland; Jonas qui aura 25 Ans en l’An 2000 / UK
and USA: Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000, Alain
Tanner, France / Switzerland), she also served as an
assistant director (1977 Les Indiens sont encore loin
/ UK: The Indians Are Still Far Away, Patricia Moraz,
France / Switzerland; 1978 Horizonville, Alain Klarer,
Switzerland) and played in Jean-Luc Godard’s Sauve
qui peut (la Vie) / Rette sich, wer kann (das Leben) / UK:
Slow Motion / USA: Every Man for Himself (Jean-Luc
Godard, France / Switzerland, 1980).
Filmography
1980 De ce Côté du Paradis (video short)
1981 Pour Bonnie (short; also screenwriter; dialogist)