Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

764 • NAHUM, JACQUES
de Chartres,” “Frauenkirche de Dresde,” “Une
ou Deux Choses que je sais d’elle,” “Anna
Prucnal,” “Le Voyage des Comédiens,” “François
Nourrissier,” “Royal Palace”)
1996 Les Chercheurs d’OVNI (2 52' documentary)
1997 Un Siècle d’Ecrivains (documentary; episode
“Günter Grass”)
La Plume et le Burin (documentary; mediumlength;
Germany)
2000 Métropolis 2000 (documentary; shorts; episodes
“Télérama—50 Ans,” “Bali, le Théâtre
des Rizières—Le Festival de l’Imaginaire,”
“Sergei, l’Ange du Carnaval,” “Brésil baroque,”
“Théâtre à Strasbourg”)
2001 Algérie mon Amour, Algérie pour toujours (documentary)
2003 La Route des Vins (3 52' documentary)
2004 La Route des Vins (3 52' documentary; episodes
“Autriche,” “Hongrie,” “Slovaquie”)
Alice au Pays des Merveilles (documentary)
2005 Incidence chorégraphique
Isis Osiris et l’Immaculée Conception (documentary;
medium-length)
Video Documentaries
1993 Les Peuples italiques (short)
1994 Notre Dame de Chartres (short)
NAHUM, JACQUES (February 27, 1921, Cairo,
Egypt–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC, he was successively
a trainee assistant director (1948 Les Casse-Pieds
/ UK and USA: The Spice of Life, Jean Dréville; 1949 Le
Mystère Barton, Charles Spaak), fi rst assistant director
to John Berry (1955 Ca va barder / Silenzio . . . si spara
/ US TV: Give ’Em Hell / US video: There Goes Barder,
France / Italy, also co-adapter; Je suis un Sentimental / Io
sono un sentimentale / US TV: Headlines of Destruction,
France / Italy; 1956 Don Juan / Il grande seduttore / El
amor de Don Juan / UK and USA: Pantaloons, France /
Italy / Spain; 1958 Tamango / La revolta dell’ esperenza,
France / Italy), executive producer (1961 Une aussi
longue Absence / L’inverno ti farà tornare / USA: The Long
Absence, Henri Colpi, France / Italy). In 1960, he created
his own production company, Mars International
Productions. From 1962 to 1980, he directed 400
commercials. His credits as producer notably include
shorts (1965 Fragilité ton Nom est Femme, Nadine
Trintignant; 1970 La Glu, Eduard Hayem; La Légende
de la première Pierre, Gérard Gozlan; 1973 Les Yeux du
Cœur, Willy Rozier), TV miniseries and series (1975 Les
Peupliers de la Prétentaine; 1978 813, 6 60', Alexandre
Astruc, 1986 Le Tiroir secret, 6 55', Michel Boisrond,
Edouard Molinaro, Roger Gillioz, Nadine Trintignant;
1989 Le Retour d’Arsène Lupin, 12 55', also co-screenwriter;
1995 Les Nouveaux Exploits d’Arsène Lupin, also
co-screenwriter, 8 90', France / Italy / Switzerland /
Poland / Canada / Cuba / Bulgaria), TV movies (1988
Mary de Cork, Robin Davis, France / Switzerland; 1992
La Peur, Daniel Vigne; 1998 La Femme du Boulanger,
also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Nicolas Ribowski),
and movies (1977 Bilitis, also co-screenwriter, David
Hamilton, Henri Colpi; 1981 Salut . . . j’arrive! / Sehnsucht
nach dem rosaroten Chaos, also co-screenwriter, Gérard
Poteau, France / West Germany).
Filmography
1952 Bonnes Vacances (short; also screenwriter)
1960 Le Saint mène la Danse / USA: The Dance of
Death (also co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1951 Adventures in Paris (USA)
1956 La Répétition manquée (co-director with
Pierre Neurrisse)
1961 Petit Garçon d’Hiroshima (documentary)
1965 Soyez sérieux Monsieur Allais (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1965– Démons et Merveilles (25 70' documen-
1971 tary)
Tête d’Affi che (20 80' documentary)
1971– Visages du Cinéma (8 80' documentary)
1973
1973 Le Double Assassinat de la Rue Morgue (also
screenwriter)
1974 Eugène Sue
1975 Les Grands Détectives (episode “Six Hommes
morts”; also screenwriter)
Maître Pygmalion (co-director with Hélène
Durand; also co-screenwriter)
1977 Les Archives du XXème Siècle (2 55' documentary;
episode “Madame Simone”)
NAJMAN, CHARLES (April 17, 1956, Paris,
France–)
After studying philosophy, he published fi lm reviews
in Cinématographe, L’Autre Journal, and Les Nouvelles
Littéraires. He made his directing debut in 1985.
He appeared in a short (2006 Mon Ami, tout va à la
Décharge, Yvonne Kerouedan). Books: 1981 La Police
des Images (Editions Encre); 1995 Haïti, Dieu seul me
voit (Editions Balland).