Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

768 • NETCHAK, MICHKO
He entered fi lms as a composer (1939 Jeunes Filles
de France, short, Marc Allégret; 1949 Edgar et sa
Bonne, short, André Michel) before founding his own
production company, Le Comptoir Français du Film,
in 1949. He co-produced many sword-and-sandal
fi lms of the 1960s and a dozen Jess Franco fl icks
(1971–1974). His best productions probably were
Georges Franju’s Judex / L’uomo in nero (France / Italy,
1963) and Riccardo Freda’s Roger la Honte / Trappola
per l’assassino (France / Italy, 1966).
Filmography
1954 Après vous Duchesse (also screenwriter, adapter,
producer)
NETCHAK, MICHKO (September 1, 1959, Yugoslavia–)
Having graduated from the Academy of Dramatic
Arts of Belgrade in 1985, he settled in France in
the 1990s and worked fi rst as an editor (1998 A la
Campagne, short, Sandrine Dumarais; 2001 Serbie, Année
Zéro, documentary, also cinematographer, Goran
Markovic, France / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
before directing documentaries.
Filmography
2001 Une Vie de Chiens (documentary short; also
producer)
2005 American Vertigo (documentary; also cinematographer,
editor)
NEUBERN, CLAUDIA (May 13, 1969, Barretos,
Brazil–)
First an assistant director (1995 Foreign Body, Kirsten
Johnson; 1998 Jeanne et le Garçon formidable / USA: Jeanne
and the Perfect Guy, Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau;
2000 Du Soleil pour les Gueux, short, Alain Guiraudie, also
script supervisor) and then script supervisor (1999 Peau
neuve, Emilie Deleuze; 2000 Drôle de Félix / Canada: Funny
Felix / USA: The Adventures of Felix, also actor, Olivier
Ducastel, Jacques Martineau, 2001 Une Hirondelle a fait
le Printemps / UK and USA: The Girl from Paris, Christian
Carion), she made her directing debut in 2001.
Filmography
2001 Perpetua 664 (documentary; also screenwriter)
2006 Paroles d’un autre Brésil (documentary)
NEVEUX, GEORGES (August 25, 1900, Poltava,
Ukraine–August 27, 1982, Paris, France)
A former journalist and lawyer, he was Louis Jouvet’s
secretary and adapted for the great actor Knock,
ou Le Triomphe de la Médecine (Louis Jouvet, Roger
Goupillières, 1937). A successful playwright, he wrote
about forty screenplays for screen and TV (from
1930 A mi-Chemin du Ciel, Alberto Cavalcanti, to Les
Grandes Conjurations, episode “Les Fantômes du Palais
d’Hiver,” Louis Grospierre).
Filmography
1937 L’Appel de la Vie (with the technical collaboration
of Gilles Grangier; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
NICHET, JACQUES (1942, Albi, Tarn, France–)
In 1964, he founded a theatrical company, Le
Théâtre de l’Aquarium, at the Superior Normal
School. A professional stage director since 1970, he
shot two fi lms.
Filmography
1981 Le Collectionneur (short)
1983 La Guerre des Demoiselles
NICLOUX, GUILLAUME (August 3, 1966,
France–)
In 1984, he created a theatrical company, La Troupe.
After directing several plays, he fi lmed a short and
then an experimental movie. He played in Seul contre
Tous / USA: I Stand Alone (Gaspar Noé, 1998) and
authored nine novels: 1996 Zoo City (Baleine); Le Sein
des Seins (Baleine); 1997 Monsieur Chance (Climats);
1998 Le Destin est une Putain (Flammarion); C’est juste
une Balade américaine (Climats); Le Poulpe, le Film: Pour
l’attendrir, faut taper dessus, novelization, co-author
with Jean-Bernard Pouy, Patrick Raynal (Baleine);
1999 Jack Mongoly (Flammarion); 2000 L’Honneur
perdu de Georges Besse (Baleine); 2001 Des Brutes et
des Méchants (Jean-Jacques Pauvert).
Filmography
1988 La Piste aux Etoiles (short)
1990 Les Enfants volants (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1992 La Vie crevée (also screenwriter, dialogist; unreleased)
1995 Faut pas rire du Bonheur (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1998 Le Poulpe (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2000 Scénarios sur la Drogue (short; segment “Lucie”)
2002 Une Affaire privée (also screenwriter, dialogist)