Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Filmography
1960 La Main chaude / La mano calda (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Italy)
1961 La Menace / US TV: The Menace (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter)
1962 Le Crime ne paie pas / Il delitto non paga / UK:
Gentle Art of Murder / USA: Crime Does Not
Pay (four segments: “Le Masque,” “L’Affaire
Hugues,” “L’Affaire Fenayrou,” “L’Homme de
l’Avenue”; France / Italy)
1965 Le Corniaud / Colpo grosso ma non troppo / UK
and USA: The Sucker (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter; France / Italy)
1966 La Grande Vadrouille / Dont Look Now, We’ve
Been Shot At / USA: Don’t Look Now—We’re
Being Shot At (also screenwriter, co-adapter,
France / UK)
1969 Le Cerveau / Il Cervello / USA: The Brain
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist;
France / Italy)
1971 La Folie des Grandeurs / Mani di grandezza /
Delirios de grandeza / Die Dummen Streiche
der Reiche / Don Louis der Grössenwahnsinnige
/ UK and USA: Delusions of Grandeur (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist; France /
Italy / Spain / West Germany)
1973 Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob / Le folli avventure
di Rabbi Jacob / UK: The Adventures of Rabbi
Jacob / USA: The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
(also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France /
Italy)
1978 La Carapate / USA: Out of It (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1980 Le Coup du Parapluie (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1982 L’As des As / Das As der Asse (also co-screenwriter;
France / West Germany)
1984 La Vengeance du Serpent à Plumes (also coscreenwriter;
France / Mexico)
1987 Lévy et Goliath / USA: Levy and Goliath (also
co-screenwriter)
1989 Vanille Fraise (also co-screenwriter)
1993 La Soif de l’Or (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1996 Fantôme avec Chauffeur
1999 Le Schpountz (also co-screenwriter, coadapter)
OZON, FRANÇOIS (November 15, 1967, Paris,
France–)
OZON, FRANÇOIS • 785
The son of a biology professor father and a teacher
mother, he started shooting Super-8 shorts in 1988.
Having graduated from the Fémis (directing department)
in 1993, he already had studied plastic arts and
received a master’s degree in cinema.
Filmography
1988 Photo de Famille (Super-8 short; also screenwriter,
producer, cinematographer, editor)
Les Doigts dans le Ventre (Super-8 short; also
screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor)
1990 Mes Parents un Jour d’Eté (Super-8 short; also
screenwriter, producer)
1991 Une Goutte de Sang (Super-8 short; also
screenwriter)
Le Trou Madame (Super-8 documentary; short)
Peau contre Peau (video documentary; short)
Deux plus un (16-mm short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1992 Thomas reconstitué (video short; also screenwriter)
1993 Victor (short; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1994 Une Rose entre nous (short; also co-screenwriter,
uncredited actor)
Action Vérité / USA: Truth or Dare (also screenwriter,
dialogist, editor)
1995 La Petite Mort (short; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
Jospin s’éclaire (documentary; short; also editor,
sound engineer)
1996 Une Robe d’Eté (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
L’Homme ideal (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1997 Scènes de Lit (short; also screenwriter, editor)
Regarde la Mer / USA: See the Sea (also screenwriter)
1998 Sitcom (also screenwriter, dialogist)
X 2000 (short; also screenwriter)
1999 Les Amants criminels / UK and USA: Criminal
Lovers (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2000 Gouttes d’Eau sur Pierre brûlantes / UK and
USA: Water Drops on Burning Rocks (also
screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
2001 Sous le Sable / UK and USA: Under the Sand
(also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1999–
2000)
2002 8 Femmes / 8 donne e un mistero / UK and
USA: 8 Women (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist; France / Italy)