Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

PAGE, ALAIN (Jean-Emmanuel Conil / March 5,
1930, Paris, France–)
After receiving his high school diploma, he frequented
the literary and artistic Saint-Germain-des-Prés after
World War II. In 1955, he published his fi rst novel
under the pseudonym of Henri Dalbret (La Forêt frémit
à l’Aube, Editions Robert Laffont). Then he wrote
poems (Fumées), four spy novels as Alain Ray (Editions
de l’Arabesque), almost 100 spy and detective novels,
plays (La Ballade du Vampire; Les Petits Soldats; B 29), and
numerous radio serials for France Inter and Europe
1 and historical programs for France-Culture. He
entered fi lms as a screenwriter (1968 La Piscine / La
piscina / UK: The Sinners / USA: The Swimming Pool, Jacques
Deray, France / Italy; 1978 La Part du Feu, Etienne
Périer, France / Canada; 1983 Tchao Pantin, also original
novel, Claude Berri) and collaborated on many TV
screenplays (1972 Les Dossiers de Me Robineau, episode
“Cette Mort si proche,” Nat Lillenstein; Les Dossiers
de Me Robineau, episode “Main basse à la Campagne,”
Jean-Claude de Nesle; 1973 Les Aventures du Capitaine
Lückner / Cap sur l’Aventure / Trois Mâts pour l’Aventure /
Graf Lückner, as co-screenwriter only, 26 13', Yannick
Andréi, Jean Couturier, Jean-Pierre Decourt, François
Villiers, France / West Germany; 1974 A Dossiers ouverts,
as co-screenwriter, only, 25 13', Claude Boissol; 1978
Le Mutant, 6 52', Bernard Toublanc-Michel; 1991 Piège
pour une Fille seule, Gérard Marx; 1992 Les Cordier, Juge
et Flic, TV series, creator of the characters and episode
“Cécile mon Enfant,” Marion Sarraut; 1995 Tatort—Eine
tödsichere Falle, Hans-Christoph Blumemberg, Germany;
1998 Un Taxi dans la Nuit, Alain-Michel Blanc).
Filmography
1964 Pourquoi nous espionnons (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
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1965 Play Bach (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1986 Taxi Boy (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
1988 La Ballade de Kouki (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1993 Une Journée très ordinaire (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
PAGÈS, LUC (July 6, 1958, Paris, France–)
Having trained as an editor at the IDHEC and then
as screenwriter at the American Film Institute, he
directed a few shorts and a feature-length fi lm while
working as a cinematographer (1985 Quizz, short,
Jérôme George; 1987 Qui êtes-vous Dorothée Blanck?,
short, Haydée Caillot; 1989 Les Jeux de Société, TV
movie, Eric Rohmer; 1990 Conte de Printemps /
USA: A Tale of Springtime / Tales of Four Seasons, Eric
Rohmer; 1991 Un Type bien, also camera operator,
Laurent Bénégui; 1992 Août, Henri Herré; La Règle du
Je, Françoise Etchegaray; 1994 Se pendre à son Cou,
short, Jean-Luc Gaget; 1995 Au Petit Marguery, Laurent
Bénégui; 1996 Entre Ciel et Terre, short, Jacques Maillot;
1997 Romaine, also actor, Agnès Obadia, shot in
1993–1996; Liberté chérie, short, Jean-Luc Gaget; Il y a
des Journées qui mériteraient qu’on leur casse la Gueule,
short, Alain Beigel; Mauvais Genre, as camera operator,
Laurent Bénégui; 1999 Mille Bornes, Alain Beigel; Nos
Vies heureuses, Jacques Maillot; 2000 Les Yeux fermés,
originally shot for TV, Olivier Py; 2001 J’ai tué Clémence
Acéra / Es ist nie zu spät, Jean-Luc Gaget, France
/ Germany; 2008 Les Liens du Sang, Jacques Maillot).
Other credit (as sound mixer): 1995 75 Centilitres de
Prière (short, Jacques Maillot).
Filmography
1981 Walkman Tragédie (short)
1984 Ataxie passagère (short)