Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

796 • PARRENO, PHILIPPE
Espèce en Voix de Disparition (short; also
screenwriter, dialogist)
2003 Rien que du Bonheur (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
1995 Sweet Home (also screenwriter, dialogist)
PARRENO, PHILIPPE (1964, Oran, Algeria–)
A plastic artist, he co-founded a production company,
Anna Sanders Films, which fi nanced experimental
movies. Other credit (as co-screenwriter,
co-cinematographer): 1999 Le Pont du Trieur (short,
Charles de Meaux).
Filmography
1994 La Nuit des Héros (short)
1999 Credits (short)
2000 Le Pont du Trieur (short; co-director with
Charles de Meaux; also co-screenwriter, cocinematographer)
2002 El sueno de una cosa (short; also screenwriter)
2003 Boy From Mars (short)
2005 Zidane, un Portrait du XXIe Siècle (documentary;
co-director with Douglas Gordon;
France / Iceland)
PASCAL, CHRISTINE (November 29, 1953, Lyon,
Rhône, France–August 30, 1996, Garches, Hauts-de-
Seine, France)
She studied literature and attended acting courses
at the Lyon Conservatory. Spotted by director
Bertrand Tavernier, she made her fi lm debut in
L’Horloger de Saint-Paul / UK: The Watchmaker of St.
Paul / USA: The Clockmaker of Saint-Paul in 1973. She
played in more than thirty fi lms until 1994 (Regarde
les Hommes tomber / UK and USA: See How They Fall,
Jacques Audiard), including the fi rst she directed.
Treated in a psychiatric clinic, she killed herself at
age forty-two. Other credit (as co-screenwriter):
1977 Des Enfants gâtés / USA: Spoiled Children (also
actor, Bertrand Tavernier).
Filmography
1979 Félicité (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)
1984 La Garce (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1989 Zanzibar (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
France / Switzerland)
1992 Le Petit Prince a dit (also co-screenwriter, codialogist;
France / Switzerland)
1995 Adultère, Mode d’Emploi (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Switzerland)
PASCAL, MICHEL (December 27, 1951, Ermont,
Val d’Oise, France–)
He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in law from
the University of Paris I and a diploma of communication
sciences from the Sorbonne. In 1974, he entered
the C.F.J. (journalist training center). During his studies,
he appeared as an extra in movies directed by
Georges Lautner, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, and Jacques
Rouffi o before becoming a fi lm critic for the Europe
1 radio channel in 1975, then at Canal Plus, France 2,
Paris Première, France Info, and the weekly magazine
Le Point. From 1981 to 1984, he was an advertising
manager for Gaumont. In early 2004, he joined the
Quinta company as a communications manager. He
authored several books (1987 Profession Cinéma, Editions
Jean-Claude Lattès; 1988 Palmarès du Cinéma,
Sylvie Messinger; 1997 Cannes, Cris et Chuchotements,
Nil Editions; 2003 Idées reçues sur le Cinéma, Cavalier
Bleu) and co-wrote documentaries (1984 Great
Days of the Century, Georges Alépée, Gilles Delannoy,
France / Canada / UK; 1992–1997 Stars en Stock, 120
episodes). He played small parts in feature fi lms (1986
Mon Beau-Frère a tué ma Soeur / UK festival: They’ve
Killed Her!, Jacques Rouffi o; Le Débutant, Daniel Janneau)
and TV movies (1982 Le Wagon de Martin, Patrick
Saglio; 1997 Femmes chez Hitchcock, documentary,
as himself, Jean Couturier, Jean Douchet; 2003
Louis de Funès ou Le Pouvoir de faire rire, documentary,
Eric Delacour).
Filmography
1993 François Truffaut: Portraits volés / UK and USA:
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (documentary;
co-director with Serge Toubiana)
Television Filmography
2003 Il était une Fois le Rex (documentary)
L’Atelier de Michel Deville (documentary)
PASQUALI, ALFRED (October 31, 1898, Stamboul
[now Istanbul], Turkey–June 12, 1991, Paris, France)
He intended to become an electrical engineer but
abandoned his studies to switch to acting. From 1927
(La Jalousie du Barbouillé, Alberto Cavalcanti) to 1983