Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

PAUL, BERNARD (1930, Paris, France–December
6, 1980, Paris, France)
After studying superior mathematics and being trained
at the IDHEC, he made his apprenticeship as an assistant
director (1956 Pitié pour les Vamps, Jean Josipovici;
Le Sang à la Tête, Gilles Grangier; 1957 Jusqu’au dernier
/ Fino all’ultimo, Pierre Billon, France / Italy; L’Auberge en
Folie, Pierre Chevalier; Le Triporteur, Jack Pinoteau; 1958
En Bordée, Pierre Chevalier; Le Sicilien, Pierre Chevalier;
1960 Le Cercle Vicieux, Max Pécas; Crésus, Jean Giono;
1961 Les Nouveaux Aristocrates, Francis Rigaud; 1964
D’où viens-tu, Johnny?, Noël Howard; Les Félins / UK:
The Love Cage / USA: Joy House, René Clément; 1965
Compartiment Tueurs / UK: The Sleeping Car Murder /
USA: The Sleeping Car Murders, also actor, Costa-Gavras;
Fifi la Plume / US TV: Circus Angel, Albert Lamorisse;
1967 Un homme de trop / Il 13° uomo / UK and USA:
Shock Troops, Costa-Gavras, France / Italy; 1979 Clair de
Femme / Chiaro di donna / Die Liebe einer Frau / USA:
Womanlight, Costa-Gavras, France / Italy / West Germany).
He also worked as a technical adviser (1962 Et
Satan conduit le Bal, Grisha M. Dabat; 1963 Les Grands
Chemins / Il baro / UK and USA: Of Flesh and Blood,
Christian Marquand, France / Italy) and played in En
l’autre Bord (Jérôme Kanapa, 1978). From 1964 to 1980,
he was the companion of actress Françoise Arnoul (b.
1931). He died of cancer at age fi fty.
Filmography
1969 Le Temps de vivre (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
1972 Beau Masque (also co-screenwriter; France /
Italy)
1977 Dernière Sortie avant Roissy (also co-screenwriter)
1978 Histoire d’aller plus loin (documentary; codirector
with Jérôme Kanapa)
PAULIN, JEAN-PAUL (March 29, 1902, Paris,
France–June 3, 1976, Paris, France)
The son of Paul Paulin, a sculptor who was a friend
of painters Degas, Monet, and Renoir, he studied at
the Beaux-Arts before entering fi lms as an assistant
to director Jean Choux (1931 Jean de la Lune, Michel
Simon; 1932 Un Chien qui rapporte). Other credit (as
producer): 1952 Poil de Carotte (Paul Mesnier).
Filmography
1932 La Femme nue
1933 L’Abbé Constantin
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1936 L’Esclave blanc / La jungla nera (France / Italy)
1937 La Danseuse rouge / La Chèvre aux Pieds d’Or
1938 Les Filles du Rhône
1939 Trois de Saint-Cyr
1940 Le Chemin de l’Honneur
La Nuit merveilleuse
1942 Cap au Large (also co-screenwriter)
1943 L’Homme qui vendit son Âme
1945 Echec au Roy (shot in 1943)
1947 La Nuit de Sybille
Le Château de la dernière Chance (also coadapter)
1948 La Voix du Rêve
1949 L’Inconnue No. 13 (also co-adapter)
1950 Voyage à Trois (also producer)
1951 Folie douce (also co-adapter)
PAULY, MARCO (Marc Pauly / May 24, 1943, Sandouville,
Seine-Maritime, France–)
He directed his fi rst shorts at age eighteen and
served as an assistant director (1970 L’Aveu / La confessione
/ UK and USA: The Confession, Costa-Gavras,
France / Italy; Le Mur de l’Atlantique / Un elmetto pieno
di . . . fi fa, Marcel Camus, France / Italy). An occasional
actor (1978 Violette Nozière / UK and USA: Violette,
Claude Chabrol, France / Canada; 1997 Les Héros sont
debout, short, Rodolphe Pauly) and co-screenwriter
(1997 Les Cordier, Juge et Flic, episode “Boulot de Flic,”
Gilles Béhat), he worked mostly for TV and fi lmed
about 100 commercials (1977–1990). He is the father
of actress and singer Adriana Pauly (b. 1977) and actor
and director Rodolphe Pauly (b. 1979).
Filmography
1965 Coda (short)
1966 Superminus (short)
1974 Essen (documentary)
1976 Les Conquistadores
1988 Black Mic Mac 2 (also co-adapter, co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1988 Salut les Homards (96 26'; also co-screenwriter)
1989 La Famille Ramdam (40 26')
1993 Fantômette (21 26')
1994 Le Vilain petit Canard / En Garde à Vue (TV
series)
Placé en Garde à Vue (26 52')
1995 Des Mots qui déchirent