Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

70 • BÉCUE-RENARD, LAURENT
BÉCUE-RENARD, LAURENT (1966, Paris,
France–)
He studied at the ESSEC fi lm school and graduated
from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. He
wrote Chroniques de Sarajevo (1995–1996), which was
published fi rst on the Internet magazine Sarajevo on
Line. Other credit (as delegate producer): 2006 La
Traversée (documentary, short, Elizabeth Leuvrey).
Filmography
2003 De Guerre lasses / USA: Living Afterwards: Words
of Women (documentary; also screenwriter,
executive producer, editor)
BÉGÉJA, LIRIA (February 16, 1955, Paris, France–)
Born to an Albanese father and a French mother, she
made her fi lm debut directing an adaptation of an
Ismail Kadaré novel.
Filmography
1987 Avril brisé (also co-screenwriter)
1994 Loin des Barbares / Lontano dai Barbari (also
screenwriter; France / Italy / Belgium)
2001 Change-moi ma Vie (also screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
2004 Sans toi (short; also screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1991 Rendez-vous albanais (documentary)
BÉHAT, GILLES (Gilles Marc Beat / September 3,
1949, Lille, Nord, France–)
From 1965 to 1968, he played guitar with a rock
band and attended acting courses at the Conservatoire
d’Art Dramatique. He played in a few
fi lms (1972 Beau Masque, Bernard Paul, France
/ Italy; 1973 Les Volets clos / USA: Closed Shutters,
Jean-Claude Brialy; Elle court, elle court la banlieue /
La pendolare, Gérard Pirès, France / Italy; 1975 Les
Noces de Porcelaine, Roger Coggio; Chobizenesse, Jean
Yanne; Docteur Justice / Ambición fallida, Christian-
Jaque, France / Spain; 1976 Aces High, Jack Gold, UK;
1982 Le Dernier Jour, short, Jacques Cortal), several
TV series (1971 La Dame de Monsoreau, Yannick Andréi;
1972 Les Boussardel, 4 100', René Lucot; Les
Rois maudits, 6 100', Claude Barma; 1975 La Cloche
tibétaine / Die gelbe Karawane, 6 60', Serge Friedman,
Michel Wyn, France / West Germany; 1976
Château Espérance, 30 13', Pierre Gautherin), and
TV movies (1972 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret,
episode “Maigret en Meublé,” Claude Boissol;
1977 Henri IV, Paul Planchon; Un Juge, un Flic, episode
“Flambant neuf”). He also co-wrote a TV picture
(1993 Caravane, Jean-Pierre Blanc) and a feature fi lm
(1996 Grand Nord / Tashunga / North Star / Duello tra
I ghiacci, Nils Gaup, France / Italy / UK).
Filmography
1973 Demain Matin (short; also actor)
1974 La Couleur de la Mer (short)
1978 Haro (also co-screenwriter; shot in 1976–
1977)
1981 Putain d’Histoire d’Amour (also co-adapter)
1984 Rue Barbare (also co-screenwriter, coadapter)
1985 Urgence (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
1986 Les Longs Manteaux / Expreso a la emboscada
/ Los largos abrigos (also co-screenwriter, coadapter;
France / Argentina)
1987 Charlie Dingo (also co-screenwriter)
1990 Dancing Machine (France / Spain)
1991 Le Vent de la Toussaint (TV movie theatrically
released; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, actor;
shot in 1989)
2008 Diamond 13 (France / Belgium)
Television Filmography
1988 The Ray Bradbury Theater / Le Monde fantastique
de Ray Bradbury / The Ray Bradbury
Theatre / The Bradbury Trilogy (episode “Tyrannosaurus
Rex”; USA / France / UK / Canada
/ New Zealand)
Série noire (episode “Le Manteau de Saint-
Martin”; also co-screenwriter; France / Italy /
Switzerland / Luxembourg / Hungary)
1989 Haute Tension (episode “Au Bout du Rouleau”;
France / Belgium / Switzerland)
Coplan (episode “Coups durs”; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1991 Le Dernier Mot / Das letzte Wort (France /
Germany)
1993 Les Kilos en trop (France / Belgium)
Antoine Rives, Juge du Terrorisme (episode “Action
rouge”)
1994 L’Immeuble
Tempêtes (France / Belgium)
Le Jour du Serpent
1995 La Femme dangereuse
L’Auberge de la Jamaïque
Le Cavalier des Nuages