Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

814 • PHILIPPE, PIERRE
Filmography
1956 Les Aventures de Till l’Espiègle / Till Eulenspiegel
/ Die Abenteuer des Till Eulenspiegel / USA: Bold
Adventure (co-director with Joris Ivens; also
co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
PHILIPPE, PIERRE (November 12, 1931, Paris,
France–)
After completing his secondary studies, he worked
for the stage (La Compagnie des Ballets Modernes)
as a painter and set designer. Then he collaborated as
a fi lm critic on the review Cinéma. In 1961, he entered
the research service of ORTF (French TV), for which
he notably co-directed with Gérard Patris the documentary
Des Peintres et du Cinéma. Parallel with his TV
works (Dim Dam Dom), he was a dialogist (1970 0SS
117 prend des Vacances / Verao de Fogo, Pierre Kalfon,
France / Brazil), co-wrote screenplays for fi lms (1973
L’Oiseau rare, Jean-Claude Brialy; 1979 On efface tout /
USA: We Forget Everything!, Pascal Vidal; 2008 Faubourg
36, Christophe Barratier) and TV (2003 Jean Cocteau:
Le Phénix, documentary, André-Pierre Boutang), and
wrote songs for Ingrid Caven, Jean Guidoni, and Juliette.
He restored several fi lms (1913 L’Enfant de Paris,
Léonce Perret; 1934 L’Atalante / Le Chaland qui passe,
Jean Vigo). Novel: 1988 La Passion selon Peter (Editions
Sylvie Messinger).
Filmography
1966 La Bonne Dame (short)
1967 La Méridienne (short)
1970 Midi-Minuit (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist;
shot in 1969)
1986 Les 1001 Marguerites (documentary)
Television Filmography
1968 Dim Dam Dom (documentary; episode
“Yvonne Menard après les Folies”)
1969 Dim Dam Dom (documentary; episode “Un
Michel-Ange en Jupon”)
1970 Dim Dam Dom (documentary; episode “Ginette
Leclerc”)
1971 Dim Dam Dom (documentary; episodes “Rio
sur Seine, “Portrait, Charles Trenet”)
1972 Antonin Artaud Homme-Théâtre (documentary)
1982 Nos Ancêtres les Français (documentary; episodes
“L’Ecole,” “Le Rail,” “Le Music Hall,” “La
Mode”)
1988 La Parisienne (documentary)
1990 Un Grand Soir (documentary)
1991 Une Soirée au Gaumont Palace (documentary)
1993 Le Roman du Music-Hall (documentary)
1999 Le Regard Clair (documentary)
Treize Journées dans la Vie de Pablo Picasso
(documentary; three parts: “Du jeune Génie
barcelonais à l’Inventeur du Cubisme,” “Des
Ballets russes à l’occupation, puis à la Libération
de la France,” “De l’Artiste engagé au
Triomphe du Mythe et à la Mort solitaire d’un
Génie”)
2000 Max, le Roi du Rire (documentary)
2001 Napoléon Adulation et Aversion (documentary)
Renée Saint-Cyr, Profession: Vedette (documentary)
2002 Best of Spécial 10 Ans Arte (documentary)
Louis Malle, un Cinéaste français (documentary)
Jacques Tati—Le Rire démocratique (documentary)
2003 Les “Minutes” de François Sentein (documentary)
Chanel: La Vie comme un Roman (documentary;
co-director with Pierre-André Boutang)
Radiguet—Le Météore (documentary; codirector
with Pierre-André Boutang)
Jean Cocteau—Le Phénix (documentary; codirector
with Pierre-André Boutang)
Jean Cocteau—Le Passeur (documentary; codirector
with Pierre-André Boutang)
Coco, Karl et les Autres (documentary)
2004 Festival Dubillard
Video Documentary
1985 Pari Paris Est (documentary)
PIALAT, MAURICE (August 31, 1925, Cunlhat, Puyde-Dôme,
France–January 11, 2003, Paris, France)
After preparing for architectural school and studying
at the Arts Décoratifs and at the Beaux-Arts, he
worked for two years with an architect and played
onstage with amateur companies. Also a painter,
he progressively switched to cinema, directing
shorts. He briefl y was an assistant director (1958
Un Américain, short, Alain Cavalier; 1962 Coup de
Feu à Dix-Huit Heures, short, Daniel Costelle) and
editor (1963 Un Vieux, short, Jean-Jacques Péché)
and appeared as actor in several fi lms (1957 Le Jeu
de la Nuit, short, Daniel Costelle; 1965 Les Veuves de
Quinze Ans / La Fleur de l’Âge / Les Adolescentes, Jean