Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1985 Métrovision (short; also actor)
Atmosphère (short; co-director with Philippe
Dorison)
Partie gratuite (short; co-director with Yves
Dondale; also cinematographer)
1986 La Sieste (short)
Le Vert fou (short)
Paris Paquebot (short)
Ratatouille (short; co-director with Jean-Marie
Maddeddu)
1987 Dents de Lait (short)
Japanam (short; co-director with Jean-Marie
Maddeddu)
Urgence (co-director with Jean-Marie Maddeddu)
La Dernière Mouche (short; co-director with
Jean-Marie Maddeddu; also screenwriter, cinematographer,
editor)
Projection privée (short; co-director with Jean-
Marie Maddeddu)
Mais que fais donc la Police? (short; co-director
with Jean-Marie Maddeddu)
Photo de Famille (short; co-director with Jean-
Marie Maddeddu)
Sculpture physique (short; co-director with
Jean-Marie Maddeddu; also screenwriter, delegate
producer, production designer, editor)
1988 Chantier interdit au Public (short)
1989 Interrogatoire (7 shorts; co-director with Jean-
Marie Maddeddu)
1990 Adrénaline (co-director with Anita Assal, Barthélémy
Bompard, Philippe Dorison, John
Hudson, Jean-Marie Maddeddu, Alain Robak;
segments “Sculpture physique,” “La Dernière
Mouche,” “Urgences,” “Interrogatoire,” “Métrovision”;
also screenwriter, producer, actor,
editor)
1991 Six Heures du Mat’ (short)
Monsieur Paul (short; also screenwriter, cinematographer)
1992 L’Amazone (short; also screenwriter, producer,
actor)
1994 Parano (co-director with Anita Assal, Manuel
Flèche, John Hudson, Alain Robak; segments
“Déroute,” “Joyeux Anniversaire”; also producer)
1995 Lucette et Praline (short)
1996 Histoires d’Insectes (documentary; short)
Pourquoi tu me quittes (short; co-director with
Dodine Herry)
PIRÈS, GÉRARD • 823
1997 L’Amour déchiré (short)
Plan Séquence: Gratin (short; also screenwriter)
1998 Tchao! (short)
Ent’racte: L’Intermède africain (short; co-director
with Jean-Marie Maddeddu; also screenwriter)
Ent’racte: La Mi-Temps américaine (short; codirector
with Jean-Marie Maddeddu; also
screenwriter)
Ent’racte: La Pause japonaise (short; co-director
with Jean-Marie Maddeddu; also screenwriter)
Entracte: Le Break russe (short; co-director with
Jean-Marie Maddeddu; also screenwriter)
Toilettes russes (short)
Ent’racte: Transit international (short; co-director
with Jean-Marie Maddeddu; also screenwriter)
1999 Schizo (short)
2000 Coup de Lune (short; also screenwriter, producer)
2001 Passage Brady (short)
2004 Le Voyage en Inde (shot in 2003–2004)
2005 Le Serein et le Musicien (short)
Bonne Nuit! (short)
PIRÈS, GÉRARD (August 31, 1942, Paris, France–)
He studied at the Arts Appliqués (Applied Arts)
before working for two years in fashion and advertising
photography. From 1963 to 1965, he directed
his fi rst fi lms for the French army’s Cinematographic
Service. A TV director (1967 Dim Dam Dom), he
served as an assistant director to Michel Deville
(1966 Martin Soldat / UK: Kiss Me General). Mostly
a comedy director until the early 1980s, he had a
motorcycle crash in 1981 that damaged his vocal
cords and interrupted his career. He returned to
cinema seventeen years later, fi lming action movies
produced by Luc Besson.
Filmography
1963 Danse 1 & 2 (shorts; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1964 Le Grand Pas (short; also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
Vol tactique (short; also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1965 Opération Panthère (short; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
Vie et Opinion d’Adrien (short; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)