Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

After studying law and political science in Paris, he
moved to Los Angeles, where he enrolled in the University
of California, Los Angeles (screenwriting and
directing department). He worked as an assistant director
at the Washington Opera before entering fi lms
as author of the original story of The Hot Touch / Coup
de Maître / Peter Dion (Roger Vadim, Canada / USA,
1982). He also co-wrote the dialogue of Le Complot /
To Kill a Priest / Popieluszko (Agnieszka Holland, France
/ USA, 1988) and the screenplay of Word of Honor (TV
movie, Robert Markowitz, Canada / USA, 2003). Having
returned to France, he directed his only feature fi lm.
Filmography
1998 Cuisine américaine / American Cuisine (also
screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
2000 Un Flic nommé Lecoeur (episodes “Lucille,” “La
Princesse,” “Sans Papiers,” “Céline”)
2002 Haute Pierre (also screenwriter, dialogist)
PITTALUGA, JUAN (1960, Madrid, Spain–)
Spanish born of Uruguayan descent, he studied sociology
in Montevideo, Uruguay, and in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. Having graduated from the EHESS (Ecole des
Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) in Paris, he had
his fi rst contact with cinema thanks to his friend,
screenwriter Santiago Amigorena. In 1999, he played in
La Révolution sexuelle n’a pas eu lieu (Judith Cahen) and
was associate producer (2004 Mondovino, documentary,
Jonathan Nossiter, also sound engineer, additional
camera operator, Argentina / France / Italy / USA).
Filmography
2002 Rêver (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2005 Orlando Vargas (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2007 Mensonges (documentary; also screenwriter)
PITTARD, ERIC (January 1, 1953, Saint-Ouen,
Seine-Saint-Denis, France–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC in 1976, he
worked as an additional photographer (1980 SPFX:
The Empire Strikes Back, Robert Guenette, USA) and
cinematographer (1976 Senores generales, senores
coroneles, documentary, Alfonso Gumucio, Bolivia;
1980 Guns, Robert Kramer; 1990 La Ville Louvre,
documentary, Nicolas Philibert; 1995 Pueblo en vilo,
documentary, Patricio Guzmán; 1997 Chile, la memoria
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obstinada / Chili, la Mémoire obstinée / Chile, Obstinate
Memory / USA: Chile, the Obstinate Memory, documentary,
Patricio Guzmán, France / Canada; 2003 Les Dix,
documentary, Thomas Cheysson; 2006 A l’Ombre des
Masques, documentary, Valéry Gaillard). He played in
a short (1997 L’Enfant du Parking, Claudine Bories)
and appeared in a documentary (1981 A Propos de la
Guerre du Feu, short, Michel Parbot).
Filmography
1976 Croquants à croquer (documentary)
1988 Usine (un Jour de moins, un Jour de plus) (documentary;
also screenwriter)
2002 Le Bruit, l’Odeur et quelques Etoiles (documentary;
short; also screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1988 Paris, c’est l’Afrique (4 26' documentary; codirector
with Philippe Conrath)
1989 Dupont . . . Banlieue . . . France (documentary)
1990 Yala Tibesti (documentary; short)
1992 Des Cailloux et des Hommes (documentary)
1994 Les Combattants de la Mémoire (documentary;
short)
Chronique de Campagne (documentary)
1995 Orage sur le Mexique (documentary)
La Maman, la Putain et le Macho (documentary;
short)
Le Chocolat (documentary)
1996 Lubat, Bernard (documentary)
1997 L’Accordéon de Marc Perrone (documentary)
BB King, Rock Me the Blues (documentary)
1998 Le Piano de Patrick Scheyder (documentary)
1999 Jazz à la Villette (documentary)
2000 Coup de Soleil sur Millau (documentary)
Bibliothèque sous Infl uence (documentary)
2001 Les Livres du Désert (documentary; shot in
1999)
2003 Sacha et le Magicien (documentary; short; also
screenwriter)
2004 Sacha et l’Artifi cier (documentary; short; also
screenwriter)
2005 Agathe et . . . (documentary; short; episode
“Agathe et l’Humoriste”; also screenwriter)
2006 Bienvenue chez . . . (documentary; short)
PIXIE, GUILLAUME (June 11, 1967, Paris, France–)
After receiving his high school diploma, he attended
Jean-Laurent Cochet’s courses. Then he wrote his