Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

830 • POITOU-WEBER, GÉRARD
1992 La Petite Amie d’Antonio (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
1995 . . . A la Campagne (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1997 Marion (also co-screenwriter)
Western (also co-screenwriter)
2000 De la Lumière quand même (documentary)
2001 Te quiero (also screenwriter; shot in 1999–
2000)
2002 Les Femmes . . . ou les Enfants d’abord . . . / La
corba de la felicitat / La curva de la felicidad (also
screenwriter; France / Spain)
2004 Les Chemins de Traverse / Caminos cruzados
/ Camin creuats (also screenwriter, dialogist;
France / Italy / Spain)
2007 La Maison (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
1990 Sales Histoires (TV series)
1995 Attention, fragile (also co-screenwriter)
2006 Le Sang des Fraises
POITOU-WEBER, GÉRARD (April 6, 1939,
Draveil, Essonne, France–)
A former student at the Ecole Centrale des Arts
et Manufactures (1961–1963), he taught mathematics
before switching to journalism and creating a
monthly magazine (Le Bel Âge). After collaborating on
the daily newspaper Libération and organizing variety
shows, he entered French TV thanks to producer
Daisy de Galard and fi lmed short subjects for Dim
Dam Dom (1967–1970).
Filmography
1975 Pour le Principe (short; also co-screenwriter)
1992 La Révolte des Enfants (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist; shot in 1990)
Television Filmography
1968 Dim Dam Dom (documentary; episode “Le
Théâtre à l’Ecole”)
1969 Dim Dam Dom (documentary; episodes “L’Eté
39,” “Simone Berteaut parle de Piaf”)
1970 Dim Dam Dom (documentary; episodes “Anaïs
Nin,” “Trente-Six c’était aussi . . .”)
1971 Arguments (documentary; episode “La Télévision
en Banlieue”)
1973 La Dérobade
1975 Les Atomisés
1979 Cet Homme-là (also co-screenwriter)
1982 Sans un Mot (also co-screenwriter)
1985 Colette (TV miniseries; Belgium / Canada /
France / Luxembourg / Switzerland)
1989 Robert Doisneau Photographe (documentary)
1990 Le Pouvoir et la Pierre (documentary)
1994 George Sand, une Femme libre (also co-screenwriter)
2002 La Saga Fnac (documentary)
Video Documentaries
2002 A Bout de Course
2004 Julio Cortazar
2005 Ikea en Kit
La Mémoire au Quotidien
POITRENAUD, JACQUES (May 22, 1922, Lille,
Nord, France–April 4, 2005, Paris, France)
A former stage manager and actor, he entered fi lms
as an assistant editor (1946 Etoile sans Lumière / UK
and USA: Star Without Light, Marcel Blistène). He successively
was an editor (1950 Ballerina / USA: Dream
Ballerina, Ludwig Berger; 1951 Paris est toujours Paris
/ Parigi è sempre Parigi, Luciano Emmer, France / Italy;
1952 Seuls au Monde, René Chanas; 1956 Maigret
dirige l’Enquête, also assistant director, Stany Cordier),
assistant director (1949 Rapide de Nuit, Marcel Blistène;
Le Sorcier du Ciel, Marcel Blistène; 1955 Gueule
d’Ange / USA: Pleasures and Vices, Marcel Blistène; 1956
Cette Sacrée Gamine / USA: Mam’zelle Pigalle / Naughty
Girl / That Naughty Girl, Michel Boisrond; Impasse des
Vertus / UK and USA: Love at Night, Pierre Méré; C’est
arrivé à Aden, Michel Boisrond; Lorsque l’Enfant paraît,
Michel Boisrond; Mitsou, Jacqueline Audry; 1957 Saiton
jamais . . . / Un colpo da due miliardi / USA: No Sun
in Venice, Roger Vadim, France / Italy; Une Parisienne
/ Una Parigina / USA: La Parisienne, Michel Boisrond,
France / Italy; Le Naïf aux Quarante Enfants, Philippe
Agostini; 1958 Clara et les Méchants / Bourreaux d’Enfants,
Raoul André; La Vie à Deux / UK: Life Together /
USA: Life as a Couple, Clément Duhour; 1959 Faibles
Femmes / Le donne sono deboli / USA: Three Murderesses
/ Women Are Weak, Michel Boisrond, France /
Italy; Le Petit Prof’, Carlo-Rim; Les Liaisons dangereuses
1960 / Relazioni pericolose / UK: Les Liaisons dangereuses
/ USA: Dangerous Liaisons / Dangerous Affairs,
Roger Vadim, France / Italy; Voulez-vous danser avec
moi? / Sexy Girl / UK: Come Dance with Me / USA: Come
Dance with Me!, Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; 1960
Et mourir de Plaisir / Il sangue e la rosa / UK and USA:
Blood and Roses, Roger Vadim, France / Italy), technical
adviser (1961 Le Refl ux, Paul Gégauff; 1971 Viva la