Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1978 Les Ringards / USA: The Small Times (also coadapter,
co-dialogist)
1980 Voulez-vous un Bébé nobel? (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1978 Sam et Sally (episodes “Bedelia,” “La Corne
d’Antilope”)
POURTALÉ, JEAN (1940, Paris, France–)
Following an apprenticeship as an assistant director
(1963 La Cuisine au Beurre / La cucina al burro / UK and
USA: My Wife’s Husband, Gilles Grangier, France / Italy;
1965 Les Bons Vivants / Un Grand Seigneur / Per favore
chiudete le persiane / USA: How to Keep the Red Lamp
Burning / US TV: Keep the Red Light Burning, three segments:
“La Fermeture,” Gilles Grangier; “Le Procès,”
Gilles Grangier; “Les Bons Vivants,” Georges Lautner,
France / Italy; Adiós Gringo / USA: Adios, Gringo (George
Finley = Giorgio Stegani, Italy / France; 1967 Le Grand
Dadais / Die Zeit der Kirschen ist vorbei, Pierre Granier-
Deferre, France / West Germany), he directed a couple
of interesting feature fi lms that were poorly released.
Other credit (as co-screenwriter and still photographer):
1991 Mohamed-Bertrand Duval (Alex Métayer).
Filmography
1964 Dernier Soir (short)
1969 Sylvie à l’Olympia 1969 (documentary; short)
1976 Demain les Mômes (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1980 5% de risques (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
POUZADOUX, PASCALE (April 19, 1966, Saint-
Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France–)
Having trained as an actress at Steve Kalfa’s workshop
and at the Saskia Cohen Tannugi, she played onstage,
on TV, and in a few movies (1993 Tango, Patrice
Leconte; Les Yeux au Plafond, short, Mathieu Amalric;
1997 Les Voisins, Artus de Penguern; 4, 5, 6, Marie-
Elise Beyne; 2001 Les Gens en Maillot de Bain ne sont
pas (forcément) superfi ciels, Eric Assous). She directed
commercials, shorts, and feature fi lms.
Filmography
1994 Grand Brun aux Yeux doux (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1996 Il faut que ça brille! (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
PRADIER, JEAN-PAUL • 839
1997 Mon Jour de Chance (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor)
2003 Toutes les Filles sont Folles (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, actor)
2009 De l’Autre Côté du Lit (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, co-adapter, actress)
PRADAL, MANUEL (March 22, 1964, Aubenas,
Ardèche, France–)
He studied sciences and literature and graduated
with a master’s degree concerning the connections
between cinema and painting. He taught the history of
cinema for two years before enrolling in the Fémis and
sojourning to Rome at the Villa Medici, where he shot
a documentary of the Bosniac Gypsy refugees in Italy.
Filmography
1991 Canti (unreleased)
1998 Marie Baie des Anges / UK: Angel Sharks / USA:
Marie from the Bay of Angels (also screenwriter;
shot in 1996)
2003 Ginostra (also screenwriter; France / Italy /
USA; shot in 2000–2001)
2006 Un Crime / A Crime (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
2009 La Blonde aux Seins nus (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
PRADIER, JEAN-PAUL (1932, France–)
A cinematographer (1974 Règlements de Femmes
à OQ Corral / Règlements de Comptes à OQ Corral /
Les Sept Partouzards de l’Ouest, Jean-Marie Pallardy,
France / Belgium; Le Journal érotique d’un Bûcheron,
Jean-Marie Pallardy; Le Corps a ses Raisons, Claude
Mulot; 1975 Le Soleil qui rit rouge / Life Speed, Bruno-
Mario Kirchner, shot in 1973; Couche-moi dans le
Sable et fais jaillir ton Pétrole . . . / Neem me in het Zand
en laat je Petroleum stromen / USA: Check My Oil,
Norbert Terry; Le Sexe à la Barre, Georges Cachoux;
Pornographie chez Madame Saint-Claude, Norbert
Terry; 1976 Gloria Mundi, Nico Papatakis; 1979 Les
Bidasses en Vadrouille, Christian Caza = Michel Ardan;
1980 Journal d’une Maison de Correction, Georges
Cachoux; 1984 Carmen nue, Albert Lopez, France /
Spain) and camera operator (1983 Emanuelle fuga
dall’inferno / I violenti / Révolte au Pénitencier de Filles
/ UK: Emanuelle in Prison / UK video: Blade Violent /
USA: Emanuele Escapes from Hell / US video: Women’s
Prison Massacre, Vincent Dawn = Bruno Mattei, Italy /
France), he directed an erotic fi lm.