Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

in 1941; 1959 La Belle Saison est proche, short, Jean
Barral), and appeared as himself in TV documentaries
(1964 Cinéastes de notre Temps, episode “Luis Buñuel,”
Jacques Rozier, Robert Valey; 1977 A Perte de Vie . . .
Jacques Prévert, Georges Ferraro). He also co-wrote
a couple of fi lms (1931 On purge Bébé, Jean Renoir;
1962 L’Abominable Homme des Douanes, as co-adapter,
co-dialogist, Marc Allégret), worked as an assistant
editor (1931 Les Quatre Jambes, medium-length, Marc
Allégret) and editor (1954 Enrico Cuisinier, animated
short, Paul Grimault), and recorded and chose the
voices of Paul Grimault’s cartoons La Bergère et le
Ramoneur (shot in 1948–1951) and Le Roi et l’Oiseau
(shot in 1948–1951). Other credits (as artistic adviser):
1958 Le Cerf-Volant du Bout du Monde / USA:
The Magic of the Kite (Roger Pigaut, France / China);
1960 X.Y.Z. (Philippe Lifschitz).
Filmography
1928 Souvenirs de Paris / Paris Express (short; codirector
with Marcel Duhamel)
1932 L’Affaire est dans le Sac (medium-length)
1933 Monsieur Cordon (short)
1935 Le Commissaire est bon enfant, le Gendarme
est sans Pitié (short; co-director with Jacques
Becker)
1943 Adieu Léonard (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1947 Voyage Surprise (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
actor)
1958 Paris mange son Pain (short)
1960 Paris la Belle (documentary; short; co-director
with Marcel Duhamel)
Television Filmography
1961 Mon Frère Jacques (documentary; also
screenwriter)
1963 Le Perroquet du Père Hoquet
1964 Le Petit Claus et le grand Claus (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter)
1965 La Maison du Passeur
1966 A la belle Etoile (medium-length)
1968 Les Compagnons de Baal (7 55': episodes
“Le Secret de Diogène,” “Le Mystère de l’Île
Saint-Louis,” “Le Spectre rouge,” “L’inquiétant
Professeur Lomer,” “La Nuit du Huit de Trèfl
e,” “L’Héritage de Nostradamus,” “L’Eveil de
Liliane”; shot in 1966–1967)
A qui le Tour (short)
Le Rendez-Vous (short)
PRÉVOST, JEAN-PIERRE • 841
PRÉVOST, JEAN-PIERRE (March 27, 1942,
France–)
Having graduated with a mathematics doctorate from
the University of Caen, he also holds a doctorate
in aesthetics from the University of Nanterre. He
directed his fi rst movie in 1971 and co-wrote a TV
movie (1999 Les Montagnes bleues, Paolo Barzman).
Filmography
1971 Jupiter (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1975 L’Homme du Fleuve (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
shot in 1973)
Television Filmography
1980 Pollufi ssion 2000
Une Puce dans la Fourrure
1981 Médecins de Nuit (episode “La Pension Michel”;
France / West Germany)
Faust au Village (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
La Princesse lointaine (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
La Vie des Autres (episode “L’Ascension de Catherine
Sarrazin”; 4 60')
1983 Chimère (short; also screenwriter)
Médecins de Nuit (episode “Le Mensonge”)
1984 La Vie des Autres (episode “La Jauneraie”; 2
60')
1985 Hôtel de Police (5 52'; co-director only )
Maguy (333 26'; co-director only)
Crimes passionnels (episode “Angèle”; also director
of collection)
1986 Médecins de Nuit (episodes “Mot de Passe,”
“Marie-Charlotte,” “Happy Birthday”)
1987 Marc et Sophie (32 26'; co-director only)
Diamonds (4 60'; co-director only; Canada)
1988 Vivement Lundi (16 26'; co-director only)
Katts and Dog (2 26'; Canada)
1989 Bordertown / Les Deux font la Loi (co-director
only; USA / France / Canada)
Tribunal (30 26'; co-director only)
Les Compagnons de l’Aventure (6 26'; three
seasons: “Les Six Compagnons,” “Michel,”
“Lola et les Sardines”; co-director only)
1990 Constance et Vicky (13 52'; co-director
only)
Crimes passionnels (episode “Alice”; also director
of collection)
Black Stallion / L’Etalon noir / The Adventures
of Black Stallion / The New Adventures of Black