Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

844 • PUJOL, RENÉ
2006 Vivre ensemble Handicap? (documentary;
short)
La Caravane des Dix Mots 2006 (documentary)
Toi et moi (22 13' documentary)
PUJOL, RENÉ (August 18, 1888, Bordeaux, Gironde,
France–January 21, 1942, Paris, France)
A lyricist and author of operettas, he made his directing
debut in 1930. He collaborated on about fi fty movies
(from 1930 Mon Gosse de Père, Jean de Limur, to 1945
Le Roi des Resquilleurs, Jean Devaivre), as a screenwriter,
dialogist, and sometimes composer and lyricist.
Filmography
1931 Chacun sa Chance (French-language version of
Hans Steinhoff’s Kopfüber ins Glück; also adapter,
dialogist, lyricist; Germany)
1933 Tout pour rien (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
1934 Dactylo se marie (co-director with Joe May;
also adapter; Germany / France)
Un Boeuf sur la Langue (short; co-director with
Christian-Jaque; also adapter)
Un Drôle de Locataire / La Dame du Dessus
(medium-length)
1936 Bach Détective (also lyricist)
Passé à vendre (also screenwriter, dialogist)
La Peau d’un Autre (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
J’arrose mes Galons (co-director with Jacques
Darmont)
Je suis toute à vous (short)
1937 La Griffe du Hasard (also screenwriter)
Le plus beau Gosse de France (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
Trois Artilleurs au Pensionnat
1938 Titin des Martigues (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Trois Artilleurs en Vadrouille (also co-screenwriter,
dialogist)
Les Rois de la Flotte (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Un de la Canebière (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
Ca, c’est du Sport! (also screenwriter, dialogist,
lyricist)
Deux de la Réserve
1939 Les Gangsters du Château d’If (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
Ma Tante Dictateur (also adapter, dialogist)
1946 Monsieur Bibi / Faut ce qu’il faut (shot in 1940)
PULLICINO, GÉRARD (1958, France–)
He played drums in a rock band in the 1970s before
becoming a TV director, fi lming mostly variety shows.
Filmography
1999 Babel (also co-screenwriter, composer; France
/ Canada)
Television Filmography
1990 La Télé des Inconnus (TV show)
1993 Taratata (TV show)
1994 N’oubliez pas votre Brosse à dents (TV show)
1996– Vous ne rêvez pas (TV show)
1997
2001– Ombre et Lumière (talk show)
2005
2003 Eurobest (TV show)
2005 Les Duos de l’Impossible (TV show)
PY, OLIVIER (July 25, 1965, Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes,
France–)
After studying philosophy and theology, he went to
Paris to attend courses at the ENSATT (Ecole Nationale
Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre)
and then at the CNSAD (Conservatoire National
Supérieur d’Art Dramatique / French National Conservatory
of Dramatic Art). In 1988, his fi rst play,
Des Oranges et des Ongles, was created by director
Didier Lafaye. The same year, he founded his own
theatrical group, L’Inconvénient des Boutures, for
which he authored and directed plays. He appeared
as an actor in ten shorts and feature fi lms (1989
Dis-moi oui, dis-moi non, short, Noémie Lvovsky; 1994
Funny Bones, Peter Chelsom, UK; 1995 75 Centilitres
de Prière, short, Jacques Maillot; Corps infl ammables,
short, Jacques Maillot, shot in 1993; Au Petit Marguery,
Laurent Bénégui; 1996 Chacun cherche son Chat / USA:
When the Cat’s Away, Cédric Klapisch; 1997 La Divine
Poursuite, Michel Deville; 1999 Nos Vies heureuses,
Jacques Maillot; 2000 Peut-être / USA: Maybe, Cédric
Klapisch, shot in 1998–1999; 2008 Le Bruit des Gens
autour, Diastème).
Filmography
2000 Les Yeux fermés (originally shot for TV; also
screenwriter, dialogist)