Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1966 La Vie de Château / UK: Gracious Living / USA: A
Matter of Resistance (also co-screenwriter)
1971 Les Mariés de l’An II / Gli sposi dell’anno secondo
/ Mirii anului II / UK: The Scoundrel / USA: The
Scarlet Buccaneer / The Swashbuckler (also
screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France
/ Italy / Romania)
1975 Le Sauvage / Il mio uomo è un selvaggio / UK:
Call Me Savage / USA: The Savage (as coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Italy)
1982 Tout Feu, tout Flamme / UK and USA: All Fired
Up (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1990 Cyrano de Bergerac (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1995 Le Hussard sur le Toit / USA: The Horseman on
the Roof (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2003 Bon Voyage (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
RAVALEC, VINCENT (April 1, 1962, Paris,
France–)
He dropped out of school at age fourteen to become
an apprentice joiner. In the early 1990s, he began writing
novels and short stories. He entered fi lms as an
assistant unit manager (1987 Sécurité publique, Gabriel
Benattar) and was briefl y an assistant director (1991
Atlantis / Atlantis—Le creature del mare, documentary,
Luc Besson, France / Italy). He co-adapted one of his
novels (1999 Un Pur Moment de Rock ’N Roll, Manuel
Boursinhac) and played in a short (2003 La Vie de
Garçon, Marie Garel-Weiss).
Filmography
1994 Les Mots de l’Amour (short; also screenwriter)
Par-delà l’Ere glaciaire (short; also screenwriter)
1995 Never Twice (short; also screenwriter)
Portrait des Hommes qui se branlent (short; also
screenwriter)
Le Dur Métier de Policier (short; also screenwriter)
1996 Joséphine et les Gitans (short; also screenwriter)
Conséquences de la Réalité des Morts (short;
also screenwriter)
Le Masseur (short; also screenwriter)
1998 Cantique de la Racaille / USA: Melody for a
Hustler (also author of original novel, screenwriter,
dialogist)
RAVEL, GASTON • 853
Les Autruches (short; also screenwriter; codirector
with Marie Garel-Weiss)
Une Prière vers le Ciel (short; also screenwriter;
co-director with Marie Garel-Weiss)
1999 Attirance envers le Vide (short; also screenwriter;
co-director with Marie Garel-Weiss)
2002 La Merveilleuse Odyssée de l’Idiot Toboggan (also
screenwriter, voice)
Television Filmography
2001 L’Erotisme vu par . . . (co-director only)
RAVEL, GASTON (October 28, 1878, Paris,
France–February 23, 1958, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes,
France)
A former actor, dramatic arts teacher, and journalist,
he joined Gaumont as a screenwriter in 1910. He
wrote two Jacques Feyder movies, both released in
1916: L’Instinct est maître (three parts) and Têtes de
Femmes, Femmes de Têtes.
Filmography
1913 L’Avocate (two parts short)
1914 L’Ambition de Madame Cabassoul (short)
L’Autre Victoire (short)
La Bouquetière des Catalans (short)
La Dot (short)
La Duchesse d’Aiglemont (short)
L’Affaire énigmatique (short)
L’Amoureuse Aventure (short)
La Fille aux Pieds nus (short)
L’Heure tragique (short)
Les Leçons de la Guerre (short)
1915 L’Art d’être grand-Mère (short)
Nicole de Tréguier (short)
Celle qui tua (short)
Son Ecran / L’Ecran (short)
Triple Entente (short)
Roman de la Midinette (short; co-director with
Louis Feuillade)
La Barrière (short; also screenwriter)
L’Honneur du Nom (short)
Sainte-Odile (short)
Les Trois Rats (short)
Le Trophée du Zouave (short)
La Petite Réfugiée (short)
Le Cœur de Vingt Ans (short)
La Nouvelle Ninon (short)
La Dernière des Fées (short)
Le Faux Moribond (short)