Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

at age thirteen. He settled in Paris in 1937 and
attended René Simon’s acting courses. He enrolled
in the famous French fi lm school IDHEC in 1944.
Discharged from his military service in 1946, he
made his professional debut as an editor (1948
Paris 1900, documentary, Nicole Védrès, also assistant
director, shot in 1946; Jean Eiffel, documentary,
short, also camera operator, Sylvain Dhomme; 1952
Saint-Tropez, Devoir de Vacances, short, Paul Paviot;
1953 Aux Frontières de l’Homme, documentary, short,
Nicole Védrès, Jean Rostand; 1955 Une Visite, short,
François Truffaut; 1956 La Pointe courte, Agnès Varda,
shot in 1954; 1957 L’œil du Maître, short, Jacques
Doniol-Valcroze, André Vetusto; 1958 Broadway by
Light, also technical adviser, William Klein). Other
credits (as camera operator): 1948 Versailles et
ses Fantômes (documentary, short, also coordinator
of SFX, Jean Béranger); (as coordinator of SFX
only): 1953 Haussmann et la transformation de Paris
(documentary, short, Jean Leduc, Pierre Mignot); (as
actor): 1942 Les Visiteurs du Soir / USA: The Devil’s Envoys
(bit, Marcel Carné); 1962 Le Signe du Lion / UK
and USA: The Sign of Leo (Eric Rohmer); 1964 Salut
les Cubains (short, Agnès Varda); 1974 Histoire du Cinéma
français par ceux qui l’ont fait (TV documentary,
as himself, Armand Panigel); 1979 Fantômas, je pense
à vous! (TV documentary, as himself, Christian Marc);
1980 Une Approche d’Alain Resnais, Révolutionnaire
discret (TV documentary, as himself, Michel Leclerc);
1997 L’Atelier d’Alain Resnais (TV documentary, voice
only, Francis Thomas).
Filmography
1935 Fantômas (short; unfi nished)
1936 L’Aventure de Guy (short; unfi nished)
Le Meilleur des Mondes (short; unfi nished)
1946 Ouvert pour Cause d’Inventaire (short)
1947 L’Alcool tue (documentary; short; also cinematographer,
editor)
La Bague (documentary; short)
Journée naturelle / Visite à Max Ernst (documentary;
short)
Portrait de Henri Goetz (documentary; short)
Transfo transforme l’Energie du Pyrium (documentary;
short; also cinematographer, editor)
Visite à César Doméla (documentary; short)
Visite à Christine Boumeester (documentary;
short)
Visite à Félix Labisse (documentary; short)
Visite à Hans Hartung (documentary; short)
Visite à Lucien Coutaud (documentary; short)
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Visite à Oscar Dominguez (documentary; short;
unfi nished)
1948 Châteaux de France / Versailles (documentary;
short; also cinematographer, editor)
Les Jardins de Paris (documentary; mediumlength;
unfi nished)
Malfray (documentary; short; co-director with
Robert Hessens)
Van Gogh (documentary; short; also editor)
1950 Gauguin (documentary; short; also editor)
Guernica (documentary; short; also editor; codirector
with Robert Hessens)
1951 Pictura / USA: Pictura: Adventure in Art (documentary;
co-director with Ewald André Dupont,
Luciano Emmer, Robert Hessens)
1953 Les Statues meurent aussi / UK and USA: Statues
Also Die (documentary; short; also editor)
1955 Nuit et Brouillard / UK and USA: Night and Fog
(documentary; short; also editor)
1956 La Bibliothèque Nationale (documentary;
short)
Toute la Mémoire du Monde (documentary;
short; also editor)
1957 Le Mystère de l’Atelier 15 (short; co-director
with André Heinrich)
1958 Le Chant du Styrène (documentary; short; also
screenwriter, editor)
1959 Hiroshima mon Amour / 24—Jikan no joji / UK
and USA: Hiroshima My Love (France / Japan)
1961 L’Année dernière à Marienbad / L’anno scorso a
Marienbad / UK: Last Year in Marienbad / USA:
Last Year at Marienbad (France / Italy)
1963 Muriel ou Le Temps d’un Retour / Muriel, il tempo
di un ritorno / UK: Muriel, or the Time of a Return
/ USA: The Time of Return (France / Italy)
1966 La Guerre est fi nie / Kriget är slut / USA: The
War Is Over (France / Sweden)
1967 Loin du Vietnam / USA: Far from Vietnam (segment
“Claude Ridder”)
1968 Cinétracts (documentary; uncredited director
with Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker)
Je t’aime, je t’aime (also co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1973 L’An 01 (segment “Wall Street”; co-director
with Jacques Doillon, Jean Rouch; shot in
1971)
1974 Stavisky / Stavisky, il grande truffatore (France
/ Italy)
1977 Providence (France / UK)
1980 Mon Oncle d’Amérique / UK and USA: My
American Uncle