Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

ance, André Cayatte, France / Italy; Le Voyage à Biarritz,
Gilles Grangier).
Filmography
1926 La Grande Amie
1927 La Cousine Bette (also screenwriter, adapter)
1928 Embrassez-moi (co-director with Robert Péguy)
J’ai l’noir ou Le Suicide de Dranem (also coadapter)
1931 Une Histoire entre mille
1932 Gisèle and Partner (short)
1934 Les Deux Mousquetaires de Nini (short)
RIGAUD, FRANCIS (March 22, 1920, Asnièressur-Seine,
Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
He made his fi lm debut as a producer (1955 La
Madelon, Jean Boyer) before specializing in comedies
as a director and screenwriter (1960 Les Pique-
Assiette, Jean Girault; 1961 Les Moutons de Panurge, Jean
Girault; 1974 Les Murs ont des Oreilles, as co-adapter,
Jean Girault; 1982 On n’est pas sorti de l’Auberge, also
co-adapter, Max Pécas).
Filmography
1961 Les Nouveaux Aristocrates
1962 Nous irons à Deauville (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1964 Les Gros Bras
1965 Les Baratineurs (also co-screenwriter, coadapter)
1967 Jerk à Istanbul / Cento millioni per morire (also
co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1969 Faites donc Plaisir aux Amis (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1970 Des Vacances en Or / ¡Viva la aventura! (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist; France
/ Italy)
RIMSKY, NICOLAS (1886, Warsaw, Poland–January
19, 1942, Paris, France)
He made his stage debut as an actor at age twelve
and entered fi lms in 1916 (Zhenshchina s kinzhalom,
Yakov Protzanov). In 1920, he joined the Ermolïeff
theatrical company in Crimea and followed the group
when he settled in Paris. He resumed his fi lm acting
career in France, working mostly with Russian immigrants
(Viatcheslav / Victor Tourjansky, Alexandre
Volkoff, Serge Nadejdine). He co-directed several
fi lms in which he co-starred.
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Filmography
1925 Le Nègre blanc (co-director with Henry Wulschleger;
also adapter, actor)
1926 Paris en Cinq Jours (co-director with Pièrre
Colombier; also adapter, actor)
Jim la Houlette, Roi des Voleurs (co-director
with Roger Lion; also actor)
1927 Le Chasseur de chez Maxim’s (co-director with
Roger Lion; also actor)
1931 Pas sur la Bouche (also actor)
RIOU, ALAIN (August 19, 1941, France–)
A fi lm critic, he collaborated on several screenplays
for fi lms (1984 Le Léopard, as screenwriter, co-adapter,
Jean-Claude Sussfeld; 1993 Pétain, as co-screenwriter,
Jean Marboeuf) and TV (1984 Le Dernier Banco,
Claude de Givray; 1991 Les Dessous de la Passion, dialogist,
Jean Marboeuf).
Filmography
2004 Elle critique tout (co-director with Renan
Polles; also screenwriter, actor)
2007 Cut! (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
2004 Tous les Hommes sont des Romans (co-director
with Renan Pollès; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2007 Rappelle-toi Barbara (documentary; co-director
with Philippe Pouchain)
RISSIENT, PIERRE (August 4, 1936, Paris, France–)
A movie buff since his teenage years, he was an assistant
director (1960 A Bout de Souffl e / UK: By a Tether
/ USA: Breathless, Jean-Luc Godard; 1963 A Cause, à
Cause d’une Femme / UK: Because of a Woman / USA:
Because, Because of a Woman, Michel Deville) before
working as a publicist and becoming an untiring
defender of American and Asian cinema. He notably
contributed to make famous in France such directors
as Lino Brocka and King-Hu. He also worked as an associate
producer (2000 Boesman and Lena, John Berry,
South Africa / France; 2001 L’Anglaise et le Duc / USA:
The Lady and the Duke, Eric Rohmer) and appeared
as himself in several documentaries (2000 Fritz Lang,
le Cercle du Destin—Les Films allemands, documentary,
Jorge Dana; 2007 F., documentary, Tze Chuan Chew,
Singapore; Man of Cinema: Pierre Rissient, documentary,
as himself, Todd McCarthy, USA).