Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

882 • ROSIER, MICHÈLE
the Rat, Graham Cutts, UK), he directed a few fi lms
in the 1930s.
Filmography
1927 Drumul iertarii (co-director with Ion Niculescu-Bruna;
also actor; France / Romania)
Calvaire (also actor)
1928 Jim Hackett . . . Champion
1930 Une Petite Cage et un Cœur
1932 Rocambole (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
1935 La Coqueluche de ces Dames
1938 La Marraine du Régiment
ROSIER, MICHÈLE (June 3, 1930, Paris, France–)
While studying in France and the USA, she started as
a journalist at age seventeen. She published articles in
France-Soir and then became chief editor of the magazine
Le Nouveau Fémina. In the early 1960s, she turned
a dress designer and created sports clothing. Her fi rst
movie was dedicated to writer George Sand.
Filmography
1973 Georges qui? (also screenwriter)
1977 Mon Cœur est rouge (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
1989 Embrasse-moi (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist; shot in 1987)
1995 Pullman Paradis (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist; shot in 1994)
2001 Malraux, tu m’étonnes! (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
2003– Demain, on court! (documentary)
2004
Television Filmography
1975 Le Futur des Femmes (documentary)
1976 La Demoiselle aux Oiseaux (documentary;
short)
1979 Mimi (documentary; short)
1981 Un Café un! (documentary; short)
1982 Le Gros Départ (documentary; short)
Botaniques (fi ve documentary shorts: “Un Jardin
et son Auteur,” “Le Phytotron,” “Vu du Ciel,”
“Le Ginko, l’Arbre le plus vieux du Monde,”
“Les Cèdres de Roissy”)
ROSS, ALAIN (March 18, 1964, Lyon, Rhône,
France–)
He made his stage debut in the mid-1980s and
co-founded the London Torn Curtain Company
(1986–1988) and the Paris-based Rue Michèle workshop
(1989–1992). A performer and a playwright, he
directed a play that he co-wrote with David Dowse
and Alison Edgar (Beasts) in 1994. He collaborated
on a few fi lms as a co-screenwriter (2003 Une Affaire
qui roule, Eric Besnard; 2007 Ce que mes Yeux ont vus,
Laurent de Bartillat).
Filmography
1997 Bound (short; also screenwriter)
2000 L’Attrape-Rêves (also co-screenwriter; shot in
1998)
ROSSIF, FRÉDÉRIC (February 6, 1922, Cetinje,
Montenegro–April 18, 1990, Paris, France)
Having graduated with a bachelor’s degree in
mathematics from University of Rome, he had to
leave Italy in 1941 and moved to Egypt, where he
enrolled in the French Foreign Legion. He fought in
Libya and took part in the battles of Bir-Hakeim and
Monte Cassino before disembarking at Provence
in August 1944 and fi nishing the war in Germany.
Having returned to civilian life, he worked as a
draftsman for Renault and Citroën and then as a
librarian at the Cinémathèque Française (1948).
A TV director since 1952, he produced and / or
directed almost 350 programs, including La Vie des
Animaux (1952–1976), Cinépanorama (1956), Edition
Spéciale (1954–1959), Le Magazine de notre Temps
(1952–1960), Cinéma, Pour le Cinéma (1965–1978),
and Donner à voir (1964–1967). He began directing
documentaries for cinema in 1959. He was a French
citizen since 1947.
Filmography
1959 Vél’ d’Hiv (documentary; short; co-director
with Guy Blanc)
Impossibles Nouveautés (documentary; short)
1960 Le Monde instantané (documentary; short)
Prélude à l’Asie (documentary; short; co-director
with Paule Bernard)
Spécial Noël: Jean Gabin (documentary; short)
1961 Le Temps du Ghetto / UK and USA: The Witnesses
(documentary; also co-screenwriter)
1962 De notre Temps (documentary; short; also
screenwriter)
1963 Mourir à Madrid / UK and USA: To Die in Madrid
(documentary; also co-screenwriter)
Les Animaux / USA: The Animals (documentary)