Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

890 • ROULAND, JACQUES
Filmography
1987 Police des Mœurs / US video: Captive Women 6:
St. Tropez Spice (also co-screenwriter)
1988 Dynamit Girls (video documentary; also cinematographer)
ROULAND, JACQUES (November 13, 1929,
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, France–June 14,
2002, Bois-Guillaume, Seine-Maritime, France)
After completing his musical studies, he performed
the songs he wrote in Parisian cabarets. He created
his fi rst radio program in 1961 (La Source des
Chansons). His brother Jean-Paul and he earned huge
popularity with French TV audiences thanks to La
Caméra invisible, a show inspired by Candid Camera.
He played small parts in a few fi lms, often directed
by his friends (1971 Le Viager, Pierre Tchernia; 1974
Vos Gueules les Mouettes!, Robert Dhéry; 1975 Trop
c’est trop / USA: Too Much Is Too Much, Christian Gion;
1981 Signé Furax, Marc Simenon; 1982 Les Sous-Doués
en Vacances, as himself; 1983 Le Bourreau des cœurs,
Christian Gion). He authored several books: 1989
Les Employés du Gag “Gardez le Sourire” “La Caméra
invisible” (Calmann-Lévy); 1998 Les Sacapoux; 1999
Ma Caméra invisible (Pygmalion); 2001 Les amoureux
du 7e Art (J’ai Lu).
Filmography
1966 Entends-tu la Mer? (short; also co-screenwriter)
1974 La Gueule de l’Emploi (also screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1977 Appelez-moi Docteur ou Le Médecin invisible
1978 Sacré Farceur (also co-screenwriter, actor)
ROULEAU, RAYMOND (Edgard Marie Raymond
Rouleau / June 4, 1904, Brussels, Belgium–December
11, 1981, Paris, France)
He enrolled in the Brussels Conservatoire at age
fourteen and won three fi rst prizes. Having settled in
France in 1927, he worked with the most remarkable
stage directors of his time (Charles Dullin, Georges
Pitoëff, Antonin Artaud) and founded a theater inspired
by the surrealist avant-garde. He soon became
one of the major fi gures of the French stage (mostly
as a director) and managed Le theatre de l’Oeuvre
from 1944 to 1951. He entered fi lms in 1927 in Marcel
L’Herbier’s L’Argent (unfortunately, his role was
cut). He played leading and then supporting roles in
more than forty fi lms, including two excellent Jacques
Becker movies (1942 Dernier Atout; 1945 Falbalas /
USA: Paris Frills). He was married to actress Françoise
Lugagne (1914–1991). His sons Philippe (b. 1940) and
Fabrice (1947–2001) were also actors.
Filmography
1932 Suzanne (co-director with Léo Joannon; also
actor)
1933 Une Vie perdue (with the collaboration of Alexandre
Esway; also actor)
1936 Rose
1937 Trois . . . Six . . . Neuf
Le Messager / USA: The Messenger
1957 Les Sorcières de Salem / Hexenjagd / UK: The
Witches of Salem / USA: The Crucible (also actor;
France / East Germany)
1962 Les Amants de Teruel / USA: The Lovers of Teruel
(also screenwriter, adapter)
Television Filmography
1971 Les Papiers d’Aspern
1972 Ruy Blas
1973 L’Ecole des Femmes
1974 Nouvelles de Henry James (episode “Le Tour
d’Ecrou”)
1975 Ondine
Bérénice
La Fleur des pois
1976 La Jalousie
1977 L’Eau sale (also screenwriter)
1979 Le Destin de Priscilla Davies (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
1980 L’Inconnu d’Arras (also adapter)
1981 La Guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu
ROULET, DOMINIQUE (March 27, 1949, Paris,
France–December 4, 1999, Paris, France)
A detective novel writer, he started co-writing
screenplays in 1983 (Canicule / USA: Dog Day, Yves
Boisset). He created the character of Inspector
Lavardin, played by Jean Poiret in two fi lms (1985
Poulet au Vinaigre / UK and USA: Cop au Vin, 1986 Inspecteur
Lavardin) and two TV movies (1989 Le Diable
en Ville; Maux croisés), all directed by Claude Chabrol.
Filmography
1993 L’œil écarlate (also original novel, screenwriter,
co-adapter, dialogist)
1996 Un Homme est tombé dans la Rue (short)