Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

894 • ROUSSELOT, PHILIPPE
2003 Louis Page (episode “Le Soleil en Face”)
Fabien Cosma (episode “Petit Maxime”)
2004 Plus belle la Vie (TV series; co-director only)
Louis Page (episode “Affaires secrètes”)
2006 Louis Page (episode “L’Enfant de la Providence”)
ROUSSELOT, PHILIPPE (September 4, 1945,
Briey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France–)
Having trained at the Vaugirard fi lm school, he
started as an assistant cameraman to cinematographer
Nestor Almendros (1969 Ma Nuit chez Maud /
UK: My Night with Maud / USA: My Night at Maud’s,
Eric Rohmer; 1970 Le Genou de Claire / USA: Claire’s
Knee, Eric Rohmer; 1972 L’Amour l’Après-Midi / UK:
Love in the Afternoon / USA: Chloe in the Afternoon, Eric
Rohmer). From 1969 (Le Clair de Terre, Guy Gilles)
to 2008 (Peacock, Michael Lander, USA), he worked
as a cinematographer on about sixty fi lms, including
Diabolo Menthe / USA: Peppermint Soda (Diane Kurys,
1977), La Drôlesse / USA: The Hussy (Jacques Doillon,
1979), Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981), La Lune dans
le Caniveau / Lo specchio del desiderio / USA: The Moon
in the Gutter (Jean-Jacques Beineix, France / Italy), Les
Voleurs de la Nuit / Thieves After Dark (Samuel Fuller,
France / USA), The Emerald Forest (John Boorman,
USA, 1985), Hope and Glory (John Boorman, USA,
1987), L’Ours / USA: The Bear (Jean-Jacques Annaud,
1988), Dangerous Liaisons (Stephen Frears, USA, 1988),
A River Runs Through It (Robert Redford, USA, 1992),
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (Neil
Jordan, USA, 1994), Big Fish (Tim Burton, USA, 2003),
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, USA,
2005), and Lions for Lambs (Robert Redford, USA). He
directed only one fi lm.
Filmography
1997 Le Baiser du Serpent / The Serpent’s Kiss / Der
Schlangenkuss (France / UK / Germany)
ROUSTANG, PIERRE (April 26, 1921, Loisey,
Meuse, France–)
A former journalist, he turned a fi lm producer (1959
Pourquoi viens-tu si Tard? / USA: Too Late to Love, also
co-screenwriter, Henri Decoin; 1962 L’Amour à Vingt
Ans / L’amore a vent’anni / Liebe mit zwanzig / Milosc
dwudziestolatkow / Hatachi no koi, Shintarô Ishihara,
Marcel Ophüls, Renzo Rossellini, François Truffaut,
Andrzej Wajda, France / Italy / West Germany / Po-
land / Japan; 1964 Les plus belles Escroqueries du Monde
/ Le più belle truffe del mondo / De Wereld wil bedrogen
worden / UK: The Beautiful Swindlers / USA: The World’s
Most Beautiful Swindlers, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc
Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Hiromichi Hirokawa, Roman
Polanski, France / Italy / Japan / Netherlands; 1967
Un Homme à abattre / El acecho, Philippe Condroyer,
France / Spain) and co-screenwriter (1960 La Millième
Fenêtre, Robert Ménégoz; 1964 Paris secret, documentary;
Edouard Logereau; 1971 Sur un Arbre perché,
Serge Korber, France / Italy).
Filmography
1968 Les Teenagers (documentary)
1969 Paris Top Secret (documentary; France / Belgium)
ROUX, JEAN-MICHEL (May 8, 1964, Nancy,
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France–)
He made his debut onstage and began fi lming the
actors of his theatrical group. He directed musical
videos and documentaries. He also created an experimental
rock band (Kni-Crik).
Filmography
1982 Sens interdit (Super-8 short)
1983 Coïncidence (Super-8 short)
1984 Quartier sauvage (short)
1987 La Voix du Désert (short; also co-screenwriter)
1992 Trop près des Dieux (short; also co-screenwriter)
1997 Les Mille Merveilles de l’Univers (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2002 Enquête sur un Monde invisible (documentary;
also screenwriter)
ROY, ANDRÉ (André Julien Etienne Peroche / October
12, 1914, Le Raincy, Seine-Saint-Denis–November
23, 1990, Paris, France)
He was mostly a production manager (1949 Aux Deux
Colombes, Sacha Guitry) and producer (1951 Cœursur-Mer,
Jacques Daniel-Norman; 1953 Le Petit Jacques,
Robert Bibal; 1954 Gamin de Paris, Georges Jaffé; 1956
Opération Tonnerre, Gérard Sandoz).
Filmography
1956 Alerte aux Canaries (also producer; shot in
1955–1956; unreleased)