Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

898 • RUGGIA, CHRISTOPHE
1975 Les Yeux du Coeur (short)
1976 Dora, la Frénésie du Désir (also screenwriter,
dialogist, producer; shot in 1974)
La Chasse à travers les Âges (documentary;
short; also screenwriter, editor)
RUGGIA, CHRISTOPHE (January 7, 1965, Rueil-
Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
A graduate of the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma
français, he created in 1988 a production company,
Cristal Inn, which fi nanced shorts (1989 Canal, Hors du
Temps, documentary, R. Haddad; Chroniques libanaises,
documentary, R. Haddad; 1990 Un Jour d’Enfance,
Bourlem Guerdjou; Tatoo, Franck Jaen; 1991 Set et
Match, 50 45', Bourlem Guerdjou, David Martin;
1994 Couleurs d’Enfants, Bourlem Guerdjou). In 1998
he founded a second society, Bella Ciao Productions.
Filmography
1993 L’Enfance égarée (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1998 Le Gone du Chaâba / USA: The Kid from Chaaba
(also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 1996)
2002 Les Diables / Los Diablos (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Spain)
2006 Vincent Rottiers: Construction d’un Acteur (video
documentary; short)
Television Filmography
1990 Sové l’Anmou (2 45" and 2 1'; also screenwriter)
RUGGIERI, FRANÇOIS (September 2, 1947,
Cherbourg, Manche, France–)
After completing his literary studies, he produced
and directed radio programs. He is also a fi lm producer
(1985 Subway, Luc Besson; 1988 La Lectrice /
UK and USA: The Reader, Michel Deville; 1990 Nuit
d’Eté en Ville, Michel Deville; 1993 Louis, Enfant-Roi,
Roger Planchon, shot in 1991; 2001 Amour d’Enfance,
Yves Caumon; 2004 Elle critique tout, Alain Riou).
Filmography
1993 Les Dinosaures (short; also screenwriter)
1999 Hygiène de l’Assassin (also screenwriter, dialogist,
actor)
RUSPOLI, MARIO (June 17, 1925, Rome, Italy–June
13, 1986, Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France)
The son of Prince Edmundo Ruspoli de Poggio Suaza
and Princess Marthe de Chambrun, he was educated
in Rome, Paris, and England. In 1955, he published A
la Recherche du Cachalot (Editions de Paris). The book
was dedicated to Aristotle Onassis, who produced
his fi rst fi lm (Les Hommes de la Baleine). He played
in Era lei che lo voleva (Marino Girolami, Giorgio C.
Simonelli, Italy). Other books: 1947 Blues, Poésie de
l’Amérique noire; 1965 Le Groupe synchrone audiovisuel
léger; 1975 Petit Breviaire de la Cuisine étrusque et
romaine (Mario Ruspoli); 1980 Revivre Venise avec les
grands Voyageurs (Maison du Livre Italien); 1986 Lascaux,
un nouveau Regard (co-author with Brigitte and
Gilles Delluc, Editions Bordas).
Filmography
1956 Les Hommes de la Baleine (documentary;
short; also cinematographer)
1959 Campagne romaine (documentary; short)
Ombre et Lumière sur Rome (documentary;
short)
1961 Regards sur la Folie (documentary; mediumlength)
1962 Les Inconnus de la Terre / USA: Strangers of the
Earth (documentary; medium-length)
Méthode 1 (documentary; short)
Petite Ville (documentary)
1963 Blues Man (documentary; medium-length)
1964 In vino veritas / Le Dernier Verre (documentary;
short)
1965 Baath Omah / Rebirth of a Nation (documentary;
short; Tunisia)
1965– Renaissance (documentary; unreleased)
1966
1968 Le Vif Mariage (documentary)
1970 Chaval (documentary)
1972 La Chavalanthrope (documentary; short; also
adapter)
Vive la Baleine (documentary; co-director
with Chris Marker)
Television Filmography
1979 Cro-Magnon, premier Artiste (documentary)
1983 L’Art du Monde des Ténèbres: Les Origines
(documentary)