Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1994 CODIS 46 (documentary; short)
1996 La Femme à l’Ombrelle (documentary; short)
2006 Rêves de Poussière / US festival: Buried Dreams
(documentary; also screenwriter; France /
Burkina Faso / Canada)
SALIS, ROBERT (December 24, 1954, Marseille,
Bouches-du-Rhône, France–)
After studying cinema at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, he
was a trainee assistant director for two Marguerite
Duras fi lms (1976 Son Nom de Venise dans Calcutta
désert; 1977 Baxter, Véra Baxter).
Filmography
1977 Les Sentiers battus (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1978 Un Film de moins (short; also screenwriter)
1983 Chansons Souvenirs (short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1984 Lettres d’Amour perdues (also screenwriter,
dialogist, producer)
1985 A ma Manière (short; also screenwriter)
Avec le Temps (short; also screenwriter)
1992 L’Envers du Décor: Portrait de Pierre Guffroy
(documentary; shot in 1986–1991)
1998 A la Recherche du Paradis perdu / UK video:
Living Naked (documentary; shortened version
released on TV in 1993; also co-screenwriter)
2001 L’Arrivée à New York (documentary)
2004 Grande Ecole (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2005 Retour aux Sources (documentary; also screenwriter)
SALLE, JÉRÔME (June 8, 1967, Paris, France–)
After dropping out of school at age sixteen, he was
a photographer and then an artistic director. He
stopped his professional activities to write screenplays
(1997 L’Homme idéal, Xavier Gélin; 1998 Bob le
Magnifi que, TV, Marc Angelo, France / Belgium; 2000
Le Prince du Pacifi que / El principe del Pacifi co / USA:
The Prince of the Pacifi c, Alain Corneau, France / Spain;
2005 Trouble, Harry Cleven) and directed a short
and a few commercials before turning out his fi rst
feature-length fi lm.
Filmography
2000 Le Jour de Grâce (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
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2005 Anthony Zimmer (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2008 Largo Winch (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
SALOMÉ, JEAN-PAUL (February 2, 1960, Paris,
France–)
He briefl y studied cinema at the University of Censier,
Paris, before entering fi lms as a trainee assistant
director (1981 Les Uns et les Autres / USA: Bolero,
Claude Lelouch). Then he was successively an assistant
location manager for fi lm (1984 Liste noire,
Alain Bonnot) and TV productions (1984 Série noire,
episode “Un Chien écrasé,” Daniel Duval; 1985 L’Eté
36, Yves Robert; 1987 Série noire, episode “La Fée
Carabine,” Yves Boisset), assistant director (1988 La
Lectrice / USA: The Reader, Michel Deville), and actor
(2005 Le Petit Lieutenant, Xavier Beauvois) while directing
his own movies.
Filmography
1980 La Rage aux Dents (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1981 La Ballade de Léo et Cabu (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
Chronique d’une Passion (medium-length; also
screenwriter, dialogist)
1983 L’Heure d’aimer (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1984 La Petite Commission (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1994 Les Braqueuses (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
actor)
1998 Restons groupés (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
2001 Belphégor—Le Fantôme du Louvre (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2003 Bonne Nuit (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2004 Arsène Lupin / Arsenio Lupin (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Italy)
2008 Les Femmes de l’Ombre (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1991 Crimes et Jardins
1994 La Grande Fille (also co-screenwriter)
1997 La Vérité est un vilain Défaut (also co-screenwriter)
SALTEL, ROGER (May 5, 1922, Paris, France–May
26, 1997, France)