Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Television Filmography
1980 Sam et Sally (6 52')
1981 Les Héroïques
1989 SOS Disparus (episode “Les Sœurs du Nord”;
also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
1992 Une Famille formidable (episode “Les Parents
disjonctent,” also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist; episodes “Des Vacances
orageuses,” “Des Jours ça rit, des Jours ça
pleure,” also co-adapter)
1993 La Femme prisonnière
1994 Une Famille formidable (episodes “Bonnes et
mauvaises Surprises,” “Des Vacances mouvementées,”
“Dure, dure la Rentrée”)
1996 La Vie va
17 Ans et des Poussières
Une Famille formidable (episodes “Nicolas
s’en va-t-en Guerre,” “L’Amour en Vacances,”
“Beaumont de Père en Fils”)
1997 Cassidi et Cassidi (episode “Le Prix de la Liberté”)
Clara et son Juge
Cassidi et Cassidi (episode “Le Démon de
Midi”)
1998 Maintenant et pour toujours
1999 La Vocation d’Adrienne (episode “La Vocation
d’Adrienne . . . Neuf Mois après”; also coscreenwriter)
2000 La Vocation d’Adrienne (episode “Grandeur
nature”)
Une Famille formidable (episodes “Clash,” “Panique
à Bord,” “Le Grand Départ”; also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2001 Le Prix de la Vérité (also co-screenwriter)
2002 Une Famille formidable (episodes “Des Invités
encombrants,” “Un Beaumont peut en
cacher un Autre,” “Le Goût de la Vie”; also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2004 Les Copains d’abord (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2006 Une Famille formidable (episodes “Rien ne
va plus,” “L’Enfer au paradis,” “Un Nouveau
Départ”; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2007 Une Famille formidable (episodes “Les Adieux
de Nono,” “La Famille s’agrandit,” “Vacances
marocaines”; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist)
SARASIN, JACQUES (August 5, 1955, Switzerland–)
A former sailing world champion, he briefl y taught
mathematics and physics. From 1996 to 1999, he
was a delegate producer (1997 Longue la Nuit, short,
Stéphane Libiot; 1998 Johannesburg, Carnets d’un Urbaniste,
short, Stephan Oriach; 2000 Petites Histoires
de Reins du tout, short, Françoise Marie).
Filmography
2002 Je chanterai pour toi (documentary; also screenwriter,
delegate producer)
2005 Rumba River (also delegate producer)
Television Filmography
1999 European DN (short)
Seul autour du Monde (short)
SARRUS, JEAN • 909
SARMIENTO, VALERIA (1948, Valparaiso, Chile–)
She married Chilean director Raoul Ruiz in 1969.
Having settled in Paris in 1974, she directed shorts,
medium-lengths, and feature-length fi lms while editing
her husband’s movies.
Filmography
1972 Poesia popular: La teoria y la practica (short; codirector
with Raoul Ruiz; also editor; Chile)
Los minuteros (co-director with Raoul Ruiz;
also editor; Chile)
1979 Gens de nulle Part, Gens de toutes Parts (also
screenwriter, dialogist; Belgium)
1982 El hombre quando es hombre (also screenwriter,
dialogist; France / West Germany)
1984 Notre Mariage (also co-screenwriter; France
/ Portugal)
1990 Amelia López O’Neill (also co-screenwriter;
Chile / Switzerland / France / Spain)
1995 Elle
1998 L’Inconnu de Strasbourg (also co-screenwriter)
2002 Rosa la China / Rosa la Chine (also co-screenwriter;
Cuba / Spain / France / Portugal)
SARRUS, JEAN (May 11, 1945, Puteaux, Hauts-de-
Seine, France–)
A member of the comic team Les Charlots, he played
mainly in their fi lms and occasionally in other comedies
(1970 La Grande Java, also co-composer, Philippe
Clair; 1971 Les Bidasses en Folie / UK: The Five Crazy
Boys, also co-composer, Claude Zidi; 1972 Les Fous du
Stade, also co-composer, Claude Zidi; Les Charlots font
l’Espagne / Los Charlots van a Espana, also co-composer,
Jean Girault, France / Spain; 1973 Le Grand Bazar, also