Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Une Poignée de Mains
1974 La Mouche bleue
Le Chemin de la Croix
1976 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“Maigret chez les Flamands”)
1977 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episodes
“Au Rendez-vous des Terre-Neuvas,” “Maigret
et Monsieur Charles”)
1978 Il y a encore des Noisetiers
Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“Maigret et le Marchand de Vin”)
1979 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“Liberty Bar”)
1980 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“L’Affaire Saint-Fiacre”)
1981 Douchka
Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“La Danseuse du Gai-Moulin”)
1982 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episodes
“Le Voleur de Maigret,” “Maigret et l’Homme
tout seul”)
1983 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“Un Noël de Maigret”)
1984 Les Ferrailleurs des Lilas
Ben Zimet
1988 Duetto ou La Chasse au Dragon
1989 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“L’Auberge aux Noyés”)
SAUNÉ, JEAN-PIERRE (June 17, 1955, Toulouse,
Haute-Garonne, France–)
In 1978, he co-founded an association of young fi lmmakers,
L’Atelier 30, for which he worked as a cameraman.
After directing several shorts, he became a
cinematographer and casting director.
Filmography
1975 Empreintes forcées (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1981 Moments de Relâche (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1989 Coupe franche (also co-screenwriter, executive
producer)
2002 Libre (also screenwriter, dialogist; France /
Senegal)
SAUREL, FRÉDÉRIC (May 28, 1967, Rodez, Aveyron,
France–)
From ages sixteen to nineteen, he took acting courses
with Alain Janey and Paulette Frantz. He played in
SAUTET, CLAUDE • 911
about twenty movies (from 1987 Les Noces barbares,
Marion Hänsel, France / Belgium, to 2008 Les Insoumis,
Claude-Michel Rome). He was only twenty-two
years old when he created a production company, La
S.P.A.C.E., which fi nanced his fi rst movie, a short.
Filmography
1989 Ad libitum Aeternam (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, producer)
1991 Rock’n’Roll Control (also screenwriter, dialogist,
producer; unreleased)
2002 Bâtards (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
delegate producer, actor)
SAUREL, JACQUES-RENÉ (1948, France–)
A former second assistant director (1969 Une Fille
nommée Amour / Una ragazza chiamata amore, Sergio
Gobbi, France / Italy) and sound engineer (1971 Biribi,
Daniel Moosmann, France / Tunisia), he directed two
movies before fading into obscurity.
Filmography
1977 Julie était belle (also co-screenwriter, coadapter;
shot in 1975)
1985 Joy et Joan (also adapter)
SAUTET, CLAUDE (February 23, 1924, Montrouge,
Hauts-de-Seine, France–July 22, 2000, Paris,
France)
The son of a businessman, he grew up in Montrouge,
near Paris, and discovered cinema with his grandmother.
Intending to become a painter and a sculptor,
he studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. His love
for movies led him to enroll in the IDHEC in 1946.
He wrote musical reviews in Combat before landing
a job as a trainee assistant director (1949 Occupe-toi
d’Amélie, Claude Autant-Lara). He remained an assistant
for almost ten years (1951 Le Mariage de Mademoiselle
Beulemans / Fientje Beulemans, André Cerf,
France / Belgium; Paris chante toujours, Pierre Montazel;
1952 Le Crime du Bouif, André Cerf; Le Huitième Art et la
Manière, short, Maurice Régamey; 1954 Les Révoltés de
Lomanach / L’eroe della Vendea, Richard Pottier, France /
Italy; Les Hommes ne pensent qu’à ça, Yves Robert; 1955
Le Fils de Caroline chérie / UK: Caroline and the Rebels /
USA: The Son of Dear Caroline, Jean Devaivre; 1956 La
Bande à Papa, Guy Lefranc; Les Truands / UK: Lock Up
Your Spoons, Carlo-Rim; Fernand Cow Boy, Guy Lefranc;
1957 Action immediate / US TV: To Catch a Spy, Maurice
Labro; Ce Joli Monde, Carlo-Rim; 1958 Ni vu, ni connu,