Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

SÉDOUY, ALAIN DE (Alain Le Chartier de Sédouy
/ November 15, 1929, Paris, France–)
A journalist, he notably was a war correspondent
during the Algerian War. In 1969, he produced
the much-debated Marcel Ophüls documentary Le
Chagrin et la Pitié / Le Chagrin et la Pitié—Chronique
d’une Ville française sous l’Occupation / Das Haus nebenan—Chronik
einer französischen Stadt im Kriege /
Zorn und Mitleid / UK and USA: The Sorrow and the
Pity. He directed or co-directed several movies for
cinema and TV.
Filmography
1973 Français, si vous saviez (documentary; codirector
with André Harris)
1976 Le Pont des Singes (documentary; co-director
with André Harris, Charles Nemes)
2008 Le Destin d’un Capitaine (documentary)
Television Filmography
2005 L’Esprit de Prague (documentary)
SÉGAL, ABRAHAM (1937, Bucharest, Romania–)
He studied history and philosophy at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, where he founded and ran
the university fi lm club (1959–1962). Having settled
in Paris in the early 1960s, he graduated from the
IDHEC. From 1967 to 1982, he wrote about fi lms for
La Revue du Cinéma, CinémAction, and L’Avant-Scène du
Cinéma. He authored texts for a photo album about
S.M. Eisenstein (Le Chêne, 1972) and an essay (Abraham,
Enquête sur un Patriarche, Bayard, 2003).
Filmography
1971 B.A. BA (documentary)
1978 La Vie, t’en as qu’une (co-director with Denis
Guedj, Jean-Pierre Pétard; also co-screenwriter)
1986 Couleurs Folie (documentary; short)
1989 Van Gogh, la Revanche ambiguë (documentary)
1990 Toutes les Couleurs (documentary; mediumlength)
1995 Socrate ou Audimat? (documentary; short)
1996 Enquête sur Abraham (documentary; TV version:
2 52'; France / Israel)
1997 Enquête sur Abraham (documentary; also
screenwriter)
2000 Le Mystère Paul (documentary; also screenwriter)
2003 Témoins pour la Paix (documentary; mediumlength)
Television Filmography
1983 Alésia et Retour, Voyage phénoménal (documentary;
medium-length)
1985 Hors les Murs II: Projet ou Aventure (3 52'
documentary)
1999 Enquête sur Paul de Tarse (documentary; 2
52'; episodes “Le Converti,” “Le Fondateur”)
Métropolis (documentary; short; episode “De
Page en Page”)
2001 Métropolis (documentary; short; episode “Le
Rêve à l’œuvre”)
2002 Métropolis (documentary; short; episodes “La
Bible des Cinquante,” “Meddeb, l’Eclaireur
d’Islam”)
2004 Florence Delay—Comme un Portrait (documentary;
medium-length)
2005 Métropolis (documentary; short; episode
“L’Occident vu de l’Orient”)
2006 Un Trésor retrouvé—La Bible de Castellion (documentary;
short)
SÉGARD, RAYMOND (1911, France–Deceased)
A fi lm actor cast in supporting roles (1936 Sous les
Yeux d’Occident, Marc Allégret; Paris, Jean Choux;
Jenny, Marcel Carné; Les Mutinés de l’Elseneur, Pierre
Chenal; 1938 Les Nouveaux Riches, André Berthomieu;
1939 Le Danube bleu, Emile Edwin Reinert, Alfred
Rode; Derrière la Façade / 32 Rue de Montmartre,
Georges Lacombe, Yves Mirande; 1941 Le Dernier
des Six, Georges Lacombe; 1942 La Femme que j’ai le
plus aimée, Robert Vernay), he vainly tried his luck as
a director. He was also a painter.
Filmography
1951 Avalanche
SEGARRA, LUDOVIC • 923
SEGARRA, LUDOVIC (September 2, 1943, Paris,
France–December 2007, France)
An ethnologist and theologian, he shot mostly documentaries
on Asian religions and cultures.
Filmography
1972 Des Enfants, des Hommes (documentary;
medium-length)
1975 Mithila—Art tantrique (medium-length; documentary)