Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

82 • BENSIMON, EDMOND
BENSIMON, EDMOND (June 6, 1963, Paris,
France–)
At age eighteen, he was a singer and bass guitar
player in a rock band. Then he became an actor and
joined a theatrical group. He wrote sketches for
the TV program Surprise sur Prise and co-authored
the screenplay of Père et Fils / USA: Father and Sons
(Michel Boujenah, France / Canada). He spent two
years in Montreal, where he created a TV series on
Le Cirque du Soleil (2003 Cirque du Soleil: Solstrom,
Canada / USA).
Filmography
2005 Emmenez-moi (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
BENSOUSSAN, PHILIPPE
A student at the IDHEC (1976–1979), he directed
shorts, feature fi lms, video clips (1986–1987), about
fi fty commercials (1987–1991), and TV programs for
Sygma TV (La Marche des Héros, Les Marches de la
Gloire, Mystères, Etat de Choc). In 1994, he co-founded
with Nicolas Duval a production company, Quad Productions,
then, ten years later, he created Infolive TV, a
Jerusalem-based Web TV specializing in the near Orient.
He also worked as second unit director (1997
K, Alexandre Arcady) and TV producer (2001 Portrait
d’une Femme pas ordinaire, Isabelle de Mascolo; 2003
Pola 27 Ans, Natacha Samuel).
Filmography
1979 Un Enfant sans Histoire (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1980 Une Heure sans savoir (short; documentary)
1982 Bluff (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1983 Mambo-Scratch (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2003 Décryptage (documentary; also co-cinematographer)
Television Filmography
1996 L’Enfer vert
BÉRANGER, JO (cf: Doris Buttignol)
BÉRARD, HERVÉ (June 6, 1958, Lille, Nord,
France–)
Filmography
1980 Très insuffi sant (documentary; three shorts:
Peut mieux faire, Manque d’Effort, Doit faire ses
Preuves)
Faits divers d’une Adolescente
BÉRAUD, LUC (October 30, 1945, La Rochelle,
Charente-Maritime, France–)
An assistant director for ten years (1968 Cinéastes
de notre Temps, TV documentary, episode “John Cassavetes,”
Hubert Knapp, André S. Labarthe; 1969 Les
Deux Marseillaises, documentary, André S. Labarthe,
Jean-Louis Comolli; 1971 Le Laboratoire de l’Angoisse,
short, Patrice Leconte; 1973 La Famille heureuse (Famille
Gazul), short, Patrice Leconte; La Maman et la
Putain / USA: The Mother and the Whore, Jean Eustache;
1974 Céline et Julie vont en Bateau / USA: Celine and Julie
Go Boating, Jacques Rivette; Mes Petites Amoureuses,
Jean Eustache; 1975 Le Jeu avec le Feu / Giochi di fuoco,
Alain Robbe-Grillet, France / Italy; La Meilleure Façon
de marcher / UK: The Best Way / USA: The Best Way
to Walk, also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Claude
Miller; 1977 Dites-lui que je l’aime / USA: This Sweet
Sickness, also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist,
Claude Miller), he started out his directing career
fi lming shorts. He also is a screenwriter for cinema
(1977 Le Juge Fayard dit “Le Shériff,” as co-screenwriter,
Yves Boisset; 1981 Les Malheurs de Sophie, as
screenwriter, co-adapter, Jean-Claude Brialy; 1983 Le
Jeune Marié, as co-adapter, co-dialogist, Bernard Stora;
1984 Eclipse, short, as screenwriter, Michel de Vidas;
1985 Signé Charlotte / UK and USA: Sincerely Charlotte,
as co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor, Caroline Huppert;
Strictement personnel, as collaborator to screenwriter,
Pierre Jolivet; L’Effrontée / UK: Charlotte and Lulu /
USA: Impudent Girl, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
Claude Miller, France / Switzerland; 1987 Vent de Panique,
as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Bernard Stora;
1988 En toute Innocence / US festival: No Harm Intended,
as co-screenwriter, Alain Jessua; Deux Minutes
de Soleil en plus, as co-screenwriter, Gérard Vergez;
La Petite Voleuse / USA: The Little Thief, as co-adapter,
co-dialogist, Claude Miller; 1992 L’Accompagnatrice /
USA: The Accompanist, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
Claude Miller) and TV (1993 Le Bal, as co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, Jean-Louis Benoît;
2008 Villa Jasmin, as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist,
Férid Boughedir). Other credits (as actor): 1977 Les
Apprentis Sorciers (Edgardo Cozarinsky, France / West