Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

928 • SERREAU, COLINE
1993 Nestor Burma / Une Aventure de Nestor Burma
(episode “Des Kilomètres de Linceuls”)
1994 Le Raisin d’Or
1995 Le J.A.P., Juge d’Application des Peines (episode
“Une Petite Fille”)
Nestor Burma / Une Aventure de Nestor Burma
(episodes “Le Cinquième Procédé,” “Nestor
court la Poupée”)
1996 Chaudemanche Père et Fils (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1997 Nestor Burma / Une Aventure de Nestor Burma
(episode “Drôle d’Epreuve pour Nestor
Burma”)
2000 Léopold
SERREAU, COLINE (October 29, 1947, Paris,
France–)
The daughter of stage director and actor Jean-Marie
Serreau (1915–1973) and playwright, adapter, and
translator Geneviève Serreau (1915–1981), she studied
letters and musicology before attending Andréas
Voutsinas’s acting classes and enrolling in the Centre
de la Rue Blanche. Then she joined the Café de la Gare
(the fi rst French café theater) and played in a few fi lms
(1971 Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, Robert Enrico;
La Part des Lions / L’ultima rapina a Parigi, Jean Larriaga,
France / Italy; 1973 Max l’Indien, short, Tony Gatlif; 1974
Dada au Cœur, Claude Accursi; L’Atelier, documentary,
medium-length, Patrick de Mervelec; 1975 Sept Morts
sur Ordonnance / Qartett bestial / Siete muertos por prescripcion
facultativa, Jacques Rouffi o, France / West Germany
/ Spain; 1980 Le Fou de Mai, Philippe Defrance)
and TV series (1972 Le Pont dormant, 25 13', Fernand
Marzelli; 1974 La Folie des Bêtes, 30 13'; Fernand
Mazelli). In 1973, she wrote the screenplay for and portrayed
the female leading role in Jean-Louis Bertucelli’s
On s’est trompé d’Histoire d’Amour. A fi lm director since
1977, she also authored two plays (1988 Le Théâtre de
Verdure; 1993–1995 Quisaitout et Grobeta) directed by
her late husband, Swiss stage director Benno Besson
(1922–2006). Leonard Nimoy (1987 Three Men and a
Baby) and Emile Ardolino (1990 Three Men and a Little
Lady) fi lmed remakes of her successful movie Trois
Hommes et un Couffi n.
Filmography
1977 Mais qu’est-ce qu’elles veulent? (documentary)
Pourquoi pas! / UK and USA: Why Not! (also
screenwriter, dialogist)
1979 Grand-Mère de l’Islam (documentary)
1982 Qu’est-ce qu’on attend pour être heureux! (also
screenwriter, dialogist)
1985 3 Hommes et un Couffi n / UK and USA: Three
Men and a Cradle (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1989 Romuald et Juliette / USA: Mama, There’s a Man
in Your Bed (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1991 Contre l’Oubli / Ecrire contre l’Oubli / Against
Oblivion / Lest We Forget (documentary; segment
“Pour Vera Chirwa, Malawi”)
1992 La Crise / La crisi / USA: Crisis-Go-’Round / The
Crisis (also screenwriter, dialogist; France /
Italy)
1996 La Belle Verte (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2001 Chaos (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2003 18 Ans après (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2005 Saint-Jacques . . . La Mecque (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2007 Dix Films pour en parler (short)
SERVAÈS, ERNEST
Known mostly for his portrayal of comic character
Arthème in more than fi fty shorts that he often
directed, he founded his own studios in Marseille
in 1920.
Filmography
1911 Arthème Dupin continue (short; also actor)
Arthème Dupin disparaît (short; also actor)
Arrêtera-t’on Arthème Dupin? (short; also
screenwriter, actor)
Arthème en fâcheuse Posture (short; also actor)
1912 Arthème Dupin a un nouveau Complice (short;
also actor)
Arthème cherche sa Vocation (short; also actor)
Arthème cherche une Situation (short; also actor)
Arthème déménage (short; also actor)
Arthème Dupin cambriolé / On cambriole
Arthème Dupin (short; also actor)
Arthème craint les Epingles (short; also actor)
Arthème avale sa Clarinette (short; also actor)
1913 Arthème cherche le Calme (short; also actor)
Arthème a égaré son Epouse / Arthème égare
son Epouse (short; also actor)
Arthème Dentiste (short; also actor)
Arthème est enrhumé (short; also actor)