Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

He made his fi lm directing debut in 1977 and was
occasionally a cinematographer (1979 Barbe-Bleue,
short, Olivier Gillon) and screenwriter (2001 Dans
la Gueule du Loup, Didier Grousset; 2002 Skydance,
Rendez-vous à Paris, IMAX, 78-mm, 48', Eric Magnan).
He also wrote books: 1977 Bruno et le Mystère des
Egoûts, co-author with Dominique Roulet (Editions
Souveraine—Rouge et Or); 1981 Lourdes: Rencontre
des Hommes, Rencontre de Dieu, co-author with
Bruno Decharme (Editions Le Centurion—Morigane-
Bayard); 1998 La Danse du Soleil (Editions Fayard);
2008 La Guerre de Jop (Thélès).
Filmography
1977 Lettres d’une Mère (short; also screenwriter)
1978 Versailles peut-être (short; also screenwriter)
1980 La Ville ouverte (short; also screenwriter)
1982 Le Cachot (short; also screenwriter)
1983 Montreuil, peut-être (short; also screenwriter)
1986 Wasp (short; also screenwriter)
1989 La Soule (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1991 La Mafi a rouge (also co-screenwriter)
1993 Si le Loup y était (also co-screenwriter)
Maigret et les Témoins récalcitrants (also coscreenwriter;
France / Belgium / Switzerland)
1995 Le Malingot (also co-screenwriter)
1997 Les Lauriers sont coupés
2000 Un Jeune Français (shot in 1998)
Le Mystère Parasuram
2001 Le Vol et la Colombe (shot in 1997)
Le Châtiment du Makhila (also co-screenwriter;
shot in 1999)
2003 Rien ne va plus! (also co-screenwriter, actor)
SIEGFRIED (Siegfried Dedrebant / January 23,
1973, Paris, France–)
After studying cinema and music at the Paris Conservatory
and jazz at the American School of Modern
Music, he became a professional musician. He entered
fi lms as an assistant director (1993 Coup de Jeune,
Xavier Gélin; 1994 Elles n’oublient jamais, Christopher
Frank), served as a still photographer (1994 Somebody
to Love, Alexander Rockwell, USA), composed several
sound tracks (1996 No Happy End, short, Olivier
Megaton; 1998 A vendre / US DVD: For Sale, also still
photographer, Laetitia Masson; 2004 Shiza / Canada:
Schizo / UK: Fifty-Fifty / US DVD: The Recruiter, Gulshat
Omarova, Kazak / Russia / France / Germany; 2005
Chok-Dee, Xavier Durringer), and worked as a cocinematographer
(2007 Drunken Sailor, documentary,
Sergei Bodrov, France / UK / Germany / Italy).
Filmography
1995 La Toile (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
composer)
La Dame (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1996 La Faim (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
composer)
1997 C’est Noël déjà? (short; also screenwriter, cinematographer,
editor, composer)
1998 Louise (Take 2) (also screenwriter, co-cinematographer,
composer as Sig)
2003 Sansa (also screenwriter, co-cinematographer,
co-composer as Sig)
SIENNE, SERGE DE (1934, France–)
Filmography
1980 La Mer Couleur de Larmes (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
SIJIE, DAI (March 2, 1954, Putian, China–)
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The son of a physician, he grew up in China during
the Cultural Revolution. From 1971 to 1974, he
spent time in a reeducation camp. He fi nally resumed
his studies and graduated with a diploma in history
from the Chinese University of Sichuan. He moved to
France to enroll in the French fi lm school IDHEC. He
appeared as himself in a documentary (1996 La Plante
humaine (Pierre Hébert, Canada / France) and played
a supporting role in a TV series (2000 L’Instit, episode
“Ting Ting,” Pascale Dallet).
Filmography
1989 Chine ma Douleur / Nu-Peng / China, mein
Schmerz / UK and USA: China, My Sorrow (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / China /
West Germany)
1994 Le Mangeur de Lune (also co-screenwriter, codialogist;
Canada)
1998 Tang le Onzième / Nguol Thùa (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Canada / Vietnam)
2002 Balzac et la petite Tailleuse chinoise / Xiao
cai feng / UK and USA: Balzac and the Little
Chinese Seamstress (also original novel, coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist; France
/ China)