Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

932 • SILVERA, CHARLOTTE
2006 Les Filles du Botaniste / The Chinese Botanist’s
Daughters (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
France / Canada)
SILVERA, CHARLOTTE (March 26, 1954, Paris,
France–)
Having graduated wih a bachelor’s degree in cinema,
she fi lmed video reports from 1974 to 1980 before
directing her fi rst feature-length fi lm in 1985.
Filmography
1978 Argentine 78: Supporters si vous saviez (short;
also screenwriter)
1980 Le Petit Chaperon bouge (short)
1982 B.P. 96 (short; also producer)
1985 Louise l’Insoumise (also screenwriter, coadapter,
dialogist)
1988 Prisonnières (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1994 3000 Scénarios contre un Virus (segment Zozo,
le Clown)
1998 C’est la Tangente que je préfère (also co-screenwriter,
delegate producer; France / Belgium /
Switzerland; shot in 1996)
2002 Les Filles, personne s’en méfi e (also co-screenwriter,
delegate producer)
2006 Nos Chères Têtes blondes (also screenwriter,
dialogist; France / Spain)
Television Filmography
1985 Etoiles et Toiles (short De Louise . . . à elles)
1993 Tout va bien dans le Service (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter)
1996 L’Embellie (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
SILVESTRE, EMMANUEL (December 13, 1965,
France–) and STAÏB, THIBAULT (January 19, 1964,
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-seine, France–)
They met in a fi lm school where they were trained as
assistants and began fi lming video and Super-8 shorts
under the pseudonyms of Zem and Tib, respectively.
Filmography
1989 Gros (short; co-director with Philippe de
Chauveron)
1991 Olive et le Poulet (short)
1992 Ca baigne! (short)
Olive et le Monde du Travail (short)
1993 La Perme (short)
2000 André le Magnifi que (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
2002 Bois ta Suze (short; also screenwriter)
SIMENON, MARC (April 19, 1939, Brussels, Belgium–October
25, 1999, Paris, France)
The son of Belgian novelist Georges Simenon, he was
an assistant director for seven years (1959 Le Déjeuner
sur l’Herbe / UK: Lunch on the Grass / USA: Picnic on the
Grass, Jean Renoir; 1960 L’Ours / Daniele nella gabbia
d’orso / USA: The Bear, Edmond Séchan, France / Italy;
1961 La Récréation / UK: Playtime / US video: Love Play,
François Moreuil, Fabien Collin; Les Menteurs / UK:
House of Sin / USA: The Liars / Twisted Lives, Edmond T.
Gréville; Amours célèbres / Amori celebri, four segments:
“Lauzun,” “Jenny de Lacour,” “Agnès Bernauer,” “Les
Comédiennes,” Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; 1962
Une Grosse Tête / US TV: A Fat Head, Claude de Givray;
1963 Coup de Bambou, Jean Boyer; 1964 Cherchez
l’Idole / Sciarada alla francese, Michel Boisrond, France
/ Italy; Relaxe-toi, Chérie / Ho una moglie pazza, pazza,
pazza, Jean Boyer, France / Italy; Le Gendarme de Saint-
Tropez / Una ragazza a Saint-Tropez / UK and USA: The
Gendarme of St. Tropez, Jean Girault, France / Italy; Les
Gorilles / USA: The Gorillas, Jean Girault; 1965 Les Petits
Chats / UK and USA: Wild Roots of Love, Jacques R. Villa,
shot in 1959; Le Gendarme à New York / Tre gendarme
a New York, Jean Girault, France / Italy; 1966 La Longue
Marche / USA: Long March, Alexandre Astruc). After
this period of apprenticeship, he began directing in
1970. He died at age sixty as a result of an accidental
fall. His co-adaptation of Georges Simenon’s novel Le
Voyageur de la Toussaint was fi lmed for TV by Philippe
Laïk in 2007. He was married to actress Mylène Demongeot
(b. 1935).
Filmography
1970 Le Champignon / L’assassino colpisce all’alba /
USA: The Mushroom (also co-screenwriter;
France / Italy)
1971 L’Explosion / L’uomo di Marsiglia / UK: Sex
Explosion / USA: The Hideout (France / Italy /
Belgium / Canada)
1974 Par le Sang des Autres / UK and USA: By the
Blood of Others (France / Canada)
1981 Signé Furax (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
Television Filmography
1968 Les Dossiers de l’Agence O (12 55'; episodes
“Le Prisonnier de Lagny,” “L’Homme tout nu,”