Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

“Les Trois Bateaux de la Calanque,” “La Cage
d’Emile,” “Le Docteur Tant-Pis,” “Le Club des
vieilles Dames,” “L’Etrangleur de Montigny,”
“La Petite Fleuriste de Deauville,” “Emile à
Cannes,” “L’Arrestation du Musicien,” “Le
Vieillard au Porte-Mine,” “La Jeune Fille de La
Rochelle”)
1980 Kick, Raoul, la Moto, les Jeunes et les Autres (6
52')
1986 Le Petit Docteur (episodes “Le Flair du petit
Docteur,” “La Piste de l’Homme roux,”
“L’Amoureux en Pantoufl es”)
1992 Vacances au Purgatoire
1994 Chien et Chat II
Chien et Chat (episode “L’Embrouille”)
1995 Chien et Chat (episode “La Faute”)
1996 Chercheurs d’Or / Adventures of Smoke Bellew /
Jack London’s Wilderness Tales (4 95'; France
/ Canada)
1998 Micro Climat
SIMON, CLAIRE (1955, London, England, UK–)
Having settled in France in 1960, she grew up in Var.
After studying ethnology, Arabic, and Berber, she
learned cinema by way of fi lm editing (1983 Faux-
Fuyants / US video: Subterfuge, Alain Bergala, Jean-
Pierre Limosin; 1986 Gardien de la Nuit / US video:
Guardian of the Night, Jean-Pierre Limosin; 1987
Agosto, Jorge Silva Melo, Portugal / France). She began
directing shorts in 1976. Other credits (as actress):
2001 Femme et Cinéaste (documentary, as herself,
Jean-Marie Nizan); 2002 Un Petit Cas de Conscience
(Marie-Claude Treilhou).
Filmography
1976 Madeleine (short)
1980 Tandis que j’agonise (short)
1981– Moi, non ou l’Argent de Patricia (short)
1983 Mon Cher Simon (short)
Une Journée de Vacances (short)
1984 Barres Barres (video short)
1988 La Police (short)
1991 Scènes de Ménage (10 25')
1996 Coûte que coûte (documentary; also screenwriter,
cinematographer)
1997 Sinon, oui / A Foreign Body (also screenwriter;
France / Canada)
1998 Récréations (documentary; also co-screenwriter,
cinematographer; shot in 1991–1992)
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2002 800 km de Différence—Romance (documentary;
also editor)
2003 Mimi (documentary; also screenwriter, camera
operator, editor)
2005 Est-ce qu’on a gagné ou est-ce qu’on a encore
perdu? (documentary; short; also screenwriter)
2006 Ca brûle (also co-screenwriter, camera operator)
2008 Les Bureaux de Dieu (also screenwriter, dialogist,
co-cinematographer)
Television Filmography
1990 Les Patients (documentary; also screenwriter,
cinematographer)
1992 Artiste Peintre (short)
1993 Les Amants d’un Jour (short)
Histoire de Marie (video short)
Comment acheter une Arme (video short)
2000 Ca, c’est vraiment toi (documentary; shot in
1997–1998)
SIMON, JEAN-DANIEL (November 30, 1942,
Salons-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France–)
In his teenage years, he earned his living working as
a beach manager, barman, and garbage collector. At
age eighteen, he became an assistant director (1961
Amours célèbres / Amori celebri, four segments: “Lauzun,”
“Jenny de Lacour,” “Agnès Bernauer,” “Les Comédiennes,”
Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; 1962 Les
Démons de Minuit / UK: Demons at Midnight, Marc Allégret,
Charles Gérard; Un Cœur gros comme ça, François
Reichenbach; Le Repos du Guerrier / Il riposo del guerriero
/ UK: Warrior’s Rest / USA: Love on a Pillow, Roger
Vadim, France / Italy; 1963 Le Vice et la Vertu / Il vizio e
la virtù / UK: Vice and Virtue, also actor, Roger Vadim,
France / Italy; L’Amour à la Mer, also actor, Guy Gilles;
1964 La Ronde / Il piacere e l’amore / USA: Circle of
Love, Roger Vadim, France / Italy; 1965 Les Grands Moments,
Claude Lelouch, unreleased; La Jeune Morte / Les
Chiens, Claude Faraldo, unreleased). In 1967, he made
his directing debut fi lming a screenplay written by his
friends Gérard Brach and Roman Polanski. In 1984, he
co-adapted a Gustave Le Rouge novel (Le Mystérieux
Docteur Cornélius, 6 52', Maurice Frydland). Other
credits (as actor): 1986 Cinématon (documentary,
as himself, Gérard Courant); 1987 Camp de Thiaroye
/ USA: The Camp at Thiaroye (Ousmane Sembène,
Thierno Faty Sow, Algeria / Senegal / Tunisia).