Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Germany); 1979 Madame Sourdis (TV, Caroline Huppert);
1983 Mortelle Randonnée / UK: Deadly Run /
USA: Deadly Circuit (uncredited, Claude Miller); Liberty
Belle (Pascal Kané); Elle voulait faire du Cinéma (TV,
Caroline Huppert); 1985 Série noire (episode “Meurtres
pour Mémoire,” Laurent Heynemann); 1987 Les
Mois d’Avril sont meurtriers (Laurent Heynemann);
1991 Série noire (episode “Une Gare en Or massif,”
Caroline Huppert); 1994 La Peau du Chat (TV, Jacques
Otmezguine); 1995 L’Impossible Monsieur Papa (TV,
Denys Granier-Deferre); 2003 De Soie et de Cendre
(2 90', Jacques Otmezguine).
Filmography
1971 La Poule (short)
1974 Ce que savait Morgan (short; also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
Le Jeu des Preuves (short; also co-screenwriter)
1978 La Tortue sur le Dos / USA: Like a Turtle on Its
Back (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist,
co-producer)
1981 Plein Sud / Huida al sur / USA: Heat of Desire
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist;
France / Spain)
1988 La Petite Amie (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1976 Nouvelles de Henry James (5 52'; episode
“Ce que savait Morgan”; France / UK)
1982 L’Ombre sur la Plage
1983 All About Mankiewicz (documentary)
1989 V comme Vengeance (episode “Vol d’Enfant”;
also co-screenwriter)
1993 Monsieur Ripois (also co-screenwriter)
1994 Le Fou de la Tour
Couchettes Express (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
1995 Pasteur, Cinq Années de Rage (also co-screenwriter)
1996 Le Marché du Sport
Crédit Bonheur (also co-screenwriter)
1997 La Voisine (also co-screenwriter)
La Cité des Alouettes (also co-screenwriter)
1998 Les Jours heureux
2001 Les P’tits Gars Ladouceur
Des Croix sur la Mer (also co-screenwriter)
2002 Tous les Chagrins se ressemblent (also coscreenwriter)
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Sous bonne Garde
2003 Fruits mûrs
2004 Les Eaux troubles / USA: Troubled Waters
Une Autre Vie
2006 C’est arrivé dans l’Escalier
2008 C’est mieux la Vie quand on est grand / Courgette
(France / Belgium)
BERBÉRIAN, ALAIN (1953, France–)
He was the regular director of the sketches of the
comedy team Les Nuls and fi lmed their fi rst feature
fi lm. Other credit (as actor / as himself): 2007 L’Île
au(x) Trésor(s): Dans les Coulisses du Film (documentary;
Julien Lecat).
Filmography
1994 La Cité de la Peur, une Comédie familiale
1998 Paparazzi (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2000 Six Pack (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist;
shot in 1998–1999)
2002 Le Boulet (co-director with Frédéric Forestier)
2004 L’Enquête corse / USA: The Corsican File
2007 L’Île au(x) Trésor(s)
Television Filmography
1989 ABCD Nuls (61 5'; co-director only)
1990 Histoire(s) de la Télé (54 5'; co-director
only)
1992 Les Nuls l’Emission (56 60'; co-director
only)
1992– Les Guignols de l’Info (TV series; co-director
1993 only)
BERCOT, EMMANUELLE (November 6, 1967,
Paris, France–)
Trained as a dancer at the Serge Alzetta dancing
school, she opted for stage, studied drama at the
Ecole du Spectacle and the Cours Florent, and
worked as actress for fi ve or six years with such
directors as Robert Hossein and Jean-Louis Tardieu.
Seen in several movies (1991 Ragazzi, Mama Keïta;
1995 Etat des Lieux, Jean-François Richet; 1997 La
Divine Poursuite, Michel Deville; 1998 Classe de Neige
/ UK festival: Class Trip, Claude Miller; 1999 Ca commence
aujourd’hui / UK and USA: It All Starts Today,
Bertrand Tavernier; Une pour toutes, Claude Lelouch;
2005 Camping sauvage / US DVD: Wild Camp, Fabien
Onteniente; 2007 Enfances (segment “Le Regard