Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

940 • STÉPHANIK, ROCH
à l’Affût, Pierre Chenal). Other credit (as assistant
editor): 1949 Les Amants de Vérone / USA: The Lovers
of Verona (André Cayatte).
Filmography
1938 Je chante (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)
1939 La Famille Duraton
1945 Seul dans la Nuit (also co-adapter)
1947 Rêves d’Amour / USA: Dreams of Love (also
co-adapter)
Le Village perdu
1948 Figure de Proue
1950 Rome-Express (also co-screenwriter, coadapter)
1951 Pas de Pitié pour les Femmes (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter)
La plus belle Fille du Monde (also co-screenwriter)
1953 Minuit, Quai de Bercy
1954 Mourez, nous ferons le reste (also screenwriter,
co-adapter)
1955 Casse-Cou Mademoiselle (also co-adapter)
1957 Vacances explosives (also co-screenwriter)
STÉPHANIK, ROCH
He attended training courses in directing, editing, and
production before making his fi lm debut as an assistant
director (1977 Pourquoi pas! / UK and USA: Why
Not!, Coline Serreau; 1979 Melancholy Baby, Clarisse
Gabus, France / Switzerland / Belgium). He shot a
documentary (New York Marathon).
Filmography
1982 Un Tour au bois (short)
1988 Bisbille (short; also co-screenwriter)
2000 Stand By (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist,
co-editor; shot in 1998)
STÉVENIN, JEAN-FRANÇOIS (April 23, 1944,
Lons-le-Saulnier, Jura, France–)
A movie buff since his childhood, he graduated from
the HEC (a business school) when he met François
Truffaut, who hired him as a trainee assistant director
on La Sirène du Mississippi / La mia droga si
chiama Julie / USA: Mississippi Mermaid in 1969 (he
already landed a job of second assistant director to
Alain Cavalier the previous year: La Chamade / USA:
Heartbeat, also actor, France / Italy). While working
as an assistant to François Truffaut (1970 Domicile
conjugal / Non drammatizziamo . . . è solo questione
di corna! / UK: Bed and Board / USA: Bed & Board,
France / Italy; 1973 La Nuit américaine / Effetto notte
/ USA: Day for Night, France / Italy), Jacques Rivette
(1971 Out 1: Noli me tangere, also actor), and Barbet
Schroeder (1976 Maîtresse / UK and USA: Mistress),
he began performing supporting roles. From 1969
(L’Enfant sauvage / UK: The Wild Boy / USA: The Wild
Child, François Truffaut) to 2008 (The Limits of Control,
Jim Jarmusch), he played in more than 140 fi lms
and TV movies, including the three he directed.
Filmography
1978 Passe-Montagne (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
actor)
1986 Double Messieurs (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
actor; shot in 1984)
2002 Mischka (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor;
shot in 2000)
STI, RENÉ (1900, France–October 29, 1951, Paris,
France)
A former journalist and art critic, he made his fi lm
debut as an assistant to Fritz Lang and Paul Fejos. He
collaborated on Jean Painlevé’s scientifi c fi lms and
wrote Prisonnier de mon cœur (Jean Tarride, 1931).
Filmography
1926 Les Oursins (documentary; short)
L’Inconnue des Six Jours (also screenwriter,
adapter; unreleased)
1933 Le Testament du Docteur Mabuse (French-language
version of Fritz Lang’s Das Testament des
Dr. Mabuse; also adapter, dialogist; Germany)
Gardez le Sourire (French-language version of
Paul Fejos’ Sonnenstrahl; also French lyrics;
Austria)
1934 La Porteuse de Pain / USA: The Bread Peddler
(also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
Le Bossu (also screenwriter, adapter)
1935 Ferdinand le Noceur (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
Le Bébé de l’Escadron (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1936 Moutonnet (also co-adapter)
Monsieur est saisi (short)
1937 Scandale aux Galeries
1938 Prisonnier du Ciel (short)
1946 Sur la Piste (short)
1947 Quartier chinois