Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

942 • STRAUSS, FLORENCE
2001 Demain et tous les Jours après (also screenwriter,
dialogist; France / Mali)
L’Aîné des Ferchaux (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
2003 Une Preuve d’Amour (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
2004 Suzie Berton (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2006 Le Grand Charles (2 105'; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, narrator)
2008 Elles et moi (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
France / Spain / Belgium)
STRAUSS, FLORENCE (March 19 1960, Neuillysur-Seine,
Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
The daughter of producer Jacques-Eric Strauss, she
trained as an architect but turned to fi lms as a second
assistant director (1987 Poussière d’Ange, Edouard
Niermans; 1989 Street of No Return / Sans Espoir de
Retour / Rua sem regresso, Samuel Fuller, USA / France
/ Portugal) and then fi rst assistant director (1994 Chacun
pour toi, Jean-Michel Ribes). A fi lm director since
1985, she also was a production designer and editor
(1983 Au Nom de tous les Miens, Robert Enrico).
Filmography
1985 Charly (short; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1989 Scorpion (short)
1993 3000 Scénarios contre un Virus (short; segment
“Déshabille-toi que je t’habille”)
1995 Dans la Cour des Grands / O recreio dos Grandes
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist;
France / Portugal)
2007 Le Blues de l’Orient (documentary; also coscreenwriter;
shot in 2005)
Television Filmography
1997 Bébé volé
STROH, VALÉRIE (August 11, 1958, Strasbourg,
Bas-Rhin, France–)
She began a modeling career as a child. Her mother
knew many actors. One of them, Jean-Pierre Cassel,
introduced her to director Michel Deville, who hired
her to play L’Ours et la Poupée / USA: The Bear and
the Doll (1970). After appearing in a couple of movies
(1970 Una stagione all’inferno / Une Saison en Enfer,
Nelo Risi, Italy / France; 1972 Liza / La cagna / UK:
Love to Eternity / USA: Melampo, Marco Ferreri, France
/ Italy), she moved to Marseille to study architecture
in order to become an art director. She obtained
her diploma while resuming her acting career, notably
with Alain Resnais (1983 La Vie est un Roman /
USA: Life Is a Bed of Roses) and above all René Féret
(1985 Le Mystère Alexina / UK and USA: The Mystery
of Alexina / Alexina; 1987 L’Homme qui n’était pas là /
USA: The Man Who Wasn’t There, shot in 1985; 1989
Baptême, France / Belgium; 1992 Promenades d’Eté).
Filmography
1991 Un Homme et Deux Femmes / UK and USA:
A Man and Two Women (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor)
SUCH, MICHEL (August 15, 1944, Algiers, Algeria–)
A stage, fi lm, and TV actor since the early 1970s, he
was also an assistant director (1975 La Meilleure Façon
de marcher / UK: The Best Way / USA: The Best Way to
Walk, Claude Miller; 1977 Dites-lui que je l’aime / USA:
The Sweet Sickness, Claude Miller; 1978 La Tortue sur
le dos / USA: Like a Turtle on Its Back, Luc Béraud; Les
Bronzés / USA: French Fried Vacation, Patrice Leconte;
1990 Bienvenue à Bord!, Jean-Louis Leconte) before
making his directing debut.
Filmography
1989 Elli fat mat (short; also screenwriter)
1992 Vagues à l’Âme (short; also screenwriter)
1996 23, Rue des Francs-Bourgeois (short; also screenwriter)
1997 Oranges amères / Arance amare (also screenwriter,
dialogist; France / Italy; shot in 1995–
1996)
SUISSA, STEVE (December 7, 1970, Paris, France–)
From 1989 to 1991, he attended acting classes at
the Cours Florent and started to play onstage in
fi lms (1990 Nouvelle Vague / UK and USA: New Wave,
Jean-Luc Godard, France / Switzerland; 1991 La Tribu,
Yves Boisset; 1993 Neuf Mois, Patrick Braoudé; 1994
Chronique terrienne, short, Laurent Maillefer; 1996
Clueur, short, Nicolas Bazz; Nous sommes tous des Anges,
short, Simon Lelouch; 1997 Amour et Confusions,
Patrick Braoudé,1998 Serial Lover, James Huth; Ronin,
John Frankenheimer, USA / UK; 1999 Zooloo, short,
Nicolas Bazz; 2002 Une Employée modèle, Jacques