Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1981 Hôtel des Amériques (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1983 La Matiouette ou L’Arrière-Pays (medium-length;
also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1985 Rendez-vous / US video: André Téchiné’s Rendez-
Vous (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
L’Atelier (documentary; medium-length)
1986 Le Lieu du Crime / UK: Le Crime / USA: Scene of
the Crime (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1987 Les Innocents (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
lyricist)
1991 J’embrasse pas / Niente baci sulla bocca (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)
1993 Ma Saison préférée / USA: My Favorite Season
(also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1994 Les Roseaux sauvages / UK and USA: The Wild
Reeds (originally shot for TV as Le Chêne et le
Roseau; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1996 Les Voleurs / UK: The Child of the Night / USA:
Thieves (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1998 Alice et Martin / Alice y Martin / USA: Alice and
Martin (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2001 Loin / Lajos (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
France / Spain)
2003 Les Egarés / Strayed (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist; France / UK)
2004 Les Temps changent / USA: Changing Times (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2007 Les Témoins (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1972 Michel, l’Enfant-Roi (13 13'; co-director only)
TÉDESCO, JEAN (March 24, 1895, London, England,
UK–August 16, 1958, Paris, France)
He was the publisher and the manager of the review
Cinéa / Cinéa pour Tous, founded by Louis Delluc
(1923–1930). In 1924, he became manager of the
Théâtre du Vieux Colombier, in which he opened
the fi rst French avant-garde movie theater and was
shown the works of Abel Gance, D. W. Griffi th, Marcel
L’Herbier, Charlie Chaplin, Louis Delluc, and the fi lm
he co-directed with Jean Renoir (La Petite Marchande
d’Allumettes). He left the Vieux Colombier in 1934 to
dedicate himself to fi lmmaking.
Filmography
1928 La Petite Marchande d’Allumettes / UK and
USA: The Little Match Girl (co-director with
Jean Renoir; also producer)
TELERMAN, CÉCILE • 955
1932 Amour et Quadrille (medium-length)
1934 La Magie du Fer blanc (documentary; short)
1939 L’Apocalypse (documentary; short)
Profi l de la France (documentary; short)
Le Siècle de l’Acier (documentary; short)
1940 Le Paris de Zola (documentary; short)
1941 Sur les Chemins de Lamartine (documentary;
short; also screenwriter)
1942 Le Golf latin (documentary; short)
Les Ombres de la Ville (documentary; mediumlength)
1943 Le Cirque enchanté (short)
Les Feux qui meurent (documentary; short)
La Main (documentary; short)
Sillons d’Afrique (documentary; short)
1944 L’Enquête du 58 (short; also screenwriter)
Voix libre (documentary; short)
1946 La Comédie avant Molière (documentary; short;
also screenwriter)
La Joie de vivre (short)
1947 Marine fl uviale (documentary; short)
1948 Mort ou Vif
Dimanche en Alsace (documentary; short)
Les Hommes de l’Acier (documentary; short)
Sécurité du Travail dans les Industries sidérurgiques
(documentary; short)
1950 Les Hommes du Feu (documentary; short)
Napoléon Bonaparte, Empereur des Français
(documentary; also co-screenwriter)
1951 L’Anglais tel qu’on le parle (documentary;
medium-length; also co-adapter)
1955 Le Nôtre (documentary; short)
TELERMAN, CÉCILE (January 17, 1965, Brussels,
Belgium–)
After studying law at the ULB (Université Libre de
Bruxelles), she worked as a jurist for the SACD
(Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques)
and then for the CNC (Centre National
de la Cinématographie). In 2001, she created a
production company, Les Films de la Greluche,
which fi nanced a documentary (2002 Kronenzeitung:
Tag für tag ein Boulevarstück / Krône, l’Autriche entre
les Lignes / Krone, l’Autriche au Quotidien, Nathalie
Borgers, Austria / France / Belgium) and her fi rst
feature fi lm. She played a small part in 48 Heures
par Jour (Catherine Castel, 2008) and collaborated
as a producer on Dead End (Jean-Baptiste Andrea
and Fabrice Canepa, 2003).