Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

France / Italy / Germany); 2000 La Bicyclette bleue /
USA: The Blue Bicycle (6 52' or 3 90', as adapter,
Thierry Binisti). She authored a novel (1994 La Femme
de l’Amant, Grasset). Her son, Christopher Thompson
(b. 1969), is also an actor and director.
Filmography
1999 La Bûche / UK and USA: Season’s Beatings (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2002 Décalage horaire / Canada: Jet Lag (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / UK)
2006 Fauteuils d’Orchestre / UK and Canada: Orchestra
Seats / USA: Avenue Montaigne (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2009 Le Code a changé (also screenwriter, dialogist)
THORN, JEAN-PIERRE (January 24, 1947, Paris,
France–)
He started directing Bertolt Brecht’s plays in Aix-en-
Provence (The Guns of Carrar; Saint-Joan of the Slaughterhouses)
in 1965 before directing political documentaries.
From 1971 to 1978, he gave up cinema to work
in a factory. Then he came back behind the camera
and shot his fi rst feature fi lm in 1979.
Filmography
1966 Emmanuelle (Mi-Vie) (short)
1968 Oser lutter, oser vaincre (documentary; also
producer)
Flins 68 (documentary)
1981 La Grève des Ouvriers de Margoline (mediumlength;
documentary)
Le Dos au Mur (shot in 1979–1980)
1990 Je t’ai dans la Peau / Ich bin dir verfallen (also
co-screenwriter, editor; France / West Germany;
shot in 1988)
1997 Faire kiffer les Anges (documentary)
2003 On n’est pas des Marques de Vélo (also screenwriter)
2006 Allez, yallah! (documentary; also screenwriter,
co-cinematographer)
Television Filmography
1967 No Man’s Land BT E4 10 N 103 (documentary)
THYBAUD, DENIS
A musical videos director from 1997, he shot two
shorts and a feature-length.
Filmography
1997 Just Do It (short; co-director with Frédéric
Chèze; also co-screenwriter)
2000 Granturismo (short; also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
2005 Dans tes Rêves (also co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
2006 SAV des Emissions (TV series)
TIMSIT, PATRICK • 961
TILLY (François-Louis Tilly / March 30, 1946, Belle-
Île-en-Terre, Côtes d’Armor, France–)
Intending to be an actor, he went to Paris in 1968 and
enrolled in Tania Balachova’s acting school. He performed
in several plays but showed more interest in
writing and became a highly praised playwright (1981
Charcuterie fi ne; 1982 Spaghetti bolognese; 1985 Les
Trompettes de la Mort; 1986 La Maison des Jeanne et de
la Culture; 1987 Y a bon Bamboula; 1999 Minuit Chrétien)
and stage director (2000 The Vagina Monologues,
Eve Ensler; 2004 Counting the Ways, Edward Albee).
Filmography
1992 Loin du Brésil (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
TIMSIT, PATRICK (July 15, 1959, Algiers, Algeria–)
The son of a leather worker, he was two years old
when his family settled in France. After studying
economics, he worked as a real estate agent. One
day, while walking his dog, he met Jean-Michel Noiret
and decided to join his actor’s workshop. He soon
began performing one-man shows and made his fi lm
debut playing a small part in Paulette, la pauvre petite
Milliardaire (Claude Confortès, 1986). Seen in about
thirty movies, mostly comedies, he co-wrote several
screenplays (1989 Aller à Dieppe sans voir la Mer,
short, Nicolas Errèra, also actor; 1996 Pédale douce,
Gabriel Aghion, also actor; 1998 Paparazzi, Alain Berbérian,
also actor).
Filmography
1999 Quasimodo d’El Paris (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
actor)
2002 Quelqu’un de bien (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
actor)
2003 La Faucheuse (short; co-director with Vincenzo
Marano)