Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

962 • TIOULONG, BORAMY
2004 L’Américain (co-director with Bruno Amestoy;
also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor)
TIOULONG, BORAMY (March 23, 1940, Kompong
Cham, Cambodia–)
A pupil of Raymond Gérôme at the Vieux Colombier
acting school, he directed two of Norodom Sihanouk’s
plays in Cambodia and taught dramatic art in
France and in his native country. He entered fi lms as
an assistant director to Pierre Schoendoerffer (1965
La 317e Section / Sangre en Indochina / UK and USA:
317th Section / 317th Platoon, France / Spain, also actor).
He directed two movies in Cambodia before
working again as an assistant (1966 Objectif 500
Millions / Obiettivo 500 millioni / USA: Objective 500
Million, Pierre Schoendoerffer, France / Italy; 1971
Tang, 13 26' TV series, also actor, André Michel,
France / Japan; 1973 La Femme en bleu, Michel Deville,
France / Italy; 1974 Le Secret des Flamands, 4 52',
Robert Valey). He played small parts in fi lms (1961
La Dénonciation / UK and USA: The Denunciation / The
Immoral Moment, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze; 1962 Le
Cœur battant / UK and USA: The Tender Game, Jacques
Doniol-Valcroze; Ton Ombre est la Mienne / USA: Your
Shadow Is Mine, André Michel; 1974 Les Chinois à Paris
/ I Cinesi a Parigi, Jean Yanne, France / Italy; 1981 La
Puce et le Privé, Roger Kay) and TV movies (1987 Marie
Pervenche, episode “Salade russe,” Claude Boissol;
1988 L’Appart’ . . . , 4 26', Christiane Spiero; 2008
Little Wenzhou, Sarah Lévy). He also co-wrote and
adapted the episode “Grand Chêne” from the TV
series Le Triplé Gagnant / Commissaire Rocca (Jean-
Pierre Prévost).
Filmography
1963 Les Amours se meurent à l’Aube (also screenwriter,
dialogist; Cambodia)
1964 L’Enfer des Autres (also screenwriter, dialogist;
Cambodia)
1982 Boulevard des Assassins (also co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1974 Quai de l’Etrangleur (also screenwriter, composer)
1976 Le Gentleman des Antipodes (also co-screenwriter)
Le Temps d’un Regard (also co-screenwriter)
1978 Messieurs les Jurés (44 120'; episode
“L’Affaire Heurteloup”)
1979 Messieurs les Jurés (44 120'; episode
“L’Affaire Baron”)
1980 Les Amours des Années folles (70 26';
episode “L’Homme à l’Hispano”; also coscreenwriter)
1981 Quelque Chose dans son Rêve (also co-screenwriter)
1985 Opération O.P.E.N. (12 52'; episode “L’Île
aux Trésors”; also co-screenwriter)
1988 Anges et Loups (20 26')
1988– Loft Story (42 26'; co-director only)
1989
1989 En Cas de Bonheur (30 24')
Drôles d’Histoire
1991 Le Triplé Gagnant (episode “Le Petit Chat est
mort”)
Histoires d’Amour, drôles d’Histoires (9 24')
1992 Histoires d’Amour, drôles d’Histoires (7 24')
1993 Renseignements généraux (episode “Racket”;
also co-screenwriter)
1994 Le Cascadeur (episode “Afghantsy”)
1995 Prat et Harris (episode “Blanches Colombes”)
TIRARD, LAURENT
After studying cinema at New York University, he
worked as screenplay reader for Warner Bros. in Los
Angeles. Back in France, he interviewed many fi lm directors
and published criticism in the magazine Studio
for seven years. He directed his fi rst movie, a short,
in 1999 and co-wrote two feature fi lms (2004 Le plus
beau Jour de ma Vie, Julie Lipinski; 2006 Prête-moi ta
Main, Eric Lartigau) and a few TV movies (2002 Ton
Tour viendra, Harry Cleven; Mère, Fille: Mode d’Emploi
/ UK: My Darling Caroline / USA: Maternal Love, Thierry
Binist; Fred et son orchestre, episode “Le Secret
de Laure,” Michaëla Watteaux; 2004 Mon Vrai Père,
Dominique Ladoge). Book: 2005 Leçons de Cinéma
(two volumes, Nouveau Monde Editions).
Filmography
1999 De Source sûre (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2004 Mensonges et trahisons et plus si Affi nité . . . (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2005 Tête de Gondole (two shorts: “La Pause,” “A
consommer froid de Préférence”)
2007 Molière (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
TITAŸNA (Elisabeth Sauvy-Tisseyre / 1897–1966,
San Francisco, California, USA)
The elder sister of Alfred Sauvy, the founder and fi rst
director of the French School of Demography, she was