Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

964 • TOUBLANC-MICHEL, BERNARD
Filmography
1960 Les Années folles (compilation documentary;
co-director with Mirea Alexandresco; also
author of commentary)
New York (short)
1962 15 Ans après (documentary; short)
1963 La Mémoire courte (compilation documentary;
co-director with Francine Premysler; shot in
1961)
TOUBLANC-MICHEL, BERNARD (December
6, 1927, Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, France–)
While studying architecture at the Ecole Nationale
des Beaux-Arts (National Art School), he landed
a job as a trainee assistant director to Jacques
Becker (1951 Edouard et Caroline / USA: Edward and
Caroline). Other credits (as assistant): 1953 Les Trois
Mousquetaires / Fate largo ai moschettieri! / USA: The
Three Musketeers (André Hunebelle, France / Italy);
1955 L’Impossible Monsieur Pipelet (André Hunebelle);
1956 Mannequins de Paris (André Hunebelle); 1957 La
Garçonne (Jacqueline Audry); S.O.S. Noronha (Georges
Rouquier); Un Amour de Poche / UK: Nude in His Pocket
/ USA: Girl in His Pocket (Pierre Kast); Donnez-moi ma
Chance (Léonide Moguy); 1958 L’Ecole des Cocottes
(Jacqueline Audry); La Moucharde / USA: Why Women
Sin (Guy Lefranc); Suivez-moi jeune Homme (Guy Lefranc);
1959 Arrêtez le Massacre! (André Hunebelle);
Ars (short, also actor, Jacques Demy); 1960 Le Bossu /
La spada degli Orleans / USA: The Hunchback of Paris
/ The King’s Avenger (André Hunebelle, France / Italy);
1961 Lola / Donna di vita (Jacques Demy, France /
Italy); Cause toujours, mon Lapin / USA: Keep Talking,
Baby (Guy Lefranc); 1962 Cléo de 5 à 7 / Cleo dalle 5
alle 7 / USA: Cleo From 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, France
/ Italy); Vivre sa Vie: Film en douze Tableaux / Vivre sa
Vie / UK: It’s My Life / USA: My Life to Live (Jean-Luc
Godard, France / Italy); Bonne Chance, Charlie (Jean-
Louis Richard); 1965 Alphaville, une étrange Aventure
de Lemmy Caution / Agente Lemmy Caution, missione
Alphaville / UK and USA: Alphaville / USA: Dick Tracy on
Mars (Jean-Luc Godard, France / Italy); 1966 Masculin
Féminin / Maskulinum- feminimum / UK and USA: Masculine-Feminine
(Jean-Luc Godard, France / Sweden).
He played a bit part in Les Révoltés de Lomanach /
L’eroe della vendea (Richard Pottier, France / Italy,
1953) and appeared as himself in two documentaries
(1996 L’Univers de Jacques Demy, Agnès Varda; 2005
Cléo de 5 à 7: Souvenirs et Anecdotes, video short, Ag-
nès Varda). A technical adviser to Robert Lamoureux
(1973 Mais où est donc passé la septième Compagnie?
/ Dov’è fi nita la settima compania?, France / Italy) and
Michel Legrand (1988 Cinq Jours en Juin), he also directed
plays (1995 La Nuit des Rois, Jean Dupré; 1998
Sacrée Sophie, Michèle Ressi).
Filmography
1955 Âmes d’Argile (short)
1963 La Diffi culté d’être Infi dèle / I piaceri coniugali
(also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)
1964 Les Baisers / I baci / Una voglia matta di donna
(segment “Baiser d’Eté”; France / Italy; shot
in 1963)
1965 L’Or du Duc (co-director with Jacques Baratier;
France / Italy / West Germany)
1967 Cinq Gars pour Singapour / Cinque marines per
Singapore / UK: Singapore, Singapore / USA:
Five Ashore in Singapore (also co-screenwriter;
France / Italy)
1968 Adolphe ou l’Âge tendre / Adolphe / Tanjas Geliebter
/ UK and USA: Adolphe or The Awkward
Age / The Tender Age (also screenwriter; France
/ West Germany / Poland)
1970 Le Petit Bougnat (France / Italy)
1975 Le Malin Plaisir / USA: Evil Pleasure / Sly Pleasure
(also screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1973 Témoignages (TV series; co-director only;
France / Switzerland / Canada)
Le Provocateur (20 13'; also screenwriter)
1974 Etranger, d’où viens-tu? (30 13')
1976 Histoires peu ordinaires (8 26'; co-director
only)
Anne Jour après Jour (54 13')
1978 Le Mutant (6 52')
1979 Les Z’Ados (episode “Métro, Boulot, Bachot”)
Les Moyens du Bord (two parts)
1980 Julien Fontanes, Magistrat (episode “Une Femme
résolue”)
La Grotte aux Loups
1981 Martine Verdier (6 52')
1982 Allons voir si la Rose
La Dernière Cigarette
1985 Vincente (shot in 1983)
1986 Michigan Mélodie (France / USA)
1990 Plus fort que la Reine
1992 Les Cinq dernières Minutes (episode “Le Baptême
du Feu”)