Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

TOUITA, OKACHA (June 1, 1943, Mostaganem,
Algeria–)
Having trained at the I.F.C. (Institut de Formation
cinématographique), he started as an actor, notably
working in Avignon with the Living Theater
(1967–1968) and with Le Grand Magic Circus et ses
Animaux Tristes in Paris. He played in a dozen movies,
mainly auteur fi lms (1969 Camembert extra-doux,
short, Martial Raysse; L’Oniromane, short, J. P. Genet;
1972 Le Grand Départ, Martial Raysse; 1975 Dialogues
d’Exilés / Dialogos de exiliados / US DVD: Dialogues of
the Exiled, France / Chile; Les Transplantés, Percy Matas;
1976 L’Idole des Jeunes, two features: “Killi Watch,”
“Surprise Partie,” Yvan Lagrange, shot in 1974; 1977
Les Ambassadeurs / As-sufarer, Naceur Ktiari, France /
Tunisia / Libya, shot in 1975; 1978 Le Voyage de Sélim,
Régina Martial; 1981 Pétrole! Pétrole!, Christian Gion;
1983 Habibi, short, Françoise Prenant; Neige, Juliet
Berto, Jean-Henri Roger; 1992 Un Vampire au Paradis,
Abdelkrim Bahloul, shot in 1990–1991). He was
briefl y an assistant director (1978 Le Métro, short,
Laurent Perrin; Nuit feline, short, Gérard Marx; 1981
Scopitone, Gérard Marx).
Filmography
1974 Classe normale (short)
1980 Rue Tartarin (short)
1983 Les Sacrifi és (also co-screenwriter)
1987 Le Rescapé (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1999 Le Cri des Hommes (also co-screenwriter)
Dans le Feu Hier et aujourd’hui (documentary;
unreleased)
2006 Morituri (also co-screenwriter; Algeria)
TOULOUT, JEAN (September 28, 1887, Paris,
France–October 23, 1962, Paris, France)
Having trained at the Conservatoire National d’Art
Dramatique de Paris (National Conservatory of Dramatic
Art), he was hired by some of the greatest French
stage directors of his time (Firmin-Gémier, André
Antoine, Lugné-Poe). He made his fi lm debut with
Abel Gance (La Digue / Pour sauver la Hollande) in 1911
and starred in movies directed by the most important
directors of the silent era, notably Louis Feuillade
(1912 La Maison des Lions; 1916 C’est pour les Orphelins),
Germaine Dulac (1920 La Fête espagnole; La Belle Dame
sans Merci), and Henri Fescourt (1921 Mathias Sandorf).
When the movies began talking, his career declined, and
he landed only supporting roles after the late 1920s. He
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did his last fi lm appearance in Trois Jours à vivre (Gilles
Grangier, 1957). He directed two comedies.
Filmography
1930 Le Tampon du Capiston
1934 La Reine de Biarritz (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
TOURANE, JEAN (Jean Briel / 1919, France–1986,
France)
A former drawer, painter, and photographer, he specialized
in animal movies. He was also a producer
(1958 Le Sicilien, Pierre Chevalier; Le Cerf-volant du
Bout du Monde / USA: The Magic of the Kite, Roger
Pigaut, France / China; 1962 L’Education sentimentale /
L’educazione sentimentale / UK: Lessons in Love, Alexandre
Astruc, France / Italy).
Filmography
1956 Une Fée pas comme les Autres / Il paese di paprino
/ UK: Secret of Outer Space Island / USA:
The Secret of Magic Island (France / Italy)
1964 Saturnin, le petit Canard
Television Filmography
1965– Les Aventures de Saturnin (70 14')
1970
TOURÉ, MOUSSA (1958, Senegal–)
He collaborated as an electrician and lighting engineer
on several French fi lms (1975 Adèle H / USA:
The Story of Adel H, François Truffaut; 1981 Coup de
Torchon / USA: Clean Slate, Bertrand Tavernier) and
African fi lms (1987 Camp de Thiaroye / USA: The Camp
at Thiaroye, Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow,
Algeria / Tunisia / Senegal). He was also an assistant
director to Bernard Giraudeau (1996 Les Caprices
d’un Fleuve, also actor).
Filmography
1987 Baram (short)
1992 Toubab Bi (also co-screenwriter)
1999 TGV (also co-screenwriter; shot in 1997)
2001 Poussières de Ville (documentary; Senegal)
2005 5X5 (documentary; also screenwriter)
Nangadef (documentary)
TOURNEUR, JACQUES (Jacques Thomas / November
12, 1904, Paris, France–December 19, 1997,
Bergerac, Dordogne, France)