Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Having graduated from the Institute of Political Sciences
of Paris in 1978 and receiving a diploma in
contemporary history, he is a novelist published by
Les Editions de Minuit (1985 La Salle de Bains; 1986
Monsieur; 1989 L’Appareil photo; 1991 La Réticence;
1997 La Télévision; 1999 Autoportrait (A l’Etranger);
2002 Faire l’Amour; 2005 Fuir; 2006 La Mélancolie de
Zidane). In 1989, he adapted his fi rst novel for John
Lvoff (La Salle de Bains) and brought three of his novels
to the screen.
Filmography
1990 Monsieur (also author of original novel, screenwriter,
dialogist; France / Belgium)
1993 La Sévillane (also author of original novel,
screenwriter, dialogist; France / Belgium)
1994 Berlin 10h46 (co-director with Torsten C.
Fischer; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; unreleased)
1999 La Patinoire / USA: The Ice Rink (also author of
original novel, screenwriter, dialogist; France /
Italy / Belgium; shot in 1997)
TOUZOT, PIERRE-YVES (November 15, 1967,
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada–)
After his studies in a business school, he produced a
short (1996 Cuit à la Vapeur, Hervé Hadmar).
Filmography
1995 Départementale 968 (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
967 et les Anges (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
producer)
1998 Tu m’excuseras Mignonne (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2000 La Boîte (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2002 Petit Week-end entre Amis (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2006 Saltimbanques (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
2001 Dans la Rue (documentary)
2002 Sur la Route (documentary)
TRABAUD, PIERRE (Pierre Pibaret / August 7,
1922, Chatou, Yvelines, France–February 26, 2005,
Versailles, Yvelines, France)
After studying at the Beaux-Arts, he took acting
courses with René Simon. From 1946 (Antoine et Antoinette
/ UK and USA: Antoine and Antoinette, Jacques
Becker) to 1988 (La Vie et rien d’autre / UK and USA:
Life and Nothing But, Betrand Tavernier), he played in
about twenty movies. His only fi lm effort, performed
by actor friends of his, was poorly released. He was
the French voice of several cartoon characters (Popeye,
Daffy Duck). From 1947 to 1950, he was married
to actress Capucine (1928–1990).
Filmography
1984 Le Voleur de Feuilles (also screenwriter, dialogist,
producer, actor)
TRAMONT, JEAN-CLAUDE (May 5, 1934, Brussels,
Belgium–December 27, 1996, Brussels, Belgium)
He studied political sciences before entering the
IDHEC. Having settled in New York, he worked as an
assistant director for NBC Television. An occasional
screenwriter (1973 Ash Wednesday, Larry Peerce,
USA), he shot his fi rst movie in France.
Filmography
1977 Le Point de Mire (also screenwriter)
1981 All Night Long (USA)
Television Filmography
1986 As Summers Die (USA)
TRAN, CHRISTIAN (1967, Largentière, Ardèche,
France–)
In the early 1990s, he co-founded with some friends
the ARTIS (Atelier de Recherche des Techniques de
l’Image et du Son) in Aubenas. An assistant director
and sound engineer (more than ten documentaries
broadcast on Arte and France 3), he shot his fi rst
documentary in 1994.
Filmography
2004 L’Ecole en Campagne (documentary; also
screenwriter)
2005 Poste restante (documentary; also screenwriter,
producer, cinematographer)
Television Filmography
1994 M. Zieizi (documentary)
TRANCHÉ, ANDRÉ • 969
TRANCHÉ, ANDRÉ (July 5, 1914, Bordeaux, Gironde,
France–Deceased)
A producer (1943 Mermoz, Louis Cuny; 1945 François
Villon, André Zwobada; La Ferme du Pendu, Jean
Dréville; 1977 La Bible, documentary, Marcel Carné),