Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

982 • VALETTE, ERIC
André Cayatte, France / Italy; 1956 Les Salauds vont en
Enfer / USA: The Wicked Go to Hell, Robert Hossein, Oeil
pour Oeil / Occhio per occhio / USA: An Eye for an Eye /
US TV: Eyes of the Sahara, André Cayatte, France / Italy;
Rencontre à Paris, Georges Lampin).
Filmography
1955 Paris la Nuit (short; co-director with Jacques
Baratier; also co-screenwriter)
1957 Jour de Fête à Moscou (short; also screenwriter)
1959 La Sentence (also co-screenwriter)
1961 Les Grandes Personnes / Desideri proibiti / USA:
Time Out for Love (also co-screenwriter, coadapter;
France / Italy)
1964 Le Gros Coup / Il triangolo del delitto (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter; France / Italy)
1969 La Femme écarlate / La donna scarlatta / USA:
The Bitch Wants Blood (also screenwriter, coadapter;
France / Italy)
1970 Mont-Dragon (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter;
France / Belgium)
1982 La Baraka (also co-adapter)
Television Filmography
1966 Anatole
1978 Il était un Musicien (episode “Monsieur Satie”)
1985 Vive la Mariée (also co-screenwriter)
VALETTE, ERIC (1967, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne,
France–)
Having graduated with a master’s degree in communication
sciences and technics in 1991, he directed
several shorts before shooting his fi rst feature-length,
a horror fi lm.
Filmography
1994 Retour rapide (short; also co-screenwriter)
1995 Un Homme simple (short; also screenwriter)
1999 Samedi, dimanche et lundi / USA: Saturday, Sunday
and Monday Too (short; also screenwriter)
2000 Il est diffi cile de tuer quelqu’un, même un lundi
(short; also screenwriter)
2002 Maléfi que
Dégustation (short)
2008 One Missed Call (USA)
Television Filmography
1999 Chambre No. 13 (episode “Tuez-moi”)
2001 Les Redoutables (episode “Le Monstre”)
2001– Les Guignols de l’Info (twenty episodes)
2003
2006 Sable noir (episode “Corps étranger”)
VALLÉE, JEAN (July 20, 1899, Mondeville, Calvados,
France–July 19, 1979, Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes,
France)
A former assistant director to Robert Boudrioz
(1930 L’Anglais tel qu’on le parle) and screenwriter for
André Jaeger-Schmidt (Virages), he created an avantgarde
movie theater, L’Oeil de Paris, and directed one
of the fi rst French fi lms shot in color (1936 La Terre
qui meurt).
Filmography
1935 Jeunes Filles à marier
1936 La Terre qui meurt
1937 Les Hommes sans Nom (also screenwriter)
1938 Le Cœur ébloui
1952 Les Surprises d’une Nuit de Noces
1953 L’Etrange Amazone
VALLI, ERIC (1952, Dijon, Côte d’Or, France–)
He was a cabinetmaker before traveling to the Himalayas
and becoming a photographer. He published his
reports in National Geographic, Sunday Time Magazine,
Life, The Smithsonian, Paris Match, and Geo. He authored
several books: 1981 Tsanbou (Hachette); 1986
Dolpo, le Pays caché (Le Chêne); 1989 Entre Népal
et Tibet (Double Page); 1990 Chasseurs des Ténèbres
(Nathan images); 1992 Les Voyageurs du Sel (La Martinière);
1998 Les Nomades du Miel (La Martinière);
2001 Princesses de la Forêt (La Martinière); Himalaya,
l’Enfance d’un Chef (La Martinière); Himalaya (La Martinière);
2002 Voyage et Photographie; 2006 La Piste
(Editions du chêne); Le Ciel sera mon Toit (Editions
Gallimard). In 1997, he was a unit director to Jean-
Jacques Annaud’s Seven Years in Tibet (1997).
Filmography
1989 Chasseurs de Miel / Honey Hunters (documentary)
1990 Chasseurs des Ténèbres (documentary; short)
1999 Himalaya, l’Enfance d’un Chef (also co-screenwriter;
France / UK / Switzerland / Nepal;
shot in 1997–1998)
2002 The Biggest Step (animation; co-director with
Peter Elliott)