Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Les Vagabonds de la Forêt (documentary)
2006 La Piste / The Trail (also co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
2002 Honey Hunter (documentary)
VALLOIS, PHILIPPE (August 27, 1948, Caudéran,
Gironde, France–)
Having trained at the Vaugirard School (now Ecole
Louis Lumière) in 1971, he directed several documentaries
on French writers (Marcel Jouhandeau,
Eugène Ionesco, Hervé Bazin, Philippe Soupault, Michel
Tournier, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Gilbert Cesbron,
André Roussin) before shooting his fi rst feature fi lm
in 1974.
Filmography
1975 Les Phalènes (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1976 Johan / Johan, Carnet intime homosexuel (also
screenwriter, dialogist, actor as himself, editor)
1977 Lamento (also screenwriter, dialogist; released
on video as Baisers)
1979 Nous étions un seul Homme / USA: We Were
One Man (also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)
1983 Haltérofl ic / USA: The Rainbow Serpent (also
screenwriter, dialogist)
1984 Huguette Spengler, ma Patrie, la Nébuleuse du
Rêve (docu-fi ction)
1985 SNCF Mambo (short; also screenwriter)
1999 Le Caméscope (also screenwriter, producer,
cinematographer, actor as himself, editor)
2005 Un parfum nommé Saïd (also screenwriter,
dialogist, producer, cinematographer, actor,
editor; SFX; released on video; shot in 2003)
2006 Sexus Dei (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)
Television Filmography
1977 Paris by Night (two TV shows)
Charme de Paris (two TV shows)
1988 L’Enigme des Sables (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1991 Nijinsky, la Marionnette de Dieu (docu-fi ction)
1994 Les Mercredis de la Chalouette (documentary)
1996 On dansait sous les Bombes (documentary;
Belgium)
1997 On m’appelle “la Valse” (docu-fi ction)
2000 Le Ventre de la Danse (documentary)
VALRAY, LOUIS (Jean Sagot-Duvauroux / 1896,
Toulon, Var, France–May 3, 1972, France)
VAN BELLE, JEAN-LOUIS • 983
An avant-garde stage actor and director, he had
his own troupe, La Compagnie des Jonchets. He
performed many plays, including the two he wrote
(Méli-Mélo ou Le Justicier de la 12ème Heure; La Maison
perdue). After appearing in one movie (1930 La Servante,
Jean Choux), he shot a few fi lms and soon gave
up cinema to work in the chemical industry.
Filmography
1933 L’Homme à la Barbiche (short)
1934 Belle de Nuit
1935 Escale / USA: Thirteen Days of Love (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1948 Voyantes et Médiums (short)
VAN, MARINA DE (August 2, 1971, France–)
The daughter of a musicologist father, she studied
at the Lycée Henri IV and the Sorbonne, where she
earned a master’s degree in philosophy. Having graduated
from the Fémis in 1996, she began working as
an actress (1997 Regarde la Mer / USA: See the Sea,
also co-dialogist, François Ozon; 1998 Sitcom, François
Ozon; Un peu de Temps réel, short, Olivier Torres;
2000 Les Frères Sœur, Frédéric Jardin; 2004 Boulevard
du Palais, TV series, episode “Le Récidiviste,” Renaud
Bertrand; 2007 La Clé, Guillaume Nicloux) and coscreenwriter
(2000 Sous le Sable / USA: Under the
Sand, François Ozon; 2006 Je pense à vous, also codialogist,
actor, Pascal Bonitzer).
Filmography
1993 Luce Ternier (video documentary)
1996 Bien sous tous Rapports (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor)
1997 Rétention (short; also screenwriter, actor)
La Poseuse (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1998 Alias (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1999 Psy Show (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2002 Dans ma Peau / USA: In My Skin (also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor)
2003 L’Hôtel (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
L’Hôpital (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
L’Epicerie (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2007 La Promenade (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2009 Ne te retourne pas (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
VAN BELLE, JEAN-LOUIS (March 2, 1939, Paris,
France–)