Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

986 • VAN EFFENTERRE, JOËLE
1996 Madame le Consul (episode “Pili, Prince des
Rues”; also editor)
Madame le Proviseur (episode “Bob et Samantha”;
also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
Noces cruelles (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1998 Quand un Ange passe (also co-screenwriter)
1999 Duval (episodes “Secrets d’Outre-Tombe,”
“La Mort volée”; also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
2002 Le Pont de l’Aigle (also co-adapter, co-dialogist;
shot in 2000)
2004 Les Cordier, Juge et Flic (episode “Liens de
Sang”; shot in 2002)
Tout pour l’Oseille (also co-screenwriter, producer)
2005 Commissaire Cordier (episode “Un Crime parfait”)
2006 Commissaire Cordier (episode “Toutes Peines
confondues”)
Sauveur Giordano (episode “Doubles Vies”)
2007 Sauveur Giordano (episodes “Aspirant Offi -
cier,” “Rendez-moi mon Bébé”)
Paris Enquêtes criminelles (episodes “Addiction,”
“L’Homme au Scalpel,” “Le Justicier de
l’Ombre”)
VAN EFFENTERRE, JOËLE (September 28, 1949,
Albi, Tarn, France–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC, she followed
her theatrical studies before entering fi lms as an
editor (more than sixty fi lms from 1968 Wheel of
Ashes, Peter Emmanuel Goldmann, released in 1971,
to 2004 Brodeuses / UK and USA: A Common Thread
/ US DVD: Sequins, Eléonore Faucher). She co-wrote
L’Homme est une Femme comme les Autres / USA: Man
Is a Woman (Jean-Jacques Zilbermann, 1998).
Filmography
1988 Artemise (documentary)
1990 Les Jardins du Luxembourg (documentary)
1991 Cantique (short)
1995 Salon de Coiffure (short)
1996 Vie de Couple avec Chien (documentary)
2001 Après la Tempête / Dominique Aubier: Portrait
d’une Femme extraordinaire (documentary)
2002 Lettre à ma Mère (documentary; short)
2005 Pour le Plaisir (documentary)
2007 Défense de la France (documentary)
VANDAL, MARCEL (March 1, 1882, Paris, France–
April 14, 1965, Le Perreux-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne,
France)
A former camera operator for Lumière Brothers,
he co-founded with Charles Jourjon a production
company, Les Etablissements Éclair (1907–1914), and
was general manager with Charles Delac of La Société
Générale de Cinématographie (“Le Film d’Art,”
1919–1937). He occasionally directed fi lms and
worked as an art director (1927 Le Mystère de la Tour
Eiffel / Les Frères Mironton / T.S.F.—Tramel s’en fout . . .,
Julien Duvivier, also producer) but remained above all
a producer (1923 La Porteuse de Pain, René Le Somptier;
La Souriante Madame Beudet, Germaine Dulac;
1926 L’Homme à l’Hispano, Julien Duvivier; 1928 Le
Tourbillon de Paris / USA: The Maelstrom of Paris, Julien
Duvivier; 1929 Maman Colibri / USA: Mother Hummingbird,
Julien Duvivier; 1930 David Golder, Julien
Duvivier; Au Bonheur des Dames, Julien Duvivier; 1931
Les Cinq Gentlemen maudits / USA: Moon over Morocco,
Julien Duvivier; 1933 La Tête d’un Homme / USA: A
Man’s Neck, Julien Duvivier).
Filmography
1926 Graziella (also producer)
1927 Fleur d’Amour / Fleurette
1928 L’Eau du Nil (also screenwriter, adapter, producer)
Le Sous-Marin de Cristal (also producer)
VANDENBERGHE, PAUL (July 31, 1916, Rouen,
Seine-Maritime, France–May 2, 1961, Paris, France)
As a stage actor and director, he made his fi lm debut
adapting one of his plays (1945 J’ai Dix-Sept Ans / USA:
My First Love, André Berthomieu). He wrote several
screenplays and dialogue for André Berthomieu
(1946 Gringalet, also leading role; 1947 Pas si Bête;
1948 Blanc comme Neige; 1951 Le Roi des Camelots;
Chacun son Tour; La Joyeuse Prison).
Filmography
1949 On ne triche pas avec la Vie / Docteur Louise /
UK: The Story of Dr. Louise (co-director with
René Delacroix; also actor)
1956 Les Mains liées (co-director with Roland J.
Quignon, Abbé Aloysius Vachet; also actor)
VANDERCOILLE, ALAIN (January 30, 1947, Créteil,
Val-de-Marne, France–)