Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

VEBER, JEAN (July 3, 1965, Neuilly-sur-Seine,
Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
The son of screenwriter, playwright, and director
Francis Veber, he was educated at Santa Monica
College, California (cinema department). Having returned
to France, he worked as an assistant to talent
agents (Artmédia, 1986–1987) and was briefl y a journalist
for Studio Magazine (January–July 1988). Then
he entered fi lms as a production trainee in various
fi lm companies (Gaumont, Parafrance Films, Films
Ariane). In 1994, he joined the Walt Disney Company
in Burbank, California, as a production assistant. He
was also a trainee assistant director (1981 La Chèvre
/ UK and USA: The Goat, Francis Veber, France / Mexico),
actor (1986 Les Fugitifs, Francis Veber), assistant
director to Sam Raimi (1992 Army of Darkness, USA),
and co-screenwriter (1993 Le Syndrome de Gilles de
la Tourette, short, Philippe Azoulay; 1994 Cache Cash,
Claude Pinoteau).
Filmography
1999 La Ballade de Don (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2003 Le Pharmacien de garde (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
VECCHIALI, PAUL (April 28, 1930, Ajaccio, Corsica,
France–)
A movie buff since his childhood, he always intended
to make fi lms (he remains a great admirer of French
cinema of the 1930s and 1940s). At age eighteen,
he spent much time watching actors and technicians
working in the Studios de la Victorine in Nice.
Having graduated from Polytechnic School in 1953,
he had to wait until 1961 to make his fi lm debut.
Unfortunately, the 16-mm silent movie he shot was
never released. He created a production company,
Les Roses de Gion, to fi nance a short. Seen as an
actor in a few fi lms (1963 Désormais, short, Daniel
Epstein; 1965 Le Bonheur / UK and USA: Happiness,
Agnès Varda; 1976 Les Pornocrates, Jean-François
Davy; 2005 Paul Vecchiali en Diagonales, documentary,
as himself, Emmanuel Vernières), he also was an assistant
director (1965 Passeport diplomatique Agent
K8 / Agente Tigre sfi da infernale / USA: Operation
Diplomatic Passport, Robert Vernay, France / Italy; L’or
du Duc, Jacques Baratier, France / Italy), screenwriter
(1965 Nick Carter et le Trèfl e rouge / Nick Carter e il trifoglio
nero, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Jean-Paul
Savignac, France / Italy), and supervised the directing
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of two fi lms (1967 La Loi du Survivant, José Giovanni;
1978 Le Paradis des Riches, Paul Barge). He founded
a second company, Diagonales, which produced
his own fi lms and a few others (1977 Le Théâtre
des Matières, Jean-Claude Biette; 1979 Les Belles
Manières, Jean-Claude Guiguet; 1980 Simone Barbès
ou La Vertu, Marie-Claude Treilhou; Cauchemar, Noël
Simsolo; 1983 Le Goûter de Josette, short, also editor,
Gérard Frot-Coutaz; 1986 Beau Temps mais orageux
en Fin de Journée / USA: Good Weather, but Stormy Late
This Afternoon, also co-editor, Gérard Frot-Coutaz;
1990 La Fille du Magicien, also co-screenwriter, editor,
Claudine Bories). He edited the following movies:
1978 Tarzan Jacket (Cécile Clairval); 1982 Lointains
Boxeurs (short, Claudine Bories); 1986 Qui trop embrasse
(Jacques Davila).
Filmography
1961 Les Petits Drames (also co-screenwriter; unreleased)
1962 Les Roses de la Vie (short; also screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1963 Le Récit de Rébecca (short; also screenwriter)
1966 Les Ruses du Diable (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
1967 Les Premières Vacances (documentary; short)
1972 Les Jonquilles (short; also co-screenwriter,
editor)
L’Etrangleur (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist,
delegate producer; shot in 1970)
1974 Femmes, Femmes (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist, producer, editor, composer)
1975 Change pas de Main (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist, co-editor)
1977 La Machine (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist, producer, actor, co-editor)
1978 Maladie (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
author of commentary, actor, editor)
1979 Corps à Coeur / USA: Drugstore Romance (also
screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, actor, editor)
1981 C’est la Vie! (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist,
producer)
1983 L’Archipel des Amours (segment “Masculins
singuliers”; also screenwriter, dialogist, editor;
also co-editor of the segments “Pornoscopie,”
Jean-Claude Biette; “Passage à l’Acte,” Jacques
Frenais; “Le Goûter de Josette,” Gérard Frot-
Coutaz; “Sara,” Michel Delahaye; “La Visiteuse,”
Jean-Claude Guiguet; “Enigme,” Cécile
Clairval; “Lourdes, l’Hiver,” Marie-Claude