Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

2002 On n’a plus de Sushis à se faire (also co-screenwriter)
Les Filles du Calendrier
Nestor Burma (episode “Noblesse désoblige”)
2003 Preuve d’Amour
2004 Joséphine Ange gardien (episode “Un Frère
pour Ben”)
Pépé Carvalho / Els mars del Sud (episode “Les
Mers du Sud / Ells mars del Sud”; France /
Spain)
2005 3 Jours en Juin (also co-screenwriter)
2006 La Louve (France / Switzerland)
Boulevard du Palais (episodes “Rituels barbares,”
“Affaire classée,” “L’Affaire Isabelle
Duhesmes”; also screenwriter)
Poussière d’Amour (also co-screenwriter)
2007 Boulevard du Palais (episode “Un Petit coin
sans Histoire”; also screenwriter)
Les Enfants d’Orion
VÉNIARD, ERIC (August 13, 1965, Flers, Orne,
France–)
After studying history, drawing, and business, he
enrolled in the Fémis screenwriting department
(1988–1992). He co-wrote several movies (1999
Nos Vies heureuses, Jacques Maillot, also actor; 2000
D’Amour et d’Eau fraîche, short, Sophie Laloy, also actor;
2001 Quand on sera grand, Renaud Cohen; 2004
Qui perd gagne, Laurent Bénégui; 2008 Les Liens du
Sang, Jacques Maillot) and was an occasional actor
(2001 J’ai tué Clémence Acéra / Es ist nie zu spät, voice,
Jean-Luc Gaget, France / Germany; 2002 A + Pollux,
Luc Pagès; 2006 Au Royaume des Aveugles, short, Jean-
Luc Gaget).
Filmography
1989 Les Yeux ouverts (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1992 Le Citron dans la Tête (short, also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor)
1997 Thérapie russe (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
actor)
2003 Une Affaire qui roule (also co-screenwriter, codialogist;
shot in 2001)
VERDIER, ROGER (July 3, 1903, France–Deceased)
A former cinematographer (1940 L’Homme du Niger
/ USA: Forbidden Love, Jacques de Baroncelli), he directed
a compilation fi lm in 1948.
VERGEZ, GÉRARD • 995
Filmography
1948 Parade du Rire (documentary; also co-screenwriter)
VERGEZ, GÉRARD (December 24, 1937, Caudéran,
Gironde, France–)
He studied at Aix-en-Provence and Paris. He trained
as a stage director and actor at the Centre de la Rue
Blanche (later he taught there). From 1967 to 1996,
he directed more than thirty plays at the Comédie-
Française, the TNP, and the Avignon Festival and performed
texts of Rafael Alberti, Jean Dutourd, Marcel
Aymé, and Armand Salacrou.
Filmography
1969 Ballade pour un Chien (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist; shot in 1967–1968)
1971 Térésa (also screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist)
1974 La Virée superbe (also screenwriter)
1984 Les Cavaliers de l’Orage (also screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist; France / Yugoslavia)
1985 Bras de Fer (also screenwriter)
1988 Deux Minutes de Soleil en plus (also screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1974 Un Bon Patriote
1975 Les Cinq dernières Minutes (episode “L’Assassin
fait du Cinéma”)
1976 La Folle de Chaillot
L’Assassinat de Concino Concini (co-director
with Jean Chatenet; also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
Les Mystères de Loudun
1977 L’Enlèvement du Régent—Le Chevalier
1979
d’Harmental (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist)
Les Papas naissent dans les Armoires
1980 Jean Chalosse (4 52'; also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter)
1981 Vendredi ou la Vie sauvage (also co-screenwriter)
1989 V comme Vengeance (episode “Une Table pour
six”; also co-screenwriter)
1990 Le Diable au Corps (also co-screenwriter)
1992 Le Droit à l’Oubli (also co-screenwriter)
1993 Senso (also co-screenwriter)
1994 Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (episode “L’Assassin
fait du Cinéma”; also co-screenwriter, actor)