Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

one theater, Le Jean Cocteau, Allez, on se Téléphone . . .
suffered from technical fl aws and was soon canceled.
Filmography
1974 Allez, on se téléphone . . . (shot on Super-8; also
screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
1980 Le Cœur en Echarpe (also screenwriter)
VICTOR, RENAUD (May 4, 1946, Paris, France–
October 3, 1991, Paris, France)
He briefl y studied cinema at the University of Vincennes
in the late 1960s before directing his fi rst
movie. He played in a few fi lms (1985 Les Amants
terribles, Danièle Dubroux; 1986 Gardien de la Nuit
/ US video: Guardian of the Night, also executive
producer, Jean-Pierre Limosin; Faubourg Saint-Martin,
also production manager, Jean-Claude Guiguet; 1987
La Rumba, Roger Hanin; 1988 L’Autre Nuit, Jean-
Pierre Limosin).
Filmography
1976 Ce Gamin-là (also co-screenwriter)
1980 Hé! Tu m’entends . . . (also producer)
1985 Le Meilleur de la Vie / UK festival title: A Better
Life (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist,
actor)
1992 De Jour comme de Nuit (originally shot on
video; also co-producer, cinematographer)
VIDAL, GHISLAIN (January 10, 1952, Paris,
France–)
A fi lm director from 1974, he was also a producer
(1985 Le Pont de l’Amour, Sylvain Roumette; 1986
Nuit de Chine, Catherine Corsini) and cinematographer
(1975 La Croisée des Chemins, Jean-Claude
Brisseau; 1983 Le Diable au Cœur, Laurent Louchet;
1986 Petite Poupée, Alain Cayrade; 1994 Nadine, Marc
Salmon) for shorts.
Filmography
1974 Méli-Mélo Manie (short)
1975 Le Jour des Fous (short)
1977 La Mouche (short)
1980 Engrenage (unreleased)
1985 Une Souris blanche (short)
1986 Vue sur la Mer (short; also cinematographer)
1987 Le Jour des Fous (short)
Plus qu’hier, moins que Demain (short)
VIENET, RENÉ • 1003
1988 Forêt Extérieur Jour (short; also cinematographer)
1989 In nomine Dei (short; also cinematographer)
2001 A l’Heure de la Mort (short; also cinematographer)
VIDAL, PASCAL (1949, Chantilly, Oise, France–)
Filmography
1979 On efface tout / USA: We Forget Everything!
(also co-screenwriter)
1981 Fifty Fifty (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
shot in 1979)
VIDEAU, FRÉDÉRIC (August 3, 1964, Angoulême,
Charente, France–)
He studied Greek and Latin before learning directing
at the Fémis. Then he worked in France Télévision’s
sports department for ten years. He co-wrote TV
movies (2003 L’Amour au Soleil, Bruno Bontzolakis;
Des Epaules solides, Ursula Meier), collaborated on
feature-length fi lms (2003 Pas de Repos pour les Braves,
Alain Guiraudie, France / Austria; Un Homme, un Vrai,
also co-screenwriter, Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu),
and appeared as actor in La Fin de l’Eté (Arnaud and
Jean-Marie Larrieu, shot in 1997) and Je t’aime, je
t’adore (Bruno Bontzolakis).
Filmography
2001 Le Fils de Jean-Claude Videau (documentary;
also actor as himself)
2003 Variété française (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist, actor)
VIEL, MARGUERITE (1894, France–1976, France)
She had a short fi lm career co-directing three movies,
writing the dialogue of L’Amoureuse Aventure (Wilhelm
Thiele, 1931), and working as a sound engineer on
Mon Ami Tim (French-language version of Roy William
Neill’s Fifty Fathoms Deep, Jack Forrester).
Filmography
1930 Dzungle velkomesta (co-director with Leo
Marten; Czechoslovakia / France)
1932 Occupe-toi d’Amélie (co-director with Richard
Weisbach)
1934 La Banque Nemo (supervised by Jean Choux)
VIENET, RENÉ (1944, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime,
France–)