Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1010 • VINOUR, PIERRE
1999 Karnaval (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
France / Germany / Belgium / Switzerland)
2004 Je suis un Assassin (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
2008 Le Nouveau Protocole (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1997 Demi Père (also co-dialogist)
1998 Divorce sans merci (also co-dialogist)
2005 S.A.C.: Des Hommes dans l’Ombre (also codialogist)
VINOUR, PIERRE (April 10, 1960, Limoges, Haute-
Vienne, France–)
A rock musician in his teenage years, he directed
Super-8 experimental shorts from 1980 to 1984
while studying screenwriting at the Sorbonne (he received
a master’s degree). He created two production
companies, Lou Films and Les Enragés, and produced
several shorts (2005 Emily la Princesse, Catherine
Wilkening; Eloge, Valérie Boucher; 2007 L’Enfant borne,
as executive producer, Pascal Mieszala).
Filmography
1980 Signes (Super-8 short)
1981 Décomposition (Super-8 short)
Déserts (Super-8 short)
1982 Soirée pour un Scénario (Super-8 short)
1983 Ne lisez jamais (Super-8 short)
A Woman Phones (Super-8 short)
1984 Le Pendule (Super-8 short)
Paris-Marseille (Super-8 short; fi rst version)
1990 Paris-Marseille (short; also co-screenwriter)
1991 Le Volcan (Rituel) (short; also co-screenwriter)
Ka (short; also co-screenwriter)
1994 Les Scorpions (short; also co-screenwriter)
1999 L’Otage (short; also co-screenwriter; shot in
1999–2004)
2000 Millevaches (Expérience) (short; also co-screenwriter,
producer, cinematographer)
2001 Carte blanche à Clermont-Ferrand (short; also
co-screenwriter)
2003 Supernova (Expérience #1) (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, production manager, cinematographer;
shot in 2001)
VIOLET, EDOUARD-EMILE (Emile-Edouard
Chane / December 8, 1880, Mâcon, Saône-et-
Loire, France–January 4, 1955, Perpignan, Pyrénées-
Orientales, France)
He worked mainly for Les Films Éclair. His last
movie was also the last Max Linder picture (1925
Le Roi du Cirque / Clown aus Liebe / Der Zirkuskönig
/ UK: Circusmania / USA: King of the Circus). He also
supervised the movie directed by René Navarre
(Tue-la-Mort, twelve episodes: “L’Auberge du petit
Chaperon Rouge,” “La Forge des Quatre Chemins,”
“Les Contrebandiers,” “L’Inconnu,” “Tue-la-Mort et
Ovilla,” “Une Etrange Hypothèse,” “L’Incendie,” “Canzonette,”
“Tu ne tueras point,” “Un et un font un,”
“Tiberio,” “La Vengeance d’Ovilla,” 1920). After the
end of the silent era, he was an assistant director to
Claude Autant-Lara (1933 Ciboulette).
Filmography
1916 L’Héritier de Dagobert
Les Six Cœurs des Six petites Filles (two parts)
Fantaisie de Milliardaire (unconfi rmed)
Le Consentement de la Marquise
1917 Aline ou La Double Vie (three parts)
La Grande Vedette (three parts)
Le Songe d’un Mois d’Eté
Le Jupon (unconfi rmed; directed by Roger
Lion, Jean Manoussi, or Emile-Edouard Violet)
Renoncement (unconfi rmed; directed by
Charles Maudru or Emile-Edouard Violet; also
actor)
1918 Rita (three parts)
Lucien est emballé (also adapter)
Lucien transfusé
Ce Bon Lucien
Serpentin a tort de suivre les Femmes
Lucien cherche un Enfant
1919 Lucien cambriolé, Lucien Cambrioleur (also
adapter, actor)
La Nouvelle Aurore / Les Nouvelles Aventures de
Chéri Bibi (sixteen episodes: “Palas au Bagne,”
“L’Evasion,” “Vers la Lumière,” “Le Combat du
Jour et de la Nuit,” “Le Jugement de Dieu,” “La
Lune de Miel,” “Les Cauchemars de Palas,” “Le
Héros et le Bandit,” “Les Voiles se déchirent,”
“La Vengeance de Gorbio,” “Deux Douleurs,”
“Le Calvaire,” “Gisèle,” “La Tullia,” “Fatalitas,”
“La Calice”)
1920 Papillons
Li Hang le Cruel
1921 Les Mains fl étries