Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1030 • ZEÏTOUN, ARIEL
Croix,” “La Mise au Tombeau,” “La Résurrection,”
“L’ascension”)
1908 L’Homme à la Tête de Veau / USA: The Man with
Calf’s Head (short)
Le Rêve d’Argent / USA: The Policeman’s Vision
(short)
La Valse de la Veuve joyeuse / USA: The Merry
Widow Waltz (short)
1909 Samson (short; co-director with Henri Andréani)
Toto Gâte-Sauce (short)
1910 Caprice du Vainqueur (short; co-director with
Henri Andréani; also screenwriter)
Cléopâtre / UK: Antony and Cleopatra / USA:
Cleopatra (short; co-director with Henri Andréani;
also screenwriter, adapter)
L’Homme invisible / USA: The Invisible Thief
(short)
Messaline (short; co-director with Henri Andréani;
also screenwriter, adapter)
Slippery Jim (short)
La Tragique Aventure de Robert le Taciturne, Duc
d’Aquitaine / Robert le Taciturne / USA: A Tragic
Adventure (short; co-director with Henri Andréani;
also screenwriter, adapter)
Un Episode de 1812 (fourteen-scene short:
“Les Fiançailles de Jean Gratien et Lise Morand,”
“Jean est appelé sous les Armes,”
“Le Départ,” “Le Passage de la Bérézina
après la Retraite de Moscou,” “Le Drapeau
français est pris par l’Ennemi,” “Par un Acte
d’Héroïsme, Jean reprend Possession de nos
Couleurs,” “Mais il est blessé à mort,” “Napoléon
franchissant l’Endroit est vu et reconnu
par Jean,” “Jean donne le Drapeau à
l’Empereur,” “La Douleur de Napoléon,” “La
Légion d’Honneur à Jean,” “Avant de mourir,
Jean souhaite que la Médaille soit remise à sa
Mère,” “Napoléon à la Recherche de la Mère
de Jean pour s’acquitter de sa Dette,” “La
Douleur de la mère de Jean et celle de Lise. La
Contrition de Napoléon pour son Rôle exigé
par la Guerre”; co-director with Camille de
Morlhon; also screenwriter)
1912 La Fièvre de l’Or (short; three parts, thirty scenes;
fi rst part—“L’Oiseau de Proie: Les Loups,”
“Traqué,” “Suprême Démarche,” “L’Eternelle
Sacrifi ée,” “Les Deux Eclairs,” “Les Aventures
de Jimmy Rudge,” “Le Masque d’Argile,” “Le
Destin complice,” “La Nuit tragique,” “Le Mot
de la Science”; second part—“La Hausse: Le
Vampire,” “Roi du Marché,” “L’Argent des
Autres,” “La Voix de la Sagesse,” “La Cassette
de Fer,” “La Journée des Dupes,” “Le Dixième
Million,” “Le Triomphe du Veau d’Or,” “La
Danseuse cambodgienne,” “Apogée!”; third
part—“La Baisse: Les Oiseaux de Malheur,”
“Fatale Confi ance,” “A la Bourse,” “L’Enlisement,”
“La Roue qui tourne,” “Le Fond du
Gouffre,” “Trainée de Poudre,” “L’Assaut,”
“La Porte qui tremble,” “L’Absolution du
Sang”; co-director with René Leprince; also
screenwriter)
Scènes de la Vie cruelle (short; co-director with
René Leprince)
Le Vieux Cabotin (co-director with René Leprince)
Le Ménage de Dranem (short)
1913 Cœur de Femme (co-director with René Leprince)
La Leçon du Gouffre (co-director with René
Leprince)
Plus Fort que la Haine (co-director with René
Leprince)
Le Roi de l’Air / USA: King of the Air (co-director
with René Leprince)
La Comtesse noire (short; three parts: “L’Aventurière,”
“La Voix du Devoir,” “La Douleur qui
sauve”; co-director with René Leprince)
1914 Le Calvaire d’une Reine / USA: The Martyrdom
of a Queen (co-director with René Leprince)
La Danse héroïque (co-director with René
Leprince)
L’Etoile du Génie (co-director with René Leprince;
also screenwriter)
La Jolie Bretonne (co-director with René Leprince;
also screenwriter)
Les Larmes du Pardon / UK: Tears of Forgiveness
(co-director with René Leprince)
La Lutte pour la Vie (co-director with René
Leprince; also screenwriter)
1915 Le Vieux Cabotin (co-director with René Leprince)
Le Noël du Vagabond / Le Noël d’un Vagabond
(short; co-director with René Leprince; also
screenwriter)
ZEÏTOUN, ARIEL (September 28, 1949, Tunis,
Tunisia–)
After earning a master’s degree in classical and
modern literature in 1971, he entered fi lms as an