Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

98 • BEUCHOT, PIERRE
1988 Le Grand Bleu / UK and USA: The Big Blue (also
original story, co-screenwriter, uncredited actor;
France / USA / Italy)
1990 Nikita / USA: La Femme Nikita (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1991 Atlantis (also cinematographer, editor; shot in
1989–1991)
1994 Léon / UK: The Cleaner / Leon / USA: The Professional
(also screenwriter, dialogist)
1997 Le Cinquième Elément / The Fifth Element (also
original story, co-screenwriter)
1999 Jeanne d’Arc / The Messenger: The Story of Joan
of Arc / UK: Joan of Arc (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2005 Angel-A (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2006 Arthur et les Minimoys / USA: Arthur and the
Invisibles (also original novel, co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer)
2008 Arthur et la Vengeance de Maltazard / USA: Arthur
and the Revenge of Maltazard (also original
novel, co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist,
producer)
BEUCHOT, PIERRE (June 30, 1938, Pavillon-sous-
Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France–)
After completing his business studies, he became a
trainee assistant on comedies (1964 Les Pieds nickelés,
Jean-Claude Chambon; 1966 Les Combinards, Jean-
Claude Roy, shot in 1964) and institutional fi lms, including
Sire, le Roy n’a plus rien dit (Georges Rouquier,
1965). He also worked as assistant director (1966 La
Vie de Château / UK: Gracious Living / USA: A Matter
of Resistance, Jean-Paul Rappeneau; Une Balle au Coeur
/ Mia sfaira stin kardia / USA: Devil at My Heels, Jean-
Daniel Pollet, France / Greece; 1969 Le Maître du
Temps, Jean-Daniel Pollet, unreleased; 1971 La Cavale,
Michel Mitrani; L’Amour, c’est gai, l’Amour, c’est triste, Jean-
Daniel Pollet, shot in 1968), production manager (1976
L’Acrobate, Jean-Daniel Pollet; Sartre par lui-même, documentary,
Alexandre Astruc, Michel Contat, Guy Séligmann),
technical adviser (1975 Trop c’est trop, Didier
Kaminka), and co-screenwriter (2007 René Bousquet ou
Le Grand Arrangement, TV, Laurent Heynemann).
Filmography
1972 Requiem (short; also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
1974 Marjorie ne viendra pas (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1985 Le Temps détruit
1990 Aventure de Catherine C
Television Filmography
1968 Paul Nizan, le Prix d’une révolte (documentary)
1972– Grand Ecran (documentary; episodes “Le
1974 Western,” “La Nouvelle Vague,” “Le Cinéma
suédois,” “Le Cinéma suisse,” “Luis Buñuel,”
“Carl Th. Dreyer,” “Ingmar Bergman,” “Alfred
Hitchcock,” “James Dean,” “Le Néo-Réalisme
italien,” “Tennessee Williams,” “La Comédie
musicale,” “L’Enfant et ses Images”)
1977 Droit de Cité (documentary)
1980 L’Important n’est pas Prévisible
1981 Lascaux par Georges Bataille (documentary)
La Télévision que j’aime—Pierre Dumayet (documentary)
La Télévision que j’aime—Marie-Christine Barrault
(documentary)
1983 Cézanne par Rainer-Maria Rilke (documentary)
1984 Le Cinéma de l’Ombre (documentary)
Le Monde désert (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
1986– Propaganda (documentary; six episodes; co-
1987 director with Philippe Collin, François Porcile)
1989 Stig Dagerman (documentary)
Pierre-Jean Jouve (documentary)
1992 Hôtel du Parc (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1993 La Légende de la Croix de Piero della Francesca
(documentary)
1994 Mémoires partagées, loin de Moscou (documentary)
1995 Le Printemps de l’Elbe (documentary)
1997 Compagnons secrets (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
Un Siècle d’Ecrivains (documentary; also
screenwriter; episode “Robert Walser”)
1998 Les Temps obscurs sont toujours là (documentary)
1999 Léopold Sedar Senghor, entre Deux Mondes
(documentary)
Francis Ponge (documentary)
2000 Sade en Procès (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
2001 Le Solitaire du Château du Fresne (documentary)
2002 Au-delà de la Peinture, le Surréalisme (documentary)