Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1997 Hermeto Pascoal, l’Allumé tropical (documentary;
medium-length)
Salsa Opus (6 52' documentary)
1998 Samba Opus (6 52' documentary)
1999 50 anos de monte / 50 Années de Maquis (documentary;
also cinematographer; Colombia)
Zaïko Langa Langa, le Goût du Travail bien fait
(documentary; medium-length)
Ali Farka Touré: Ca coule de Source / USA: Ali
Farka Touré: Springing from the Roots (documentary;
co-director with Henry Leconte; also coscreenwriter,
cinematographer, editor)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, l’Ecriture sorcière (documentary;
medium-length)
2000 Àlvaro Mutis (documentary; medium-length)
2001 Les Dessous de la Lambada (documentary;
medium-length)
Les Troubadours de la Révolution mexicaine
(documentary; medium-length)
La Révolution tropicaliste (documentary; mediumlength)
2002 Fujimori et Montesinos, le Dictateur et son Double
(documentary; medium-length)
2003 Cuba Son (documentary; also screenwriter,
cinematographer)
Mambo (documentary; medium-length)
La Damnation de l’Or noir (documentary;
medium-length)
2005 L’Epopée de l’Or noir (4 52' documentary)
Les Ecoles du Capitalisme (documentary;
medium-length)
2006 Havana Hip-Hop Underground (documentary;
also screenwriter, cinematographer)
Loin de Fidel (documentary)
2007 Pétrole le Début de la Fin (documentary;
medium-length)
2008 L’Ere de l’Après-Pétrole (documentary; mediumlength)
BINET, CATHERINE (March 12, 1944, Tours, Indreet-Loire,
France–February 20, 2006, Paris, France)
The companion of writer Georges Pérec (1936–1982),
she was an editor (1978 Les Lieux d’une Fugue, TV
short, Georges Pérec; 1984 La Part du Hasard, Patrick
Bokanowski) and appeared as herself in a documentary
(2003 Les Vamps fantastiques, Jean-Yves Bochet,
Jean-Pierre Bouyxou). In 2004, she authored a book,
Les Fleurs de la Toussaint (Editions de Champtin).
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Filmography
1971 Le Printemps (also editor; co-director with
Marcel Hanoun)
1972 Film sur Hans Bellmer (documentary; mediumlength)
1982 Les Jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz (also
screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; shot in 1980)
Trompe-l’œil (short)
Les Passages parisiens (documentary; short)
1983 Jacques Carelman (documentary; short)
1986 Hanae Mori, haute Couture (documentary;
short)
Television Filmography
1990 Un Film sur Georges Pérec: Te souviens-tu de Gaspard
Winckler?—Vous souvenez-vous de Gaspard
Winckler? (documentary)
BINISTI, THIERRY
He started out as fi rst assistant director (1992 Indochine
/ USA: Indochina / Indochine, Régis Wargnier;
Après l’Amour / UK: After Love / USA: Love After Love,
Diane Kurys; 1993 Pétain, Jean Marboeuf; Tout le
Monde n’a pas eu la Chance d’avoir des Parents communistes,
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann; 1994 Le Cri coupé,
also actor, Miguel Courtois). Besides the fi lms he
directed, he also shot six video movies for an André
Malraux play (Il n’y a pas de grandes Personnes, directed
by J. F. Maurel).
Filmography
1994 Les Soixante Premiers Etages sont les plus diffi
ciles (short)
1995 Les Passagers de la Nuit (short)
Avis de Vent fort (short)
Crime sans Témoin (short)
1996 Le Livre de Minuit (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
Le Choix de la Nuit (short)
2003 L’Outremangeur (also co-screenwriter, dialogist)
2005 Et si Kubrick c’était laid (short)
Le Show des Machos (short)
Television Filmography
1994 Aphrodisia / Secrets de Femmes (shorts, segments
“Coup de Fil,” “Passager de la Nuit”)
1996 Le Choix de la Nuit
Verdict: Crime sans Témoin
1997 Les Arnaqueuses