Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

104 • BIRAS, JEANNE
1998 La Justice de Marion
Les Filles de Vincennes (France / Belgium)
Passion interdite (also co-screenwriter)
1999 Drôles de Clowns
2000 La Bicyclette bleue / USA: The Blue Bicycle (3
90'; France / Italy)
2001 Les Redoutables (episode “Question de
Choix”)
2002 Mère, Fille: Mode d’Emploi / USA: Maternal
Love
Aux quatre Coins du Monde (episode “Au Bout
du Rouleau”)
2004 Les Amants du Bagne
2005 Allons petits Enfants
Quelques Mots d’Amour
2006 Molina / Monsieur Molina (Belgium / France)
Au Secours, les Enfants reviennent
2007 Agathe contre Agathe
Moi Louis, Enfant de la Mine
2008 Versailles, le Rêve d’un Roi
La Femme tranquille (France / Belgium)
On choisit pas ses Parents
Documentaries Shot for the Vidéothèque
of Paris
1987 Boulevard du Cri (short)
1988 Erte (short)
1989 Avant-Première (short)
Festival de Paris (short)
Aux Arbres de Citoyens (short)
1990 Coup de Théâtre au Châtelet (short)
1991 Carnavalet seconde Epoque (short)
1992 Le Châtelain de l’Hôtel Donon (short)
BIRAS, JEANNE (April 4, 1959, Paris, France–)
She studied at IDHEC (directing and editing departments)
from 1979 to 1982 before serving as an assistant
to directors Alain Robbe-Grillet, Serge Leroy,
and Shuji Terayama. In the early 1980s, she created
her own production company, Bakti Productions, and
began directing shorts. From 1987 to 2003, she was a
casting director. Other credits (as actress): 1979 Tess
(Roman Polanski, UK / France); 1982 Le Péril rampant
(short, Alberto Yaccelini); 1991 Annabelle partagée
(Francesca Comencini).
Filmography
1981 Flash Gordon, un Héros (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1982 Trop Chère Lucie (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1984 Georgette et Lucien (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1987 Précaution (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
Le Coffre (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2002 Au suivant! (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
Bien fait! (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2005 Au suivant! (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
Mange ta Banane (short; also screenwriter)
BIROT, ANNE-SOPHIE (January 5, 1968, Versailles,
Yvelines, France–)
After completing her studies at the Institut d’Etudes
Politiques de Grenoble (1985–1988), she went
to Avignon, where she frequented the French-
American Workshop, a French-American fi lm festival,
in 1991. The same year, she began writing theatrical
reviews for L’Express Paris (1991), the Avignon
festival (1991–1993), and the Radio France Vaucluse
program La Festivalière. She enrolled in the Fémis in
1993. Having graduated in 1997 (screenplay department),
she directed the making of Claude Chabrol’s
Au Coeur du Mensonge / UK: At the Heart of the Lie
/ USA: The Color of Lies (Moteur, Action, Indiscrétion).
Other credit (as co-screenwriter): 1995 La Lettre de
Nabil (short, Sheila Barakat).
Filmography
1996 Une Vague Idée de la Mer (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2000 Les Filles ne savent pas nager (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
2005 Les Violeurs d’Aurore (documentary; shot in
2003)
BISSON, JEAN-PIERRE (February 15, 1944,
Charenton-le-Pont, Val-de-Marne, France–December
12, 1995, Beaune, Côte-d’Or, France)
A former schoolteacher, he became reporterphotographer
for the records production company
Pathé-Marconi. After attending the Théâtre de Chaillot’s
dramatic art courses, he dedicated himself to
theater (as performer and director), cinema (about
thirty movies from 1970 Elise ou la vraie Vie, Michel
Drach, France / Algeria, to 1996 Pourvu que ça dure,
Michel Thibaud), and TV.