Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Filmography
1988 Quoi, en Pensée!! (short)
1992 Juliette (short; also co-screenwriter)
1993 La Nuit des Corps (short; also screenwriter)
1995 Comme les Autres (short; also co-screenwriter)
1997 Bas de Plafond (short; also screenwriter)
1999 Fais-moi des Vacances (short; also screenwriter)
2002 Fais-moi des Vacances (also co-screenwriter;
shot in 2000)
Television Filmography
1990 Man Ray (documentary)
Café d’Ecrivains (documentary)
1990– Avec ou sans Rock (eight documentary shorts:
1991 Parabellum, VRP, Les Héritiers énervés, Little
Némo, Mutoid Waste, Warum JoeKat, Onoma,
Amina)
1995 Dedalus (documentary; short; episode Musée
d’Orsay)
1995– Ca bouge (documentary; shorts: Le Boomer-
1996 ang)
2001 Maman a 16 Ans
2003 La Vie en gros (TV movie; shot in 2002)
2006 L’Inconnue de la Départementale (shot in
2003)
Je hais les Parents (France / Belgium)
BIZOT, JEAN-FRANÇOIS (August 19, 1944, Paris,
France–September 8, 2007, Paris, France)
He was a journalist and remained known mostly as
chief editor of the monthly magazine Actuel.
Filmography
1975 La Route (also co-screenwriter; shot in 1972)
1995 La Route des Gitans (documentary; short;
co-director with Olivier Mamberti; also coscreenwriter,
commentary)
BLAIN, GÉRARD (October 23, 1930, Paris, France–
December 17, 2000, Paris, France)
A maverick from his childhood, he dropped out of
school and appeared as an extra in several movies of
the 1940s (1944 Le Bal des Passants, Guillaume Radot;
Le Carrefour des Enfants perdus / UK and USA: Children
of Chaos, Léo Joannon; 1945 Les Enfants du Paradis /
USA: Children of Paradise, two episodes: “Le Boulevard
du Crime,” “L’Homme blanc,” Marcel Carné, shot in
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1943–1944; 1946 Fils de France, Pierre Blondy). He
was only thirteen years old when he made his stage
debut (Topaze) in 1944. Then he studied drama with
actress Gabrielle Fontan. From 1953 (Les Fruits sauvages
/ USA: Wild Fruit, Hervé Bromberger) to 2000
(Bandits d’Amour, Pierre Le Bret), he played supporting
and leading roles in about sixty movies, including
Voici le Temps des Assassins / UK: Twelve Hours to Live
/ USA: Deadlier Than the Male (Julien Duvivier, 1956),
Les Mistons / UK: The Brats / USA: The Kids (short,
François Truffaut, 1957), Le Beau Serge / UK: Bitter Reunion
/ USA: Handsome Serge (Claude Chabrol, 1958),
Les Cousins / USA: The Cousins (Claude Chabrol, 1959),
and Hatari! (Howard Hawks, USA, 1962). He was
married to actresses Estella Blain (1930–1982) and
Bernadette Lafont (b. 1938).
Filmography
1971 Les Amis (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1974 Le Pélican (also screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist,
actor)
1976 Un Enfant dans la Foule (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1978 Un Second Souffl e (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1980 Le Rebelle (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1987 Pierre et Djemila (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1995 Jusqu’au Bout de la Nuit (also co-screenwriter)
2000 Ainsi soit-il (also screenwriter, dialogist)
BLANC, CHRISTOPHE (August 1, 1966, Saint-
Vallier, Drôme, France–)
He studied photography at the Provence University
of Marseille for four years before working as a photographer
and directing industrial fi lms from 1984 to
1991. Other credit (as actor): 2004 Le Rôle de sa Vie /
US festival: The Role of Her Life (François Favrat).
Filmography
1991 Violente (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1996 Faute de Soleil (short; also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
2000 Une Femme d’Extérieur (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
2003 Une Grande Fille comme toi / Ein grosses Mädchen
wie du / Weil sie ein Mädchen ist (also