Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

2000 L’Extraterrestre (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
actor)
2001 Les Rois Mages (co-director with Bernard
Campan; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
actor)
2003 7 Ans de Mariage (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
actor)
2006 Madame Irma (co-director with Yves Fajnberg;
also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor)
BOURDON, JACQUES (March 31, 1925, Saint-
Quentin, Aisne, France–December 1, 1991, Paris,
France)
Before and after trying his luck as a director, he was
an assistant director (1951 Un Grand Patron / UK: Great
Man / USA: Perfectionist, Yves Ciampi; 1955 Un Jardin
public, short; Paul Paviot; 1957 Fumée blonde, Robert
Vernay; 1958 C’est la Faute d’Adam / UK: Six Easy Lessons,
Jacqueline Audry; Chaque Jour a son Secret, Claude
Boissol; Le Tombeur, René Delacroix; 1961 Le Capitaine
Fracasse / Capitan Fracassa / El Capitan Fracassa, Pierre
Gaspard-Huit; France / Italy / Spain; 1963 Shéhérazade /
La schiava di Bagdad / Scherezade / USA: Scheherazade,
Pierre Gaspard-Huit, France / Italy / Spain; 1967 Les
Risques du Métier, André Cayatte; 1969 Le Passager de la
Pluie / L’uomo venuto dalla pioggia / USA: Rider on the Rain
/ US video: Rain, René Clément, France / Italy; 1971 La
Folie des Grandeurs / Mania di grandezza / Die dummen
Streiche der Reichen / Don Louis der Grössenwahnsinnige
/ Delirios de grandeza / UK and USA: Delusions of Grandeur,
Gérard Oury; France / Italy / West Germany /
Spain; 1977 A Chacun son Enfer / Jedem seine Hölle, André
Cayatte, France / West Germany). He also worked as a
production manager for fi lms (1974 Verdict / L’accusa è:
Violenza carnale e omicidio / Il testamento / UK and USA:
The Verdict / Jury of One, André Cayatte; France / Italy;
1980 La Boum / USA: The Party, Claude Pinoteau; 1984
Le Sang des Autres / USA: The Blood of Others, Claude
Chabrol; France / Canada) and TV (1993 Une Image de
trop, Jean-Claude Missiaen), technical adviser (1977 La
Fille d’Amérique, David Newman, shot in 1974), associate
producer (1981 La Chèvre / Mas locos que una cabra
/ UK: Knock on Wood / USA: The Goat, Francis Veber,
France / Mexico), and executive producer (1990 Il sole
anche la notte / Le Soleil même la Nuit, Paolo and Vittorio
Taviani; Italy / France / West Germany).
Filmography
1960 Les Lionceaux (also co-screenwriter)
1962 Le Soleil dans l’oeil
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Television Filmography
1965 Don Quijote / Don Quichotte / Don Quijote von
la Mancha (13 26'; co-director with Louis
Grospierre, Carlo-Rim; Spain / France / West
Germany)
1966 Die Schätzinsel / L’Île au Trésor (13 26'; uncredited
director with Wolfgang Liebeneiner,
West Germany / France)
BOURDOS, GILLES (1963, France–)
He co-wrote the screenplays of Michel Spinosa’s
movies (1987 La Rue ouverte, short; 1990 La Jeune Fille
et la Mort, short; 1995 Emmène-moi) after Spinosa and
he co-directed a fi rst short. They co-founded a fi lm
production company, Persona Films. Other credits (as
producer): 1995 Mirek n’est pas parti (as delegate producer,
Bojena Horackova, Czech Republic / France);
1997 Un Frère (Sylvie Verheyde).
Filmography
1986 Un Cadeau de Noël (short; also co-screenwriter,
producer, co-director with Michel
Spinosa)
1990 L’Eternelle Idole (short; also co-screenwriter,
producer)
1992 Relâche (short; also co-screenwriter, producer)
1999 Disparus (also co-screenwriter, producer; shot
in 1997–1998)
2003 Inquiétudes / USA: A Sight for Sore Eyes
2008 Afterwards (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
France / Germany / Canada)
BOURGEOIS, GÉRARD (August 18, 1874, Geneva,
Switzerland–December 15, 1944, Paris, France)
He was born in Geneva to French parents. A former
stage actor and then artistic director of a production
company, Les Films Lux, for which he directed historical
movies before joining Pathé in 1911, he fi nished
his career shooting French-German fi lms with Harry
Piel. Other credits (as screenwriter): 1914 Protéa II ou
L’Auto infernale (three parts: “Une Auto au Milieu des
Flammes,” “Le Miracle des Roses,” “Le Lasso aérien”;
Joseph Faivre).
Filmography
1908 Cœurs brisés / USA: The Broken Heart (short)
Les Débuts d’un Aviateur (short)
Dévouement d’Enfant / USA: A Child’s Devotion
(short)