Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

2000 Scénarios sur la Drogue (segment “Ecsta-ordinaire”)
2002 La Mentale (also co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1999 Police District (episodes “Double Identité,”
“Pertes et Profi ts,” “Situation irrégulière”)
2008 Diane, femme Flic (2 52'; episode “Seul au
Monde”)
BOUSSINOT, ROGER (May 2, 1921, Tunis, Tunisia–May
12, 2001, Bassane, Gironde, France)
The son of a schoolteacher, in 1940 he settled in
Paris, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in
philosophy. In 1946, he founded a fi lm review, L’Ecran
Français. He authored about fi fteen novels, including
Les Guichets du Louvre (Denoël Montrouge, 1960), Le
Treizième Caprice (Denoël, 1962), Marie Jeanne des
Bernies (Robert Laffont, 1978), Des Enfants dans les
Arbres (Robert Laffont, 1985), and Les Doigts (Editions
Gaia, 2001), and an Encyclopédie du Cinéma
(Editions Bordas, 1967), regularly reedited until
today. He brought to the screen one of his novels
and collaborated as screenwriter on several fi lms
(1961 Cause toujours, mon Lapin / USA: Keep Talking,
Baby, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Guy Lefranc;
1974 Les Guichets du Louvre / USA: Black Thursday, as
author of original novel, screenwriter, adapter, Michel
Mitrani; 1979 Un Balcon en Forêt, as co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, Michel Mitrani), TV miniseries (1970 Le
Sixième Sens, 10 26', as screenwriter, Louis Grospierre;
1973 L’Etang de la Breure, 30 13', Claude
Grinberg; 1980 Jean Chalosse, 9 52', as co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, Gérard Vergez), and TV movies
(1971 Les Coups, as screenwriter, Jacques Lefebvre;
1978 Le Temps d’une République: Le Chien de Munich,
as co-screenwriter, Michel Mitrani; 1979 Le Mal bleu,
as screenwriter, Jacques Drimal; 1987 Tout est dans
la Fin / L’Enigmatique Monsieur S., as co-screenwriter,
Jean Delannoy; 1990 Le Gorille / Il Gorilla, episode “Le
Gorille compte ses Abattis,” Jean Delannoy, France /
Italy / Germany; 1994 Des Enfants dans les Arbres, as
author of original novel, Pierre Boutron).
Filmography
1967 Le Treizième Caprice (also original novel,
screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
1973 Fin de Saison
1982 Le Bourrier
BOUTHIER, BERNARD • 137
BOUTEL, MAURICE (Maurice Teboul / 1923,
Oran, Algeria–)
He directed his fi rst fi lm under his real name.
Filmography
1951 Le Cas du Docteur Galloy (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist; shot in 1949)
L’Escargot / Monsieur Octave (short)
1959 Brigade des Mœurs (with Jean-Paul Sassy as
technical adviser; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1960 Business (with André Desreumeaux as technical
adviser; also screenwriter, dialogist)
Interpol contre X (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1961 Première Brigade criminelle (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1963 La Prostitution / UK: Prostitution (also coscreenwriter,
dialogist, producer)
1965 De l’Assassinat considéré comme un des Beaux-
Arts (also screenwriter, dialogist; unreleased)
1966 L’Homme de l’Interpol (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
Opération Rubis (unfi nished)
BOUTHIER, BERNARD (June 6, 1944, Sète,
Hérault, France–)
Having graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology,
he started out as a freelance journalist for the
TV program Zoom in 1966. Other credits (as TV
producer): 1982–1987 Moi-je (50 52'); 1984–1986
Psy-Show (11 60'); 1985 Vive la Crise; 1985–1987
Sexy-Folies (10 60'); 1991–1997 Perdu de Vue (65
90'); 1993–1996 Témoin No. 1 (30 90'); 1993–1995
L’Amour en Danger (25 90'); 1994 Emmenez-moi au
Bout du Monde (4 52'); 1995–1997 Pour la Vie (25
90'); 2001 Une Education sentimentale (documentary,
short, Jessica Forde); 2002 Menteur (100 45');
2003 Face à moi (60 52', Serge Bonafous); 2006
L’Amour bête.
Filmography
1968 Le Temps de la Timidité (short)
1972 Florentine (short)
1977 Touche pas à mon Copain (also screenwriter,
dialogist; shot in 1975)
Television Filmography
1971 Les Provinciales (documentary; episode “Les
Dernières Vendanges”)
Cinéastes de notre Temps (documentary; episode
“J’aurais aimé aimer Lola à Nantes”)