Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

154 • BUENAVENTURA, NICOLAS
2003 Dock 13 (20 52'; co-director only; France
/ Gabon)
Sous le Soleil (episodes “Un Homme sous Infl
uence,” “Resuurection,” “Place des Lices au
Soleil,” “Accords et Désaccords”)
2004 Sous le Soleil (episodes “Welcome Jessica,”
“Adieux,” “Les Racines de l’Amour,” “La Vie
est un Roman,” “Amour aveugle,” “Un Soutien
intégral”)
2005 Sous le Soleil (episodes “Une Equipe qui
gagne,” “L’Enfant de la discorde”)
2006 Sous le Soleil (episode “Ma Meilleure Ennemie”)
2008 Famille d’Accueil (episodes “Une Vie rêvée,”
“Qui sème le Vent,” “Beau-Père”)
BUENAVENTURA, NICOLAS (Nicolas Buenaventura
Vidal / August 7, 1962, Cali, Colombia–)
His uncle offered him an old Russian 16-mm camera
when he was seventeen years old. He grew up
in a theatrical group for which he created lighting,
costumes, and masks and wrote and directed a play.
Having graduated with a master’s in dramatic art
from Del Valle University in Cali (his thesis was titled
“L’Improvisation et l’Art de l’Acteur”), he taught
drama and directing at the Cali Arts School Departmental
Institute (1986–1989). Then he completed his
training at the Princeton University Dramatic Art
and Stage Directing Workshop. He entered fi lms in
Colombia, working on several TV movies and feature
fi lms as still photographer, lighting engineer, location
manager, actor, and fi nally screenwriter. Having settled
in France since the early 1990s, he has occasionally
played in fi lms and on TV (1991 Le Dernier Lien, TV,
Joyce Buñuel; 2002 Ma Caméra et moi, Christophe
Loizillon) and co-wrote a screenplay (2006 Quelques
Jours en Septembre, Santiago Amigorena).
Filmography
1997 La deuda / La Dette / La deuda . . . o la insolita
muerte y no menos asombrosa resurrecion y Segunda
muerte de Ali Ibrahim Maria de los Altos
Pozos y Resuello, llamado El Turco (co-director
with Manuel José Álvarez; also screenwriter,
actor, editor; France / Colombia / Cuba)
2006 Le Charme des Impossibilités (documentary;
also screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1988 La vida es muy dura (video documentary; Colombia)
1989 La escritura del sol (video documentary; Colombia)
La musica en los tiempos del ruido (video
documentary; Colombia)
1991 Voiture / Sculpture (video documentary; Colombia)
1995– Puro cuento (twenty documentaries: Guapi I
1996 & II, San Cipriano I & II, Gorgona, Bucaramanga
I, II, & III, San Andrès I & II, Providencia I & II,
La Candelaria, La Guarija I, II, & III, Francisco El
Hombre, Profesion Cuentera, Cuando el hombre
es su palabra I & II (Quand l’Homme est sa
Parole); Colombia)
BUÑUEL, JOYCE (Joyce Ellen Sherman / October
20, 1941, New York City, New York, USA–)
She intended to become a diplomat when she met
and married Luis Buñuel’s son, Juan, in 1961. After
working as a script supervisor (1966 Calanda,
short, Juan Luis Buñuel), she was screenplay reader
for United Artists, authored additional dialogues
for Black Moon (Louis Malle, 1975), and co-wrote a
couple of feature fi lms (1981 Tatoo, Bob Brooks, USA;
1982 Tout Feu, tout Flamme / UK and USA: All Fired Up,
also co-dialogist, Jean-Paul Rappeneau). She appeared
as herself in 1997 Un Buñuel mexicain / El Buñuel mexicano
(documentary; Emilio Maillé, France / Mexico).
Filmography
1978 La Jument Vapeur / UK and USA: Dirty Dishes
(also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
2000 Salsa / Salsa! (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
France / Spain)
Television Filmography
1979 Les Héritiers (episode “Juste la Seine à traverser”;
also screenwriter, dialogist)
1984 Aéroport: Issue de Secours (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1986 La Dame des Dunes (also co-screenwriter)
1987 La Tricheuse (also co-screenwriter)
1989 Une Femme tranquille
1990 Haute Tension (episode “Les Amants du Lac”)
1991 Le Dernier Lien
1992 Nestor Burma / Une Aventure de Nestor Burma
(episode “Le Soleil naît derrière le Louvre”)
1993 Dose mortelle
1994 Maigret se trompe / USA: Maigret Is Mistaken /
Maigret’s Mistake (France / Belgium / Switzerland)
1995 Terrain glissant (also co-screenwriter)