Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1950 L’Homme de la Jamaïque
1951 Les Deux Gamines (also co-screenwriter)
1952 Au Pays du Soleil (also screenwriter, adapter)
L’Amour, toujours l’Amour . . .
1954 Boum sur Paris (also co-screenwriter)
1955 Interdit de Séjour / UK: Price of Love
1956 Trois de la Canebière (also co-screenwriter)
1957 Trois de la Marine (also co-adapter)
1958 Police judiciaire (also co-screenwriter)
Arènes joyeuses (also co-adapter)
Television Filmography
1966 Le Train bleu s’arrête 13 Fois (episodes “Monte-
Carlo: Un Mari dangereux,” “Nice: Cabine 2”)
CANTET, LAURENT (June 15, 1961, Melle, Deux-
Sèvres, France–)
Having graduated with a master’s degree in science
and technics in the audiovisual department in Marseille,
he went to Paris and entered in 1984 the ID-
HEC, where he shot Nif, Robinson fait du Cinéma, and
Dans la Maison hantée. He got his diploma in 1986 and
began working as a cinematographer (1985 Les Nuits
de Sisyphe, short, Jacqueline Chervin; 1987 L’Etendu,
short, Gilles Marchand; Horizons artifi ciels (Trois Rêves
d’Architecture), documentary, medium-length, Alain
Bourges; 1993 Joyeux Noël, short, Gilles Marchand;
1994 Cette Nuit, medium-length, Vincent Dietschy)
and assistant director (1994 Veillées d’Armes: Histoire
du Journalisme en Temps de Guerre / Veillées d’Armes
/ The Troubles We’ve Seen—Die Geschichte der Kriegsberichterstattung,
documentary; Marcel Ophüls, France
/ Germany). His fi lm Entre les Murs / USA: The Class
won the Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm in 2008.
Filmography
1986 Les Chercheurs d’Or (short; also screenwriter)
1994 Tous à la Manif (short; also screenwriter)
1995 Jeux de Plage (short; also screenwriter)
1996 Le Corps et ses Atteintes (short)
1997 Les Sanguinaires (short; also co-screenwriter)
2000 Ressources humaines / USA: Human Resources
(TV movie theatrically released; also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / UK)
2001 L’Emploi du Temps / UK: Time Out (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2005 Vers le Sud / USA: Heading South (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2008 Entre les Murs / USA: The Class (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Canada)
CAPELLANI, ALBERT • 171
Television Filmography
1990 Un Eté à Beyrouth (documentary)
CAPELLANI, ALBERT (November 23, 1874, Paris,
France–1931, Paris, France)
After his studies at the Conservatory, he played
onstage, notably working with André Antoine and
Firmin Gémier at the Odéon before directing the
Théâtre de l’Alhambra. He was hired by Pathé in
1906 and became artistic director of the S.C.A.G.L.
(Société Cinématographique des Auteurs et Gens
de Lettres) in 1908. He supervised and advised
such directors as Georges Denola, Georges Monca,
Michel Carré, and Henri Etiévant. He offered to
Mistinguett her fi rst important part on-screen in
Les Misérables. From 1915 to 1923, he worked in the
USA for various societies (Pathé Exchange, Metro
Pictures Corporation, World Film, Cosmopolitan,
and Nazimova Productions), helped actress Alla Nazimova
become one of the greatest Hollywood stars
of the silent era, and created his own production
company, Capellani Productions, Inc. He returned
to France in 1923 and vainly tried to concretize
projects. Other credits (as author of original story):
1919 The Parisian Tigress (Herbert Blaché; USA);
(as fi lm supervisor, producer): 1920 The Love Cheat
(George Archainbaud, USA); A Damsel in Distress
(George Archainbaud, USA). His brother was actor
Paul Capellani (1884–1944).
Filmography
1904 Peau d’Âne / USA: A Princess in Disguise (short;
fi ve scenes: “L’Âne merveilleux,” “Peau d’Âne
fuit son Père,” “Le Prince s’éprend d’elle,” “La
Bague révélatrice,” “Fiançailles”)
1905 Le Chemineau / USA: The Strong Arm of the Law
/ The Tramp (short)
1906 L’Âge du Coeur (short)
La Voix de la Conscience / USA: The Voice of
Conscience (short)
La Loi du Pardon / UK: Law of Pardon / USA: The
Law of Pardon (short)
Drame passionnel (short)
Mortelle Idylle (short)
La Fille du Sonneur / USA: The Bell Ringer’s
Daughter (short)
Pauvre Mère / USA: Poor Mother (short)
La Femme du Lutteur / USA: The Wrestler’s Life
(short)