Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Filmography
1993 Chut! (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1999 Aïd el Kébir (short; also screenwriter, dialogist;
France / Algeria)
2004 La Petite Jérusalem (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2008 Le Chant des Mariées (also screenwriter, dialogist;
France / Tunisia)
Television Filmography
1995 Mon Pays m’a quitté (documentary)
2001 Combats de Femmes (episode “L’Innocente”;
also screenwriter, dialogist)
ALCALA, JOSÉ (February 8, 1958, Ganges, Hérault,
France–)
An architecture drawer for ten years, he took time
to collaborate as an assistant director, assistant cameraman,
or regisseur on several shorts and mediumlengths.
In 1992, with directors Christophe Blanc
and Martine Robert, he created a fi lm company (Les
Films du Fleuve). They produced two shorts and four
medium-lengths in four years. He also worked as a
production manager for two other companies, Altamira
and Sunday Morning.
Filmography
1984 Vie à Vie (short)
1987 Via Ventimiglia (short; also screenwriter)
1989 La Vallée du Lot (documentary; short)
1991 Case Départ (short; also screenwriter)
1992 Focus (documentary; short)
1993 Ligne de Fuite
1995 Une Boutique d’Ecriture (documentary; short;
also screenwriter)
1996 Mémoire de la Paillade (documentary; short;
also screenwriter)
1998 Les Gagne-petit (short; also screenwriter)
1999 La Visite (short)
2005 Alex (also co-screenwriter)
2007 Frigo (short; also screenwriter)
ALDEN-DELOS, JEAN (1901, France–Deceased)
Filmography
1952 L’Agonie des Aigles (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist, producer)
1954 Sidi-Bel-Abbès (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist,
producer)
1957 L’Or de Samory (unreleased)
ALESSANDRIN, PATRICK (May 15, 1965, La
Baule, Loire-Atlantique, France–)
In the 1980s, he worked as assistant director to Luc
Besson (1983 Le Dernier Combat / UK: The Last Combat
/ USA: The Last Battle; 1985 Subway; 1988 Le Grand
Bleu / UK and USA: The Big Blue) and Jean-Baptiste
Mondino, who directed clips and commercials. He
co-wrote and co-directed his fi rst movie with Lisa
Azuelos, to whom he was married at the time. He
also collaborated on the writing of the screenplay of
Une Femme rêvée, Miguel Courtois) and played in Lisa
Azuelos’s short Ti amo (2002).
Filmography
1995 Ainsi soient-elles / Mujeres a fl or de piel (codirector
with Lisa Alessandrin; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, actor; France / Spain; shot
in 1993)
2001 15 Août
2003 Mauvais Esprit / Mala leche (also adapter, cameraman;
France / Spain)
2009 Banlieue 13—Ultimatum
ALI, CHRISTOPHE (December 30, 1971, Gennevilliers,
Hauts-de-Seine, France–) and BONILAURI,
NICOLAS (July 9, 1971, Paris, France–)
They met in a video workshop in cinema Jean Vigo
of Genevilliers. Having graduated from the University
of Paris VIII with a master’s degree in cinema, they
already had directed a few amateur video shorts
and earned a living as projectionists. In 1994, the
experimental video they shot, O, was awarded with
the Prize “Jeune Créateur” (Young Creator) by the
TV magazine Télérama. They shot their fi rst feature in
a very artisanal way.
Filmography
1996 El otro barrio (short; also co-screenwriter)
1998 Domingo (short; also co-screenwriter)
2001 Le Rat (also co-screenwriter, co-cinematographer,
actor; shot in 1997–2000)
2005 Camping sauvage / US DVD: Wild Camp (also
co-screenwriter, co-cinematographer)
ALIBERT, PIERRE (1926, France–)
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Filmography
1975 La Genèse (animation; also co-screenwriter;
shot in 1973)