Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Archie Shepp: I Am Jazz . . . It’s My Life (documentary;
short; shot in 1982)
1988 Le Testament d’un Poète juif assassiné (also coscreenwriter)
Television Filmography
1978 Le Festival mondial de la Jeunesse à Cuba (documentary)
1982 Deuil en vingt-quatre Heures (4 60'; shot in
1980)
1987 Réalisation de Jazz à Paris (four documentaries;
shorts)
1998 Le Goût des Fraises (also co-screenwriter)
2003 Jazz à Porquerolles (documentary)
2006 Novecento (documentary)
CASTAGNETTI, ALEXANDRE (May 6, 1975,
Turin, Italy–) and JULIUS, CORENTIN (Corentin
Raux / July 26, 1976, Evreux, Eure, France–)
In 1996, they met while studying engineering and
soon switched to audiovisual. After co-founding their
production company, Manque d’Allure Productions,
they fi nanced and directed their fi rst short. Alexandre
Catagnetti appeared as an actor in P’tit Manu
(short, Cynthia Paulin, 2001).
Filmography
1999 Arrêts de Jeu (short; co-director with Corentin
Raux; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
producer)
2001 Alloween (short; also co-director with Corentin
Raux; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
producer)
2004 L’Incruste (co-director with Corentin Julius;
also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor)
CASTANET, ALAIN (1944, France–)
Filmography
1967 Concerto L. (unreleased)
CASTANIER, JEAN (Jean Castagnier / 1917,
France–)
He successively was assistant art director (1932 La Nuit
du Carrefour, Jean Renoir), set designer (1932 Boudu
sauvé des Eaux / USA: Boudu Saved from Drowning, Jean
Renoir; 1933 Chotard et Compagnie, Jean Renoir; 1935
Le Crime de Monsieur Lange / USA: The Crime of Monsieur
Lange, also co-author of original idea, Jean Renoir),
co-screenwriter (1935 Le Commissaire est bon Enfant,
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short, Jacques Becker, Pierre Prévert), actor (1955
French Cancan / USA: Only the French Can, Jean Renoir,
France / Italy; 1956 Elena et les Hommes / Elena e gli
uomini / UK and USA: Paris Does Strange Things, France
/ Italy; 1958 Suivez-moi jeune Homme, uncredited, Jean
Boyer), and production designer (1960 Merci Natercia!,
Pierre Kast). The only feature fi lm he directed was an
adaptation of a Gaston Leroux novel.
Filmography
1945 Gitans d’Espagne (short)
1949 L’Homme qui revient de loin
CASTANO, XAVIER (October 24, 1949, France–)
From 1971 to 1973, he worked as a projector operator
before entering fi lms as a trainee assistant director
(1977 Dionysos noir, Roger Garaudy, shot in 1973).
An occasional assistant unit manager (1976 Les Oeufs
brouillés, Joël Santoni; Barocco, André Téchiné; 1977
La Communion solennelle, René Féret; 1978 Un Papillon
sur l’Epaule, Jacques Deray) and unit production
manager (1978 La Tortue sur le Dos / USA: Like a Turtle
on Its Back, Luc Béraud; L’Horoscope, Jean Girault), he
served as a second assistant director (1975 Dreyfus
ou L’Intolérable Vérité, documentary, Jean A. Chérasse,
shot in 1973; 1976 Il pleut sur Santiago, France /
Bulgaria; 1977 La Menace / UK and USA: The Threat,
Alain Corneau, France / Canada; 1979 Messidor,
Alain Tanner, Switzerland / France; 1980 Retour à
Marseille, René Allio, France / West Germany; 1981
La Provinciale / UK and USA: The Girl from Lorraine,
Claude Goretta, France / Switzerland) and then fi rst
assistant director for twelve years (1976 Les Filles du
Faubourg, Maurice Pialat, unfi nished; 1981 La storia
vera della signora dalle camelie / La Dame auc Camélias
/ Die Kameliendame, Mauro Bolognini, Italy / France
/ West Germany; 1982 L’Echappée belle / L’amour
fugitif, also actor, Pascal Ortega, unreleased; 1983
Tchao Pantin, Claude Berri; 1984 La Vengeance du Serpent
à Plumes, Gérard Oury, France / Mexico; 1985
Scemmo di guerra / Le Fou de Guerre, Dino Risi, Italy /
France; 1986 Jean de Florette, Claude Berri, France /
Italy; Manon des Sources / Manon delle sorgenti / USA:
Manon of the Spring, Claude Berri, France / Italy; Les
Fugitifs, Francis Veber; 1988 Drôle d’Endroit pour une
Rencontre, François Dupeyron; L’Ours / The Bear, also
second unit director, Jean Jacques Annaud, France
/ USA). In 1981, he co-founded with Helvio Soto
and Pierre-Henri Deleau a production company,
Euroamerica Films. Other credits (as production