Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

188 • CASTELLA, CHARLES
manager): 1989 Valmont (Milos Forman); (as second
unit director): 1995 Le Hussard sur le Toit / USA: The
Horseman on the Roof (Jean-Paul Rappeneau); 1996
Hercule et Sherlock / USA: Mutts (Jeannot Szwarc); Le
Jaguar (Francis Veber); 1997 Marquise (Véra Belmont,
France / Italy / Spain / Switzerland); 1998 Le Dîner de
Cons / UK and USA: The Dinner Game (Francis Veber);
1999 Le Fils du Français (Gérard Lauzier); 2001
La Moitié du Ciel (Alain Mazars, shot in 1999); 2002
Une Employée modèle / Canada: One Model Employee
(Jacques Otmezguine); 2004 Deux Frères / Two Brothers
(also line producer, actor, Jean-Jacques Annaud,
France / UK); (as executive producer): 1995 Waati
(Souleymane Cissé, France / Mali / Burkina Faso);
1999 Belle Maman / USA: Beautiful Mother (Gabriel
Aghion); 2005 Mrs Henderson Presents (as executive
producer, France, Stephen Frears, UK); 2006 The
Queen / La Regina, as executive producer, France,
also actor, Stephen Frears, UK / France / Italy); 2007
Sa Majesté Minor / Su Majestad Minor (also delegate
producer, second unit director, Jean-Jacques Annaud
); (as technical adviser): 2001 Le Roman de Lulu
(Pierre-Olivier Scotto).
Filmography
1991 Veraz / Bienvenido a Veraz (also co-adapter, codialogist;
France / Spain / Italy)
1999 Occupé?! (Incontinence caractérielle) (short; also
co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1992 Runaway Bay / La Baie des Fugitifs (26 26';
co-director only; USA / UK / France)
2001 La Vie devant nous (3 52')
CASTELLA, CHARLES (April 23, 1961, Marseille,
Bouches-du-Rhône, France–)
Having trained at the ENSAD (Ecole Nationale Supérieure
des Arts Décoratifs) in the cine-video section,
he created with painter Gérard Traquandi the poster
for the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. In 1994, he became
artistic director for Banfi lms and Sacher Films. Other
credits (as assistant director): 1995 L’unico paese nel
mondo (short, Nanni Moretti, Italy); (as actor): 1997
Bonjour (short, Bruno Herbulot); (as co-screenwriter):
2002 En attendant le Bonheur / Heremakono (Abderrahmane
Sissako, France / Mauritania).
Filmography
1988 La Bonne Aventure (video short; also screenwriter)
1990 Marie tombée des Nues (short; also screenwriter)
1992 Une Rencontre (short; also screenwriter)
1997 Petite Météorologie ou Sept Histoires du Temps
(short; also screenwriter, cinematographer,
actor)
1999 La Vie est dure, nous aussi (also co-screenwriter,
actor; shot in 1997–1998)
2003 Un Souvenir de Claire Coums (short; co-director
with Alice de Poncheville; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, cinematographer)
2004 La Fille du Loup maigre (short; co-director with
Alice de Poncheville; also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
Television Filmography
1995 Le Cinéma vers son deuxième Siècle (documentary)
2000 Voyage / Voyage (short; episode Marseille)
2001 Scalpel (nine shorts)
2002 La Cinémathèque oubliée ou Quatre Dames dans
le Noir (documentary)
2003 Les Marches (documentary; short)
CATELAIN, JAQUE (Jacques Guérin-Catelain /
February 9, 1897, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines,
France–March 5, 1965, Paris, France)
A former student of the Académie Jullian, he was
the pupil of Paul Mounet at the Conservatoire. From
1917 (Le Torrent, René Hervil, Louis Mercanton) to
1959 (Le Testament du Docteur Cordelier / UK and
USA: Experiment in Evil / USA: The Doctor’s Horrible
Experiment, originally shot for TV), he played in about
fi fty movies. In 1918, he became the favorite collaborator
of Marcel L’Herbier, performing in most of the
director’s fi lms from 1918 (Rose-France, also production
designer) to 1948 (Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi /
Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei / USA: Sins of Pompeii / The
Last Days of Pompeii, France / Italy). Other credits (as
editor): 1920 L’Homme du Large (also actor, Marcel
L’Herbier); (as cinematographer): 1932 Direct au Coeur
(Arnaudy, Roger Lion); (as assistant director): 1936 La
Porte du Large / USA: The Great Temptation (Marcel
L’Herbier); 1939 Terre de Feu / Terra di fuoco (Marcel
L’Herbier, France / Italy). He authored a monograph
on L’Herbier: 1950 Jaque Catelain présente Marcel
L’Herbier (J. Vautrain).
Filmography
1923 Le Marchand de plaisirs (supervised by Marcel
L’Herbier; also screenwriter)