Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

196 • CENTONZE, ALAIN
Filmography
1982 Jamais avant le Mariage (with Pierre Cosson as
technical adviser)
Television Filmography
1977 Le Petit Théâtre d’Antenne 2 (episode “Monsieur
Badin”)
1978 Messieurs les Ronds de Cuir (also screenwriter,
adapter, actor)
1980 Le Vol d’Icare (also screenwriter, adapter)
CENTONZE, ALAIN (June 1, 1944, Faverges,
Haute-Savoie, France–)
He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in classical letters
and a superior diploma in letters. From 1965 to
1970, he taught literature before switching to cinema
as an assistant director (1972 On n’arrête pas le Printemps,
René Gilson; 1973 Les Yeux fermés, Joël Santoni,
shot in 1971; 1975 La Papesse / USA: A Woman Possessed,
Mario Mercier, shot in 1973; Le Jeu avec le Feu /
Giochi di fuoco, Alain Robbe-Grillet, France / Italy; Mes
Petites Amoureuses, Jean Eustache; Les Autres, Hugo Santiago;
Souvenirs d’en France / USA: French Provincial, André
Téchiné; 1976 Attention les Yeux / USA: Let’s Make
a Dirty Movie, Gérard Pirès; Duelle (une Quarantaine) /
Scènes de la Vie parallèle 2—Duelle / Duelle / UK and
USA: A Twilight (A Quarantine) / Women Duelling, Jacques
Rivette; L’Ordinateur des Pompes funèbres / Caccia al
montone / USA: The Probability Factor, Gérard Pirès,
France / Italy; Barocco, André Téchiné; 1977 La Menace
/ UK and USA: The Threat, Alain Corneau, France /
Canada; 1979 Les Soeurs Brontë / UK and USA: The
Bronte Sisters, André Téchiné; 1981 Plein Sud / Huida al
sur / USA: Heat of Desire, Luc Béraud, France / Spain;
Hôtel des Amériques, André Téchiné; 1984 Fort Saganne,
Alain Corneau; 1986 Doubles Messieurs, also production
manager, Jean-François Stévenin, shot in 1984; La
Photo / I fotografi a, Nicos Papatakis, France / Greece;
1987 Un Homme amoureux / Un uomo innamorato /
USA: A Man in Love, Diane Kurys, France / Italy). Also
an occasional actor (1978 La Tortue sur le Dos / USA:
Like a Turtle on Its Back, Luc Béraud), he co-wrote the
screenplay and dialogue of Laurent Ferrier’s Le Vol du
Sphinx (1984). From 1989, he worked mostly as an
executive (1989 Bunker Palace Hôtel, Enki Bilal; 1990 La
Putain du Roi / La donna del re / The King’s Mistress / USA:
The King’s Whore, Axel Corti, France / Italy / UK; Alberto
Express, Arthur Joffé; 1991 J’embrasse pas / Niente baci
sulla bocca / UK and USA: I Don’t Kiss, André Téchiné,
France / Italy; 1993 Tout le Monde n’a pas eu la Chance
d’avoir eu des Parents communistes, Jean-Jacques Zilbermann;
1994 L’Irrésolu, Jean-Pierre Ronssin; 1996 Tykho
Moon, Enki Bilal, France / Germany / UK; 1999 Volavérunt
/ Volavérunt: la maja desnuda, Bigas Luna, France /
Spain) and production manager (1998 La Femme du
Cosmonaute, Ca reste entre nous, Martin Lamotte; 2000
Amazone, Philippe de Broca, France / Spain; 2001 Mon
Père, il m’a sauvé la Vie, José Giovanni; Chaos, Coline
Serreau; 2002 L’Adversaire / El adversario, Nicole Garcia,
Switzerland / France; 2003 Les Côtelettes, Bertrand
Blier; Je reste!, Diane Kurys; 2004 La Confi ance règne,
Etienne Chatiliez; 2005 Saint-Jacques . . . La Mecque,
Coline Serreau; Combien tu m’aimes? / Per sesso o per
amore, Bertrand Blier, France / Italy; 2008 Agathe Cléry,
Etienne Chatiliez). Other credit (as production supervisor):
1994 Mesmer (Roger Spottiswoode, Austria /
Canada / UK / Germany).
Filmography
1971 Faits divers (short; also screenwriter)
1972 Curriculum Vitae (short; also screenwriter)
1996 C’est jamais loin (also co-screenwriter; shot
in 1994)
CERF, ANDRÉ (October 31, 1902, Paris, France–
December 6, 1993, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine,
France)
Parallel to a modest acting career (1923 Le Marchand
de Plaisirs, Jaque Catelain; L’Inhumaine / UK: The
Inhuman Woman / USA: The New Enchantment, Marcel
L’Herbier; 1924 La Galerie des Monstres / La Baraque des
Monstres / La baracca de los monstruos, Jaque Catelain,
France / Spain; 1926 Feu Mathias Pascal / UK: The Living
Dead Man, Marcel L’Herbier; Carmen, Jacques Feyder;
1927 Sur un Air de Charleston, Jean Renoir; Napoléon /
Napoléon Bonaparte / Napoléon vu par Abel Gance / USA:
Napoleon / Abel Gance’s Napoleon, Abel Gance, shot in
1925; 1928 Tire au Flanc, also co-screenwriter, Jean
Renoir; 1930 Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, Alberto Cavalcanti;
1932 Bal d’Apaches, short, also screenwriter, Jean
Mamy; 1933 Monsieur Cordon, short, Pierre Prévert;
1952 Le Huitième Art et la Manière, Maurice Régamey),
he served as an assistant director (1926 Nana, also
actor, Jean Renoir; Rien que les Heures, medium-length,
Alberto Cavalcanti; 1928 Le Tournoi dans la Cité, also
editor, Jean Renoir; En Rade / USA: Sea Fever, Pierre
Batcheff; 1929 Le Bled, Jean Renoir; 1931 Le Parfum de
la Dame en noir, Marcel L’Herbier; 1932 Le Chien jaune,
Jean Tarride; 1934 Si j’étais le Patron, also screenwriter,
dialogist, Richard Pottier; 1935 L’Equipage / USA: Flight