Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1996 Cyprien Katsaris
2001 Les Redoutables (episode “Coup de Vice”)
2007 Chez Maupassant (episode “La Parure”)
2008 Chez Maupassant (episode “Le Petit Fût”)
2009 Au Siècle de Maupassant: Contes et Nouvelles
de XIXe Siècle (episode “Le Petit Vieux des
Batignolles”)
CHAGNARD, PATRICE (May 8, 1946, Grenoble,
Isère, France–)
He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne before making
his fi lm debut in 1967.
Filmography
1967 Mayo (short; also screenwriter)
1999 Le Convoi (documentary; also screenwriter)
2006 Dans un Camion rouge (documentary; also
screenwriter, cinematographer)
Television Filmography
1981 Quelque chose de l’Arbre, du Fleuve et du Cri du
Peuple (documentary)
1983 Swamiji, un Voyage intérieur (documentary)
1984 Zen, le Souffl e nu (documentary)
CHAIZE, PATRICK (July 2, 1962, Villefranche-sur-
Saône, Rhône, France–)
After growing up in Burgundy, he studied literature
and art history in Lyon and then cinema in Paris
(IDHEC, directing section). He co-wrote a short
(1991 Cendrillon, Christine Dory) and collaborated as
screenwriter on the TV series Seconde B (1993).
Filmography
1978 La Poupée (Super-8 short; also screenwriter)
1979 New York, Carnet de Notes (Super-8 short; also
screenwriter)
1982 Bonne Nuit, à demain (short; also screenwriter)
1983 Champs-Elysées (short; also screenwriter)
1985 Actes d’Amour (short; also screenwriter)
Le Jeune Homme et l’Ange (short; also screenwriter)
2001 L’Hiver sera rude (also screenwriter; shot in
1999)
CHALONGE, CHRISTIAN DE (January 21, 1937,
Douai, Nord, France–)
Having graduated with a certifi cate in literature at
the Sorbonne, he studied at the IDHEC (1957–1958)
before starting as a trainee assistant (1961 Tout l’Or
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du Monde / Tutto l’oro del mondo / UK and USA / All the
Gold in the World, René Clair, France / Italy). Then he
served as second assistant director (1962 Le Gentleman
d’Epsom / Les Grands Seigneurs / Il re delle corse /
UK and USA: Duke of the Derby / The Gentleman from
Epsom, Gilles Grangier, France / Italy; 1963 Mélodie en
Sous-Sol / Colpo grosso al casino / UK: The Big Snatch
/ Anyone Can Win / USA: Any Number Can Win, Henri
Verneuil, France / Italy) and fi rst assistant director
(1962 Les Dimanches de Ville d’Avray / Cybèle ou les
Dimanches de Ville d’Avray / UK: Cybele / USA: Sundays
and Cybele, Serge Bourguignon; 1964 La Vie à l’Envers
/ USA: Life Upside Down, Alain Jessua; Mata-Hari, Agent
H 21 / Mata-Hari, agente segreto H 21, Jean-Louis
Richard, France / Italy; 1965 La Fabuleuse Aventure de
Marco Polo / Lo scacchiere di Dio / Le meravigliose avventure
di Marco Polo / Marko Polo / UK and USA: Marco
the Magnifi cent, Denys de La Patellière, Noel Howard,
France / Italy / Yugoslavia / Afghanistan / Egypt, shot
in 1963; Un Mari à Prix fi xe, Claude de Givray, shot in
1963; Thomas l’Imposteur / UK and USA: Thomas the
Impostor, Georges Franju; 1966 Mademoiselle, Tony Richardson,
France / UK; 1967 The Sailor from Gibraltar,
Tony Richardson, UK; 1971 Espanoles en Paris / Des
Espagnoles à Paris, Roberto Bodegas, Spain / France).
Parallel with his directing work, he also was a second
unit director (1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade,
Tony Richardson, UK; 1973 Etat de Siège / L’Americano
/ Der unsichtbare Aufstand / UK and USA: State of Siege,
Costa-Gavras, France / Italy / West Germany; 1976 Il
deserto dei Tartari / Le Désert des Tartares / Die Tartarenwüste
/ UK and USA: The Desert of the Tartars, Valerio
Zurlini, Italy / France / West Germany / Iran).
Filmography
1967 O salto / Le Saut / USA: Voyage of Silence (also
co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1971 L’Alliance (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist)
1978 L’Argent des Autres (also co-screenwriter, coadapter)
1981 Malevil / Malevil, Countdown der Neutronenbombe
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter;
France / West Germany)
1982 Les Quarantièmes Rugissants / The Roaring Forties
(also original idea; France / UK)
1990 Docteur Petiot (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
1991 Le Voleur d’Enfants / Il ladro di bambini / El ladron
de ninos (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter;
France / Italy / Spain)