Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Il tempo ritrovato / O tempo reencontrado / UK: Time
Regained / USA: Marcel Proust’s Time Regained, Raúl Ruiz,
France / Italy / Portugal; 2002 Au plus près du Paradis /
Lo mas cercano al cielo, Tonie Marshall, France / Spain;
2003 Le Temps du Loup / Wolfzeit / UK: The Time of the
Wolf, Michael Haneke, France / Austria / Germany).
Filmography
1975 La Chair de l’Orchidée / Un’orchidea rosso
sangue / Das Fleisch der Orchidee / UK: Flesh
of the Orchid / USA: Flesh and the Orchid (also
co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1978 Judith Therpauve (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
1983 L’Homme blessé / UK and USA: The Wounded
Man (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist)
1987 Hôtel de France (also co-screenwriter, coadapter)
1991 Contre l’Oubli / Ecrire contre l’Oubli / Against
Oblivion / USA: Lest We Forget (documentary;
co-director only)
1994 La Reine Margot / La Regina Margot / Die
Batholomäusnacht / USA: Queen Margot (also
co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist;
1998
France / Italy / Germany)
Ceux qui m’aiment prendront le Train / USA:
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2001 Intimité / Intimacy / Intimidad (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / UK /
Spain / Germany)
2003 Son frère (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2005 Gabrielle / Gabrielle—Liebe meines Lebens (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Germany
/ Italy)
Television Filmography
1985 La Fausse Suivante
1992 Le Temps et la Chambre
1994 Wozzeck
1996 Dans la Solitude des Champs de Coton
CHERVIER, JEAN-JULIEN (July 14, 1971, St-
Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France–)
Before studying cinema at the University of the
Sorbonne, he directed video and Super-8 amateur
fi lms in his adolescence. He worked for several
years as a reader and script doctor for the Arte
TV channel.
Filmography
1998 La Prière de l’Ecolier (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2000 Du Poil sous les Roses / US festival title: Hair
Under the Roses (co-screenwriter, co-director
with Agnès Obadia; France / Luxembourg)
2003 Crapauds morts d’Amour (DVD short)
2005 Le Temps des Cerises (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
Television Filmography
2005 10 Minutes pour refaire le Monde (short; episode
“Le Temps des Cerises”)
CHESNAIS, PATRICK (March 18, 1946, La
Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
Having trained at the Conservatoire with René Simon
and Lise Delamare as teachers, in 1968 he earned his
fi rst prize of comedy. From 1974 (Les Naufragés de
l’Île de la Tortue, Jacques Rozier, released in 1976) to
2008 (Toutes les Filles pleurent, Judith Godrèche), he
played in almost ninety movies.
Filmography
2001 Charmant Garçon (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
actor)
2004 Face ou Pile (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
2004 Bien Agités! (also actor)
CHEVALIER, PIERRE • 213
CHEVALIER, GILLES
A former actor (1973 Les Grands Sentiments font les
bons Gueuletons, Michel Berny, shot in 1971; 1975 La
Rage aux Poings / USA: Raging Fists, Eric Le Hung, shot
in 1973), he completed his apprenticeship as fi rst
assistant director (1985 Des Terroristes à la Retraite,
documentary, Mosco Boucault; 1996 L’Enfant sage, TV;
Fabrice Cazeneuve, France / Belgium / Portugal).
Filmography
1983 Le Spectacle (short)
2001 Tu ne marcheras jamais seul (also co-screenwriter;
France / Romania)
CHEVALIER, PIERRE (March 23, 1915, Orbec,
Calvados, France–)
An assistant director for ten years (1945 Peloton
d’Exécution, André Berthomieu; 1946 Monsieur chasse,