Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

CIEPKA, EMMANUEL (1950, France–)
After directing two feature fi lms and a documentary,
he became a photographer in the early 1990s.
Filmography
1975 La petite gare (also screenwriter)
1982 Eva sur Paysage ordinaire
1983 L’Amour sacré, l’Amour profane (documentary)
CITTI, CHRISTINE (1962, Paris, France–)
Born to physicist parents, she was trained as a classical
dancer at age fi fteen with Monique Capdevielle
and Daniel Franck. From 1982 to 1984, she attended
Patrice Chéreau’s school at the Théâtre des Amandiers.
A stage, TV, and fi lm actress (more than twenty
movies from 1981 Le Voyage d’Hiver, short, Fred de
Fooko, to 2008 J’te souhaite au Revoir, Guillaume
Laurant), she directed a couple of feature fi lms. Her
brother is actor Marc Citti.
Filmography
1991 Le Bateau de Lu (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1993 Rupture(s) (also screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist)
CIVANYAN, ERIC (July 22, 1960, Paris, France–)
Having trained as an actor at the Conservatoire
National d’Art Dramatique of Paris (1980–1983), he
started out as a stage director (Choderlos de Laclos’s
The Dangerous Liaisons; Jean Anouilh’s Antigone
. . .). Parallel to his theatrical activities and his directing
work, he played in fi lms (1981 Le Bahut va craquer
/ USA: Schools Falling Apart, Michel Nerval; 1982 Les
Chômeurs en Folie, Georges Cachoux; 1983 Circulez
y’a rien à voir, Patrice Leconte; 1985 Le Téléphone
sonne toujours deux Fois, Jean-Pierre Vergne; Le Gaffeur,
Serge Pénard; 1998 Lautrec / Toulouse-Lautrec, Roger
Planchon, France / Spain; 2000 Stardom / Stardom—Le
Culte des Célébrités, Denys Arcand, Canada / France;
2002 Monsieur Batignole, Gérard Jugnot) and on TV
(1982 Au Théâtre ce Soir, episode “Le Caveau de Famille,”
Pierre Sabbagh; 1991 C’est quoi ce petit Boulot?,
4 90', Michel Berny and Gianluigi Polidoro, France
/ Italy; 1993 Colis d’Oseille, Yves Lafaye; 1999 Les Complices,
Serge Moati; Avocats et Associés, episode “Duel
au Palais,” Philippe Triboit; 2004 B.R.I.G.A.D., episode
“Dialogue de Sourds,” Marc Angelo).
CIVEYRAC, JEAN-PAUL • 223
Filmography
1999 Tout baigne!
2005 Il ne faut jurer . . . de rien! (also co-screenwriter)
2007 Demandez la Permission aux Enfants (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1994 Une Nounou pas comme les Autres
1995 Une Nana pas comme les Autres
Kopfjagd / Prise de Têtes (Germany / France)
1996 Hold-up en l’Air
Les Tiers-Mondains (unreleased)
2001 Les Désirs sauvages de mon Mari m’ont Presque
rendue folle
2003 Madame Doubtfi re
2005 Un Beau Salaud
CIVEYRAC, JEAN-PAUL (December 24, 1964,
Firminy, Loire, France–)
From 1982 to 1986, he studied philosophy at the
University of Lyon 3. Having graduated with a bachelor’s
degree and a master’s degree (his master’s
thesis was on opera fi lm), he taught philosophy at
the Autun military high school after his military
service. In 1987, he entered the Femis (directing
section). After graduating in 1991, he directed a play
(Pierre-Erwan Guillaume’s Somnambules) and then a
documentary short. Other credit (as himself): 2004
Anges 1943, Histoire d’un Film (documentary, short,
Anne Wiazemsky).
Filmography
1990 La Femme sotte (short)
1991 La Vie selon Luc (short; also screenwriter)
1992 L’Horizon (documentary; short)
1997 Ni d’Eve ni d’Adam (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
2000 Les Solitaires (also co-screenwriter)
2002 Fantômes (also screenwriter)
Le Doux Amour des Hommes (also screenwriter)
2003 Toutes ces belles Promesses (co-director with
Valérie Crunchant; also screenwriter; France
/ Belgium)
2004 Tristesse beau Visage (short; also screenwriter)
2005 A travers la Forêt (also screenwriter)