Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Litvak, Germany; Le Dernier Choc, as co-screenwriter,
Jacques de Baroncelli; Faut-il les marier?, as adapter,
dialogist, French-language version of Carl Lamac’s
Die grausame Freundin, Germany; Le Roi des Palaces,
as co-screenwriter, Carmine Gallone, Niebla, as coscreenwriter,
Benito Perojo; 1935 Itto, lyrics only, Jean
Benoît-Lévy, Marie Epstein; 1938 Education de Prince,
as co-screenwriter, Alexandre Esway; Le Révolté, as coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist, Robert Bibal, Léon Mathot;
1939 Le Monde tremblera / La Révolte des Vivants / USA:
The World Will Shake, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
dialogist, Richard Pottier; Le Duel, as co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, Pierre Fresnay; 1941 Le Dernier des Six,
as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Georges Lacombe;
1942 Les Inconnus dans la Maison / USA: Strangers in the
House, as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Henri Decoin).
After fi lming several French-language versions
in Berlin, he directed his fi rst personal feature fi lm in
1941 (L’Assassin habite au 21). An author of radio and
theatrical plays, he also wrote a novel (1951 Le Cheval
des Dieux, Editions Julliard).
Filmography
1931 La Terreur des Batignolles (short)
1933 Caprice de Princesse (also co-screenwriter, lyricist;
French-language version of Karl Hartl’s
Ihre Durchlaucht, die Verkäuferin; Germany /
France)
Châteaux de Rêve (also dialogist; Frenchlanguage
version of Geza von Bolvary’s Das
Schloss im Süden; Germany / France)
Tout pour l’Amour (also co-dialogist; French-language
version of Ein Lied für Dich; Germany)
1942 L’Assassin habite au 21 / UK and USA: The
Murderer Lives at Number 21 (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, dialogist)
1943 Le Corbeau / UK and USA: The Raven (also
co-dialogist)
1947 Quai des Orfèvres / UK and USA: Jenny Lamour
/ USA: Quay of the Goldsmiths (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, dialogist)
1949 Manon (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist)
Retour à la Vie (also co-screenwriter, codialogist;
segment “Le Retour de Jean”)
1950 Le Voyage en Brésil (unfi nished)
Miquette et sa Mère / Miquette (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, dialogist)
1953 Le Salaire de la Peur / Vite vendute / Il salario
della paura / USA: The Wages of Fear (also
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screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, delegate producer;
France / Italy; shot in 1951)
1955 Les Diaboliques / UK: The Fiends / USA: Diabolique
/ US TV: The Devils (also screenwriter,
adapter, producer)
1956 Le Mystère Picasso / UK and USA: The Mystery
of Picasso (documentary; also screenwriter,
producer, actor, editor)
1957 Les Espions / Le spie / UK and USA: The Spies
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist,
producer; France / Italy)
1960 La Vérité / La verità / UK and USA: The Truth
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist;
France / Italy)
1964 L’Enfer (unfi nished)
1967 Messa da requiem von Giuseppe Verdi (documentary;
Italy / West Germany)
1968 La Prisonnière / La prigioniera / UK: Female
Prisoner / USA: Woman in Chains (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist; France / Italy)
CLUZAUD, JACQUES (March 19, 1953, Angers,
Maine-et-Loire, France–)
After completing his law studies at the University of
Angers in 1979, he attended cinema courses at the
University of Paris VIII. From 1980 to 1991, he was
fi rst assistant director (1985 Série noire, TV series,
episode “La Lune d’Omaha,” Jean Marboeuf; 1986
Vaudeville, Jean Marboeuf, shot in 1984–1985; Flagrant
Désir / USA: A Certain Desire / US TV: Trade Secrets,
Claude Faraldo; Grand Guignol, Jean Marboeuf; 1988
Corentin ou Les Infortunes conjugales, Jean Marboeuf;
1989 Bille en tête, Carlo Cotti; 1991 On peut toujours
rêver, Pierre Richard; 1992 Indochine, Régis Wargnier;
2000 Lumumba, Raoul Peck, France / Belgium / Germany
/ Haiti). He directed his fi rst short in 1984.
From 1992 to 1998, he shot special format fi lms (water
screen, interactive inlaying, giant video wall made
of 850 monitors) and documentaries (Réfl exions en
3D, 3D Safari, De Pétain à Vichy, Les Garifunas) for
Poitiers Futuroscope.
Filmography
1984 Abîme (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1986 Joseph M. (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2001 Le Peuple migrateur / Il popolo migratore /
Nomaden der Lüfte / Das Geheimnis der Zugvögel
/ Nomadas del viento / USA: Winged
Migration (co-director with Michel Debats