Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

14 • AMEUR-ZAÏMÈCHE, RABAH
1999 Mauvaises Fréquentations (also co-screenwriter)
2001 C’est la Vie (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
2004 Poids léger (also screenwriter, dialogist; France
/ Belgium)
2006 Je m’appelle Elisabeth (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1991 Après la Frontière (documentary; short)
Une Vie nouvelle (documentary; short)
1994 Le Braqueur solitaire
1995 Les Mystères du premier Film (documentary)
Le Voyage des Cinéastes (medium-length; documentary)
1997 Madame Buvois—Hôtel Bellevue
1998 L’Amour à Vif
2007 Maman est folle (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
AMEUR-ZAÏMÈCHE, RABAH (1966, Béni-Zid,
Algeria–)
In France since 1968, he grew up at Montfermeil, a
Paris suburb. After studying social sciences, he founded
his own production company, Sarrazink Productions,
and directed his fi rst feature fi lm two years later.
Filmography
2001 Wesh, Wesh, qu’est-ce qui se passe? (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist, producer, actor)
2006 Bled Number One (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
producer, actor)
2008 Dernier Maquis (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
actor; France / Algeria)
AMIGORENA, SANTIAGO (February 15, 1962,
Buenos Aires, Argentina–)
The son of a psychoanalyst father, he grew up in
Argentina. then in Uruguay, before moving with his
family to France in 1973. After studying history of
art, philosophy, and literature, he wrote a screenplay,
Ecume de Lune, that will be never shot, but several
directors read it, including Alain Resnais and Robert
Bresson. Producer Philippe Diaz, guessing the talent
of the young author, commisioned him the writing
of a feature fi lm (1990 Jean Galmot Aventurier, Alain
Maline). He already co-wrote a short (1989 La Jalousie,
Christophe Loizillon). From Samba Traoré (Idrissa
Ouedraogo, France / Switzerland, 1992) to the feature
fi lm he directed (Quelques Jours en Septembre,
2006), he co-authored about twenty screenplays.
Filmography
2006 Quelques Jours en Septembre / Alcuni giorni in
settembre / Alguns dias em setembro (also screenwriter,
dialogist, France / Italy / Portugal)
AMIGUET, JEAN-FRANÇOIS (March 31, 1950,
Vevey, Switzerland–)
After graduating from Lausanne University with a
degree in political science, he turned to cinema,
working fi rst as a technician, notably with Swiss
directors Alain Tanner, Marcel Schüpbach, and Yves
Yersin. His fi rst fi lms were documentary shorts. In
1991, he founded with Bertrand Liechti a production
company, Zagora Films S.A. Genève. Co-creator
of the Vaudoise Foundation for the Cinema and of
the ARC (Association Romande pour le Cinéma),
he authored a book (1995 Freddy Buache: derrière
l’Ecrans—Entretiens avec Christophe Gallaz et Jean-
François Amiguet, Editions Payot, Lausanne, Switzerland).
In 2006, he directed for the stage a play written
by Marguerite Duras (La Musica).
Filmography
1971 Petit Film ordinaire (documentary; short; also
screenwriter; Switzerland)
1973 Prolongation (docu-fi ction; short; also screenwriter;
Switzerland)
1977 Le Gaz des Champs (documentary; short; also
screenwriter; Switzerland)
1978 La Jacinthe d’Eau (documentary; short; also
screenwriter; Switzerland)
1983 Alexandre (also co-screenwriter, producer;
Switzerland)
1985 Au 10 Août (documentary; Switzerland)
1988 La Méridienne (also co-screenwriter; France /
Switzerland)
1989 L’Histoire du Cinema suisse (archives; Switzerland)
1991 Le Film du Cinéma suisse (documentary; codirector)
1993 L’Ecrivain public
1997 Cinq Corners Penalty (documentary; Switzerland)
2000 L’Echarpe rouge (short; Switzerland)
2003 Au Sud des Nuages (also co-screenwriter, codialogist;
Switzerland / France)
2005 Entre Ciel et Terre (documentary; short; Switzerland)
2007 La Morsure du Citron (short; Switzerland)