Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

250 • CONFORTÈS, CLAUDE
1998 Les Ecrivains du XXe Siècle (documentary;
episode “Jacques Audiberti”; also co-screenwriter)
1999 Domicile adoré (also co-screenwriter, codialogist;
France / Switzerland)
CONFORTÈS, CLAUDE (February 2, 1928, Saint-
Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France–)
After studying literature at the Sorbonne, he notably
worked as surveyor, journalist, and jazz singer. In
1958, he was hired as an actor by Jean Vilar at the
TNP. Also a playwright and stage director, he played
in fi lms (1959 Julie la Rousse / USA: Julie the Redhead,
Claude Boissol; 1960 Zazie dans le Métro / Zazie nel
metró / UK: Zazie, Louis Malle, France / Italy; La Famille
Fenouillard, Yves Robert; Le Couple, Jean-Pierre Mocky;
Fortunat / S.S. Operazione Fortunat, Alex Joffé, France
/ Italy; 1962 La Guerre des Boutons / USA: War of the
Buttons, Yves Robert; 1963 Ophélia, Claude Chabrol,
France / Italy; Carambolages, Marcel Bluwal; 1964 Paris
When It Sizzles!, Richard Quine, USA, shot in 1962;
Behold a Pale Horse, Fred Zinnemann, USA; Lucky Jo,
Michel Deville; La Chance et l’Amour / L’amore e la
chance, segment “La Chance du Guerrier,” Claude
Berri, France / Italy; 1967 Le Grand Dadais / Die Zeit
der Kirschen ist vorbei, Pierre Granier-Deferre, France
/ West Germany; 1969 Les Patates / USA: Potatoes,
Claude Autant-Lara; 1970 Le Cinéma de Papa, Claude
Berri; Les Choses de la Vie / L’Amante / USA: The Things
of Life / These Things Happen, Claude Sautet, France /
Italy; Nous n’irons plus au Bois / US video: We Will Not
Enter the Forest Anymore, Georges Dumoulin; 1975
Laberinto, short, Carlos Vélo; 1977 Diabolo Menthe
/ USA: Peppermint Soda, Diane Kurys; 1986 37°2 le
Matin / UK and USA: Betty Blue, Jean-Jacques Beineix;
1990 Le Dénommé, Jean-Claude Dague; 1993 Pas
d’Amour sans Amour!, Evelyne Dress) and on TV (1960
Hamlet, Claude Barma; Cyrano de Bergerac, Claude
Barma; 1961 Loin de Rueil, Claude Barma; 1964 Les
Cinq dernières Minutes, episode “Fenêtre sur Jardin,”
Claude Loursais; Six Personnages en Quête d’Auteur,
Jean Prat; 325000 Francs, Jean Prat; 1965 Le Dossier
Pyrénées, Jean-Paul Carrère; Le Théâtre de la Jeunesse,
episode “Le Sans-Souci ou Le Chef-d’œuvre deVaucanson,”
Jean-Pierre Decourt; Gaspard des Montagnes,
Jean-Pierre Decourt; 1966 Le Théâtre de la Jeunesse,
episode “La Clé des Cœurs,” Yves-André Hubert; Le
Théâtre de la Jeunesse, episode “Marie Curie,” Pierre
Badel; Le Chevalier d’Harmental, 10 13', Jean-Pierre
Decourt; Le Théâtre de la Jeunesse, episode “Les Deux
Nigauds,” René Lucot; 1967 Lagardère / Les Aventures
de Lagardère, 6 52', Jean-Pierre Decourt; Le Cercle
de Craie caucasien, Jean Prat; Les Cinq dernières Minutes,
episode “Voies de Fait,” Jean-Pierre Decourt; 1968 Les
Compagnons de Baal, 7 50', Pierre Prévert; 1972 Les
Six Hommes en Question, Abder Isker; 1973 Les Glaces,
Claude Dagues; 1974 Au Pays d’Eudoxie ou Le Satyre
de la Villette, Bernard d’Abrigeon; 1975 Le Marathon,
also screenwriter, dialogist, Jacques Audoir). Other
credits (as assistant director): 1962 Gigot (Gene Kelly,
USA); 1967 Le Vieil Homme et l’Enfant / UK: The Old
Man and the Boy / USA: The Two of Us (Claude Berri);
1969 L’Enfance nue / USA: Me / Naked Childhood (Maurice
Pialat); Le Corps de Diane / Telo Diany (Jean-Louis
Richard, France / Czechoslovakia); Mazel Tov ou Le
Mariage / UK and USA: Marry Me! Marry Me! (Claude
Berri); 1972 Sex Shop / Quello che già conosci del sesso
e non prendi più sul serio / USA: Le Sex Shop (Claude
Berri, France / Italy); 1976 La Première Fois / USA: The
First Time (Claude Berri).
Filmography
1970 Je ne suis pas simple (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1981 Le Roi des Cons (also co-screenwriter, coadapter)
1984 Vive les Femmes! (also screenwriter)
1986 Paulette, la pauvre petite Milliardaire (also
screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
1982 Le Changement (three shorts)
1988 Je ne veux pas mourir idiot
CONSTANT, JACQUES (Louis Joseph Léon Robillard
/ July 23, 1907, Paris, France–September 7, 1981,
Paris, France)
He entered fi lms as a screenwriter (1934 La Crise
est fi nie, as co-screenwriter, dialogist; 1935 Ferdinand
le Noceur, as screenwriter, adapter, René Sti; 1936
Jenny, as co-adapter, co-dialogist, Marcel Carné; 1937
Sarati le terrible, as screenwriter, adapter, André Hugon;
La Danseuse rouge / La Chèvre aux Pieds d’Or, as
screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Jean-Paul Paulin; Pépé
le Moko, as adapter, Julien Duvivier; Claudine à l’Ecole,
as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Serge de Poligny;
1938 La signora di Montecarlo / L’Inconnue de Monte-
Carlo, Mario Soldati, André Berthomieu, Italy / France;
Chéri-Bibi, as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Léon
Mathot; 1939 S.O.S. Sahara, as screenwriter, Jacques