Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

254 • CORSINI, CATHERINE
He directed video clips before fi lming his fi rst short.
Other credits (as producer): 1999 Premières Neiges
(TV movie, Gaël Morel); 2002 Féroce (Gilles de Maistre,
shot in 1999–2000); Squash (short, Lionel Bailliu);
(as second unit director): 2002 Nids de Guêpes
(Florent-Emilio Siri, shot in 2001).
Filmography
1992 Le Temps d’une Nuit (short)
1997 Bouge! (also adapter)
1998 Folle d’elle
2006 Les Brigades du Tigre
Television Filmography
1995 Aphrodisia / Secrets de Femmes (episodes “Rêve
de Jade,” “Confession d’Avril”)
1998 Le Chant de l’Homme mort (also co-screenwriter)
2002 Koan (also screenwriter)
2003 Dissonances (also co-screenwriter, executive
producer)
2004 Les Jumeaux oubliés
2007 Les Cerfs-volants (France / Belgium)
CORSINI, CATHERINE (May 18, 1956, Dreux,
Eure-et-Loir, France–)
Intending to become an actress, she enrolled in the
University of Censier’s theatrical department and
then studied at the Conservatory with such teachers
as Antoine Vitez and Michel Bouquet. She performed
onstage and in fi lms (1993 L’Exposé, short, Ismaël
Ferroukhi; 1999 A Mort la Mort!, as herself, Romain
Goupil; 2006 De Particulier à Particulier / UK: Hotel
Harabati, Brice Cauvin). Besides her movies, she cowrote
A toute Vitesse / USA: Full Speed (Gaël Morel,
1996) and authored the original screenplay of Nés en
68 (Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau, 2008).
Filmography
1983 La Mésange (short; also screenwriter)
1984 Ballades (short; also screenwriter)
1986 Nuits de Chine (short; also screenwriter)
1988 Poker (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor; shot
in 1986–1987)
1994 Les Amoureux (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1999 La Nouvelle Eve / A nova Eva / UK and USA: The
New Eve (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
France / Portugal)
2001 Pas d’Histoires! (short; segment “Mohammed”)
La Répétition (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2003 Mariées mais pas trop (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Belgium)
2006 Les Ambitieux (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
2009 Partir (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
1991 Haute Tension (episode “Fatale Obsession”;
shot in 1989)
1992 Interdit d’Amour (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1996 Jeunesse sans Dieu (France / Belgium)
1998 Denis (also co-screenwriter)
CORTAL, JACQUES
Trained as an actor at the Conservatoire National
d’Art Dramatique de Paris with Antoine Vitez and
Georges Chamarat as teachers, parallel to his acting
career (1974 La Main à Couper / Cadavere di troppo /
USA: Bloody Murder, Etienne Périer, France / Italy), he
started writing as co-screenwriter for fi lms (1981
Une Sale Affaire, also co-adapter, co-dialogist; 1990 La
Femme fardée, José Pinheiro) and then for TV (1990
Eurocops / Eurofl ics, episode “Ligne d’Enfer,” Gérard
Gozlan, Italy / Spain / France / UK / Germany /
Austria / Switzerland; Eurocops / Eurofl ics, episode
“Secret-Défense,” Franck Apprederis, Italy / Spain /
France / UK / Germany / Austria / Switzerland; 1991
Rio Verde / Die Abenteuer vom Rio Verde, TV miniseries,
Jean-Louis Daniel, Patrick Jamain, Duccio Tessari,
France / West Germany; Eurocops / Eurofl ics, episode
“Les Malfaisants,” Franck Apprederis, Italy / Spain
/ France / UK / Germany / Austria / Switzerland;
1992 Maigret et les Plaisirs de la Nuit, José Pinheiro,
France / Belgium / Switzerland; 2003 L’Aubaine, Aline
Issermann).
Filmography
1982 Le Dernier Jour (short; also co-screenwriter)
2003 Quand je vois le Soleil (also screenwriter, coproducer)
Television Filmography
1992 Papa et rien d’autre (also screenwriter)
1995 La Musique de l’Amour: Robert et Clara
Les Cordier, Juge et Flic (episode “Une Mort
Programmée”)