Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Television Filmography
1994 Temps présent (episode “Le Cinéma Pop
Corn”; Switzerland)
La Petite Histoire du Jour (forty-fi ve shorts;
Switzerland)
1995 Temps présent (episode “A la Recherche du
Röstigraben”; Switzerland)
1996 Viva (episode “Les Voltigeurs du Rêve”; Switzerland)
1997 Viva (episode “Small Is Beautiful”; Switzerland)
Temps present (episode “Les Vieux ont-ils des
Têtes à Claques”; Switzerland)
1998 Temps présent (episode “Des Vies après la
Mort”; Switzerland)
Voilà (DRS) (episode “Par les Chemins”; Switzerland)
Passe-moi les Jumelles (episode “La Face cachée
de Bertrand P.”; Switzerland)
Passe-moi les Jumelles (episode “Le Secret
d’Anzeindaz”; Switzerland)
1999 Passe-moi les Jumelles (episode “Le Berger, le
Chanoine et le Loup”; Switzerland)
Temps présent (episode “Lili, Gardienne de
Prison”; Switzerland)
2000 Histoires de Fêtes (co-director; segment
“L’Echarpe rouge”; Switzerland)
2001 Passe-moi les Jumelles (episode “Les Chalets
d’Antoine”; Switzerland)
2003 Les Grands Entretiens (episode “Christophe
Gallaz”; Switzerland)
2004 Les Grands Entretiens (episode “Raymond Vouillamoz”;
Switzerland)
2005 Passe-moi les Jumelles (episode “Louis le Sage”;
Switzerland)
2006 Elle n’est pas belle la Vie? (episode “Gérald
Metroz”; Switzerland)
AMOUREUX, YVES (August 14, 1951, Bellegarde,
Ain, France–)
A former assistant director to Otto Preminger (1975
Rosebud, USA), Joseph Losey (1975 The Romantic
Englishwoman / Une Anglaise romantique, UK / France),
Herbert Ross (1980 Nijinsky, USA), Bryan Forbes
(1982 Better Late Than Never, UK), Blake Edwards
(1983 Curse of the Pink Panther, UK / USA), and a few
French fi lmmakers (1977 Rendez-vous en noir, 6
52' TV series, Claude Grinberg; 1981 Fifty-Fifty, Pascal
Vidal, shot in 1979; 1982 Les Jocondes, Jean-Daniel Pillault;
1984 Gwendoline / The Perils of Gwendoline / USA:
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The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak, Just
Jaeckin), he directed shorts fi rst then a play (1985
Danger d’Amour), a feature fi lm, and several musical
videos (from 1990). He also appeared in La Nuit Porte-
Jarretelles (Virginie Thévenet, 1985).
Filmography
1982 Pour l’Amour des Femmes (short)
Mirabelle ou L’Eté du Pingouin (short)
Marie (short)
1983 Les Chevaux de Glace (short)
1984 J.P.K. Unlimited (short)
1987 Le Beauf (also co-screenwriter)
1999 Le Double de ma Moitié
Television Filmography
1990 De Mémoire de Rose
1994 Match
1995 Les Cordier, Juge et Flic (episode “Un Garçon
mystérieux”)
Théo la Tendresse (TV series)
1998 Les Cordier, Juge et Flic (episode “Un si joli
Témoin”)
Les B.R.A.V. (TV series)
AMSALEM, CRYSTEL (April 30, 1970, Neuilly-sur-
Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
Having graduated from La Sorbonne University with
a degree in Cinema (1990), she attended various acting
classes (1989–1990 The Real Stage, Ecole John
Strasberg, Paris; 1990–1991 USCB—Santa Barbara
University, California; 1991–1994 Stage acting with
Jack Waltzer, Paris; FACT – Franco American Cinéma
et Théâtre, Paris, a training course with Susan Batson,
Paris). She played supporting roles in a couple of
movies (1994 Neuf Mois, Patrick Braoudé; 1996 Coup
de Vice, Patrick Lévy) before directing a video clip
(Seul Max le fait, 1997) and a feature fi lm.
Filmography
1991 The Bicycle Thief (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
Another Girl (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1994 Les Copines (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1996 Rebecca (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2001 Rien à cacher (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2005 Quand les Anges s’en mêlent . . . (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2009 Les Prince de la Nuit (co-director with Patrick
Lévy)