Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

La Voleuse de Londres
La Sonate à Kreutzer
1975 Pas de Frontières pour l’Inspecteur (episode “Le
Bouc émissaire”)
1976 La Poupée sanglante (4 110')
1977 La Lettre écarlate
Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“L’Amie de Madame Maigret”)
1978 Les Grandes Conjurations (episode “La Guerre
des Trois Henri”)
Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“Maigret et le Tueur”)
1979 L’Île aux Trente Cercueils / USA: Coffi n Island /
The Island of the 30 Coffi ns (3 100')
1980 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“Le Charretier de la providence”)
1981 Le Roman du Samedi (episode “Mémoires de
Deux jeunes Mariés”)
Ursule Mirouët
CRÉCY, HÉLÈNE DE
After completing her studies in philosophy at the
Ecole Normale Supérieure, she earned a diploma in
sexology and public health. She shot documentaries
for TV and cinema and a fi ction short.
Filmography
2001 La Girafe (short; also screenwriter)
2006 La Consultation (documentary; also screenwriter)
Television Filmography
2001 Désirs d’Amour (documentary)
2004 Secrets d’Hommes, la Vie ou la Prostate (documentary)
CRESTÉ, RENÉ (December 5, 1881, Paris, France–
November 30, 1922, Paris, France)
A stage performer since 1901, he made his fi lm debut in
1910 (La Chatte métamorphosée en Femme, short, Michel
Carré) and played in about thirty fi lms until his death.
His name is linked to Louis Feuillade, and he remains
best remembered for his portrayal of Judex (1916
Judex, twelve episodes; 1917 La Nouvelle Mission de
Judex / USA: The New Mission of Judex, twelve episodes).
In 1918, he created his own production company,
Les Films René Cresté. Unfortunately, the movies he
produced, directed, and performed were commercial
failures, and he tried to earn a living running a movie
theater (Le Cocorico) and playing the role of Judex in a
CRÈVECOEUR, DOMINIQUE • 271
show at the Gaîté-Rochechouart. He was ruined when
he died of tuberculosis at age forty.
Filmography
1919 Le Château du Silence (also producer, actor)
1921 L’Aventure de René (also producer, actor)
1922 Un Coup de Tête (also producer, actor)
CRETON, PIERRE (December 21, 1966, France–)
He studied at the Nice Beaux-Arts school and
graduated with a superior national diploma in plastic
art from the Havre Beaux-Arts school. He served
as assistant director (1988 Tous les Nuages sont des
Horloges, Raoul Ruiz, France / Italy; 1989 Derrière le
Mur, Raoul Ruiz; 2001 Les Bêtes, Ariane Doublet; 2003
Les Sucriers de Colleville, also assistant sound engineer,
Ariane Doublet; 2004 La Maison neuve, documentary,
Ariane Doublet). Parallel to his directing career, he
has worked as a farmworker since 1995.
Filmography
1994 Le Vicinal (short)
1999 L’Assujetti (short)
2002 La Vie après la Mort (short; also screenwriter,
cinematographer)
La Tournée (short; documentary; also screenwriter,
cinematographer)
Une Saison (short; also screenwriter, cinematographer,
sound engineer)
2005 Secteur 545 (documentary; also screenwriter,
actor as himself, co-editor)
Détour suivi de Jovan From Foula (short; codirector
with Vincent Barré)
2006 Voyage à Vézelay (short; also screenwriter, coeditor)
Paysage imposé (documentary)
L’Arc d’Iris—Souvenirs d’un Jardin (documentary;
short; co-director with Vincent Barré)
2008 Maniquerville, le Temps retrouvé (documentary)
CRÈVECOEUR, DOMINIQUE (December 21,
1947, Paris, France–)
She directed her fi rst short at age sixteen. In 1967,
she enrolled in the Nanterre Audiovisual Center and
failed the entrance examination for the IDHEC. An
editor mostly with Frédéric Rossif until 1978, she
founded a production company, Adria Films, which
fi nanced shorts. She worked as a unit production
manager (1976 Les Derniers beaux Jours, short, also
sound engineer, Jean-Yves Rondière) and produced