Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

292 • DECASTER, LUC
“La Société du Spectacle” (documentary; short;
also screenwriter, voice, editor)
1981 In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni (also
screenwriter; shot in 1978)
DECASTER, LUC (October 21, 1943, Paris,
France–)
He grew up in Saint-Nazaire and began his working
life as an industrial drawer, then history teacher
(1976), and fi nally documentary director.
Filmography
1997 La Vie en Vert (documentary)
1998 Tête de File (documentary; short; also screenwriter)
2002 Rêve d’Usine (documentary; also screenwriter)
DECAUX-THOMELET, FRANÇOISE
After her theatrical and cinematographic studies, she
notably authored and directed several plays with her
company, the Compagnie du Crocodile (Tonton Gégé:
j’joue plus!; Les Mitoumiriens; Débordé par la Base; Le
Chevalier de l’Eau; Acné juvénile et la Banane magique;
Les Mystères des Pruneaux males et Fils). She is also a
teacher at the University of Paris VIII (theater department).
Filmography
1986 Les Rances (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1987 Nora ou le nouveau Pauvre (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1988 La Salle des Pas perdus (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1990 La Grosse (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1996 L’@mour est à réinventer, dix Histoires d’Amours
au temps du Sida (segment “Enceinte ou Lesbienne”)
2001 Du côté des Filles (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist; shot in 1999)
Television Filmography
1995 Tango, Mambo et Cha-Cha-Cha (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1996 La Taupe
1998 Le Feu sous la Glace (also screenwriter, dialogist)
DECOIN, HENRI (March 18, 1890, Paris, France–July
5, 1969, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France)
A fi rst-rate athlete, he took part in the 1912 Olympic
Games as a member of the French swimming
team. After serving as an airman during World War
I, he started a career in sports journalism, writing
articles for L’Auto, L’Intransigeant, and Paris-Soir.
He authored a novel, Quinze Combats, and several
plays (Hector; Normandie; Le Téméraire; Jeux dangereux).
A fi lm director since 1931, he also worked
as co-screenwriter (1925 Le Roi de la Pédale, also
co-author of original novel, Maurice Champreux;
Le P’tit Parigot, René Le Somptier; 1936 Port-Arthur
/ USA: I Give My Life, French-language version of
Nickolas Farkas’s Port Arthur, Nicolas Farkas, Germany;
1949 Portrait d’un Assassin, Bernard-Roland);
screenwriter (1928 La Ronde infernale, Luitz-Morat;
1931 Le Chanteur inconnu, Victor Tourjansky; 1942
Annette et la Dame blonde also adapter, Jean Dréville;
1947 Capitaine Blomet, also co-adapter, Andrée Feix);
screenwriter, adapter, and dialogist (1931 Un Soir de
Rafl e / USA: Dragnet Night, Carmine Gallone; 1932 Le
Chant du Marin, Carmine Gallone; Hôtel des Etudiants,
Victor Tourjansky; 1934 Roi de Camargue, Jacques de
Baroncelli; Poliche, Abel Gance); co-adapter (1931
Son Altesse l’Amour, French-language version of Joe
May’s Ihre Majestät die Liebe, Erich Schmidt, Robert
Péguy, Germany; 1938 Katia, as co-dialogist, Maurice
Tourneur); dialogist (1932 L’Homme qui ne sait pas
dire non, French-language version of Heinz Hilpert’s
Ich will Dich Liebe lehren, Germany; 1951 Boîte de Nuit
/ USA: Hotbed of Sin, Alfred Rode); adapter and dialogist
(1932 Je vous aimerai toujours, French-language
version of Mario Camerini’s T’amero sempre, Mario
Camerini, Italy; 1934 L’Or dans la Rue, Kurt Bernhardt;
1951 Avalanche, Raymond Ségard); fi lm supervisor
(1935 J’aime toutes les Femmes, French-language version
of Carl Lamac’s Ich liebe alle Frauen, Carl Lamac,
Germany); technical adviser (1942 Le Grand Combat,
also co-adapter, dialogist, Bernard-Roland); and technical
and artistic consultant (1946 Il suffi t d’une Foi,
Andrée Feix). He appeared in archives included in a
documentary (1997 Ombre & Lumière: Henri Decoin,
Cinéaste, Hubert Niogret). From 1927 to 1933, he
was married to actress Blanche Montel (1902–1998)
and from 1935 to 1941 to actress Danielle Darrieux
(b. 1917). His son is novelist and screenwriter Didier
Decoin (b. 1945).
Filmography
1931 A bas les Hommes (short; also screenwriter)
1933 Les Bleus du Ciel (also screenwriter, dialogist)