Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

294 • DECOURT, JEAN-PIERRE
Nick Carter va tout casser / Nick Carter non perdona
/ USA: License to Kill (France / Italy)
DECOURT, JEAN-PIERRE (February 4, 1927,
Paris, France–November 27, 2002, Sainte-Maxime,
Var, France)
A former assistant director to Maurice Dekobra,
Raymond Bernard, Maurice Cloche, Christian Stengel,
and François Campaux, he made his directing fi lm debut
in 1956 and was known mainly as a TV director.
Filmography
1956 Le Ciel par-dessus le Toit (short; also screenwriter)
1959 Le Plein . . . s’il vous plaît (short)
1969 Les Aventures de Lagardère
1970 Docteur Caraïbe (also adapter)
Television Filmography
1964 Rocambole (52 15' fi rst season: episode
“L’Héritage mystérieux”; 26 15' second
season: Rocambole chez les Thugs; also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter)
1965 Rocambole (third season: episode “La Belle Jardinière”;
also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
Le Théâtre de la Jeunesse (episode “Le Chefd’œuvre
de Vaucanson”)
Gaspard des Montagnes
1966 Le Chevalier d’Harmental (10 13')
Une Fille du Régent (10 13'; also screenwriter)
1967 L’Amateur ou S.O.S. Fernand (episodes “Le
Somnambule,” “La Valise”)
Lagardère / Les Aventures de Lagardère (6
52')
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (episode “Voies de
Fait”)
1968 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“Signé Picpus”)
1971 Schulmeister, Espion de l’Empereur (13 52':
episodes “Le Maître d’Ecole,” “Le Petit Matelot,”
“Schulmeister contre Schulmeister,”
“Au Pays de l’Eau tranquille,” “Les Lys blancs,”
“La Conspiration Malet,” “Un Village sans
Importance,” “La Dame de Vienne,” “L’Affaire
Adams,” “Un Coup pour rien,” “L’Espion du
Tsar,” “Avant les Cent Jours,” two parts; also
original idea)
Arsène Lupin (episodes “Le Bouchon de Cristal,”
“Victor de la Brigade mondaine,” “Arsène
Lupin contre Herlock Sholmes,” “L’Arrestation
d’Arsène Lupin,” “L’agence Barnett”; France /
Canada / Switzerland / Italy / Austria / Netherlands
/ Belgium / West Germany)
1972 Les Evasions célèbres (episodes “Le Comte de
la Valette,” “Latude ou l’Entêtement de vivre”;
France / Italy / Hungary / Austria / Belgium)
La Feuille d’Erable (39 60'; co-director only;
France / Canada / Switzerland / Belgium)
1973 Docteur Caraïbes (TV series; also adapter; shot
in 1969)
Les Aventures du capitaine Lückner / Cap sur
l’Aventure / Trois Mâts pour l’Aventure / Graf
Luckner (13 26'; co-director only; France /
West Germany)
Arsène Lupin (episode “Arsène Lupin prend
des Vacances”; France / Canada / Switzerland
/ Italy / Austria / Netherlands / Belgium / West
Germany)
1974 Les Grands Détectives (episode “Le Signe des
Quatre” / “Das Zeichen der Vier”; France /
West Germany)
1975 Michel Strogoff / Michael Strogoff (4 90';
France / Austria / Switzerland / West Germany)
1977 Le Loup blanc (also co-screenwriter)
1978 Les Grandes Conjurations (episode “Le Connétable
de Bourbon”)
Kidnapped / Les Aventures de David Balfour / Die
Abenteuer des David Balfour (13 30'; France
/ West Germany)
1979 Mathias Sandorf / Sandor Matyas (8 45';
France / Hungary)
1982 L’Adieu aux As (TV series; France / West Germany
/ Switzerland / Belgium / Morocco)
1983 Julien Fontanes, Magistrat (episode “Perpète”)
1984 Série Noire (episode “Sa Majesté le Flic”; also
co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy /
Switzerland / Luxembourg / Hungary)
1985 Opération O.P.E.N. (12 52'; co-director
only)
1986 Julien Fontanes, Magistrat (episode “Les Nerfs
en Pelote”)
DECOUT, BOB
A former journalist, he created the monthly magazine
Actuel before writing songs for himself and such
singers as Johnny Hallyday and Catherine Lara. He
directed video clips and two feature fi lms. Other