Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Jacques et ses Amis (medium-length)
Meute et Kangourous . . . (medium-length; also
adapter)
1941 Méphisto 41 (short)
1942 L’Art du Luthier (short)
1946 L’Assassin n’est pas coupable
1947 Gonzague (medium-length)
1949 Le Gros Bill (co-director with Jean-Yves Bigras;
Canada)
On ne triche pas avec la Vie / Docteur Louise /
UK: The Story of Dr. Louise (co-director with
Paul Vandenberghe; France / Canada)
1950 Ils ont Vingt Ans (also co-screenwriter)
1951 4 Heures du Matin (medium-length)
1952 Le Rossignol et les Cloches (Canada)
1953 Tit Coq (co-director with Gratien Gélinas;
Canada)
Cœur de Maman (Canada)
1958 Le Tombeur (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
DELAHAYE, BRUNO (April 11, 1966, Mont-de-
Marsan, Landes, France–)
Mostly a casting director (since 1990), he made his
directing debut in 1997.
Filmography
1997 Coup double (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2003 Livraison à Domicile (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
casting director)
Television Filmography
1999 Hôtel de Charme
Week-End haute Sécurité
DELAMARRE, JEAN-NOËL (December 19, 1942,
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
A pupil of painter Robert Lapoujade, he exhibited his
fi rst works in the early 1960s. He was an assistant
director to Lapoujade on shorts (1961–1968) and
feature fi lms (1968 Le Socrate, shot in 1966; 1973 Le
Sourire vertical) and to Jean Rollin (1971 Vierges et
Vampires / Requiem pour un Vampire / UK: Caged Vampires
/ USA: Caged Virgins / Virgins and Vampires; 1973
La Rose de Fer / La Nuit du Cimetière / UK and USA:
The Iron Rose; 2002 La Fiancée de Dracula). While creating
and managing an animation studio and working
as a title designer for movies (1967–1977), he began
directing fi lms.
Filmography
1966– Don Cherry (short; co-director with Philippe
1973 Gras)
1971 Liberta, Agent spatial anti-Mythe (short; codirector
with Philippe Gras)
L’Espace apprivoisé (short)
1972 Les Visions de Marcuse le Pirate (short)
1975 Le Printemps est toujours dans mon Village
(shot on Super-8)
1977 Cauchemar blanc (short)
1980 Saloperie de Rock N’Roll (three movies: Deux
“Rock Frite” saignants, Rock Coeur de Lyon,
Ballade Rock; also delegate producer, cocinematographer,
co-editor)
DELANJEAC, PIERRE (1944, France–)
Filmography
1967 Pour des Fusils perdus
DELANNOY, GILLES • 297
DELANNOY, GILLES (January 7, 1953, Paris,
France–)
From 1976 to 1982, he was an editor of TV programs
and TV movies for French channels TF1,
Antenne 2, and FR3. He co-founded and ran two
production companies (Highway Television in 1994
and Dream Way Productions in 2000) that fi nanced
documentaries.
Filmography
1983 Boxer Thaï (short)
Féminin Triceps (short)
Les Voitures du Silence (short)
Le Berger de la Montagne noire (short)
1984 La France interdite / US video: French Prohibition
(documentary; co-director with Jean-Pierre
Garnier, Jean-Pierre Imbrohoris)
1986 Carré blanc (co-director with Isabelle Pierson,
Michel Campioli; France / Canada)
1994 Jour J (documentary; short)
1995 La Libération de Paris (documentary; short)
Television Filmography
1983 Le Grand Sillon (documentary; mediumlength)
1984 Great Days of the Century (documentary; codirector
with Georges Alépée)
1985– Les Grands Jours du Siècle (documen-
1990 tary; medium-length; episodes “La Légende
du Siècle,” “Kennedy,” “Mao,” “Les