Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

308 • DENIS, CLAIRE
Television Filmography
1980 La Naissance du Jour (also screenwriter, dialogist)
DENIS, CLAIRE (Claire Leboucq / April 21, 1946,
Paris, France–)
She grew up in Africa. Having graduated from the ID-
HEC in 1971, she directed a short on the Grand Magic
Circus. A second assistant director (1974 Sweet Movie,
Dusan Makavejev; Le Secret / Il segreto / UK and USA:
The Secret, Robert Enrico, France / Italy; Le Vieux Fusil /
Das alte Gewehr / Abschied in der Nacht / USA: The Old
Gun / Vengeance One by One, Robert Enrico, France /
West Germany) and then fi rst assistant director (1976
Sérail / USA: Surreal Estate, Eduardo De Gregorio;
1979 Un Neveu silencieux, originally shot for TV, Robert
Enrico, shot in 1976; Mais où est donc Ornicar?, also
actor, Bertrand Van Effenterre; Retour à la Bien-Aimée,
Jean-François Adam; Zoo Zéro, Alain Fleischer, shot in
1977; 1980 L’Empreinte des Géants / Giganten der Landstrasse,
Robert Enrico, France / West Germany; Pile ou
Face / UK and USA: Heads or Tails, Robert Enrico; 1981
On n’est pas des Anges . . . elles non plus, Michel Lang;
1982 La Passante du Sans-Souci / Die Spaziergängerin
von Sans-Souci / USA: The Passerby, Jacques Rouffi o,
France / West Germany; 1983 Hanna K, Costa-Gavras,
France / Israel; 1984 Paris, Texas, Wim Wenders, France
/ West Germany; To Catch a King, Clive Donner, USA;
1986 Down by Law / German TV: Down by Law—Alles
im Griff, Jim Jarmusch, USA / France; 1987 Der Himmel
über Berlin / Les Ailes du Désir / USA: Wings of Desire /
The Sky Above Berlin / The Sky over Berlin, Wim Wenders,
West Germany / France), she also worked as a coscreenwriter
(1987 Boléros et Mantilles, short, Hilton
McConnico; La Ville, short, Yousry Nasrallah) and played
in a few fi lms (1995 En avoir (ou pas) / UK and USA:
To Have (or Not), Laetitia Masson; 1998 Le Jour de Noël,
short, Thierry Jousse; 1999 Vénus Beauté (Institut) / UK:
Venus Beauty Salon / USA: Venus Beauty Institute, Tonie
Marshall; 2002 Une Pure Coïncidence, Romain Goupil).
Filmography
1969 15 Mai (short)
1988 Chocolat / Chocolat—Verbotene Sehnsucht (also
co-screenwriter; France / West Germany /
Cameroon)
1989 Man No Run (documentary)
1990 S’en fout la Mort / Scheiss auf den Tod / German
TV: Tödliches Ritual / UK and USA: No Fear, No
Die (also co-screenwriter; France / Germany)
1991 Keep It for Yourself (short; also screenwriter;
USA / France / Netherlands; unreleased)
Contre l’Oubli / Ecrire contre l’Oubli / Against Oblivion
/ Lest We Forget (documentary; segment
“Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, Soudan”)
1994 J’ai pas Sommeil / USA: I Can’t Sleep / I’m Not
Sleepy (also screenwriter, dialogist; France /
Switzerland)
1995 A propos de Nice, la Suite (segment “Nice, Very
Nice”)
1997 Nénette et Boni / USA: Nenette and Boni (also
co-screenwriter; shot in 1995)
2000 Beau Travail / USA: Good Work (also co-screenwriter;
shot in 1998–1999)
2001 Trouble Every Day / Gargoyle (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist; France / Germany
/ Japan)
2002 Vendredi Soir à Paris / USA: Friday Night (also
co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (short; segment
“Vers Nancy”; also screenwriter; UK / Germany
/ France)
2004 L’Intrus / USA: The Intruder (also co-screenwriter)
2005 Vers Mathilde (documentary)
2008 White Material (also co-screenwriter; France /
West Germany)
35 Rhums (also co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1990 Cinéma de notre Temps (documentary; episode
“Jacques Rivette—Le Veilleur”; also actor as
herself)
1993 Monologues (short; episode “La Robe à Cerceau”;
also co-screenwriter)
1994 Tous les Garçons et les Filles de leur Âge . . . (episode
“US Go Home”; also co-screenwriter)
DENIS, JEAN-PIERRE (March 29, 1946, Saint-
Léon-sur-l’Isle, Dordogne, France–)
After studying law in Bordeaux, he became a customs
inspector in 1968. Having settled in Paris, he
bought a camera and directed fi ve amateur shorts
(1971–1975) before fi lming his fi rst professional
movie. He also appeared as himself in Au Cœur de la
petite Chartreuse (Jean-Noël Betzler, 2005).
Filmography
1980 Histoire d’Adrien (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
producer)