Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1995 Fast (also co-screenwriter)
2000 Cours toujours (also co-screenwriter)
2006 Je me fais rare (also screenwriter, dialogist,
actor)
DESBORDES, OLIVIER (1950, France–)
His only directing effort was a low-budget (about
$30,000) movie on homosexuality.
Filmography
1977 Requiem à l’Aube (also screenwriter, dialogist,
producer, actor, co-cinematographer, editor)
DESCHAMPS, JACQUES (May 28, 1956, Chêne-
Arnoult, Yonne, France–)
Having trained at the IDHEC (1977–1980), he graduated
from the directing and photography departments.
He co-wrote La Disparue de Deauville (Sophie
Marceau, 2007). Book: 1996 Méfi e-toi de l’Eau qui
dort (co-author with Olivier Lorelle, Arte-Editions
Hachette, Collection Scénars). His uncle was actor
Hubert Deschamps (1923–1998).
Filmography
1978 Le Fil de la Pierre (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1980 Photo-Roman (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1981 La Fontaine de Charme (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1983 La Visite au Château (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1984 Juste avant le Mariage (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1993 L’Eau qui dort (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1996 Méfi e-toi de l’Eau qui dort / USA: Beware the Still
Waters (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2001 La Fille de son Père (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
2008 Dinle Neyden (Turkey)
Television Filmography
1986 La Ville Hugo (documentary)
1988 Le Regard ébloui (documentary)
L’Espace d’un regard (documentary)
1990 André Frénaud: Haineusement mon Amour, la
Poésie (documentary)
Le Retour d’Hugo (documentary)
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Le Malade imaginaire dans sa Splendeur (documentary)
1991 Une Leçon particulière de Musique avec Y. Bashmet
(documentary)
1993 Canova mutilé (documentary)
1994 Le Vent (documentary)
Les Couleurs de “Jours de Fête” (documentary)
1997 Les Maîtres de Musique: Régine Crespin (documentary;
also co-screenwriter)
1998 La Montagne vosgienne (documentary)
1999 Les Mahuzier autour du Monde (documentary)
2002 Assise, vers 1300 (documentary)
2003 Paris, 1824 (documentary)
2005 Don Quichotte ou Les Mésaventures d’un Homme
en Colère (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2006 La Victoire de Cézanne (documentary)
DESCLOZEAUX, LÉON (Bernard Desclozeaux /
March 3, 1951, Paris, France–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC, he was an assistant
to director Roberto Rossellini and chief editor
of commercials and attended Tania Balachova’s acting
classes before directing his fi rst short. Founder of
two production companies, Les Films du Large and
Zeaux, he fi nanced more than 200 documentaries.
Filmography
1979 Acte manqué (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
Remanence (short; France / Italy / Belgium)
Lighthouse and Beacons (short)
Missed Act (short)
1982 Mora (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, line
producer)
1987 Tokyo Detective (short; also producer, actor)
1999 Casseurs de Bateaux / Boat Breakers (documentary;
short; also screenwriter, delegate
producer)
2001 Chittagong: Dernière Escale / USA: Chittagong:
The Last Stopover (also co-screenwriter; shot
in 1998)
2007 Cargo, les Hommes perdus / USA: Cargo, the Lost
Men (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
1994 Silence and Fear: Aung san Suu Kyi (documentary
video)
De Lumière à El Cordobes: une Histoire de la Tauromachie
(documentary; also screenwriter)