Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1921 Les Trois Lys
Chichinette et Cie (also screenwriter, adapter)
1922 Son Altesse
La Fille des Chiffonniers / UK: The Girl of the
Dust Bin (two parts)
1923 Madame Flirt (short)
L’Insigne mystérieux (also screenwriter,
adapter)
L’Espionne (also screenwriter adapter)
1924 Château historique (also screenwriter,
adapter)
Vers Abecher la mystérieuse (short)
1926 L’Espionne aux Yeux noirs / Le Prince Aryad /
Le Sang des Aïeux (eight episodes: “L’Agonie
d’une Patrie,” “La Patrie avant tout,” “En
Terre d’Exil,” “Les Danseurs du Samoun,” “La
Vengeance de l’Espionne,” “Père et Roi,” “Le
Baiser mortel,” “L’Aube de Délivrance”)
1927 Belphégor (four chapters: “Le Mystère du Louvre,”
“De Mystère en Mystère,” “Le Fantôme
noir,” “Les Deux Polices”)
Le Capitaine Rascasse
1928 Poker d’As
Le Film du Poilu, Cinq Années de la Vie d’un Français
mobilise (compilation documentary)
DESLAURIERS, GUY (Aubagne, Bouches-du-
Rhône, France–)
During his secondary studies, he landed jobs as a trainee
on movies shot in Fort-de-France, Martinique. In 1982,
he was a trainee assistant director to Euzhan Palcy (Rue
Cases Nègres / UK: Black Shack Alley / USA: Sugar Cane
Alley). Having settled in Paris in 1983, he directed his
fi rst short in 1987 and occasionally worked as a second
assistant director (1991 Plaisir d’Amour, Nelly Kaplan;
1992 Video Blues, Árpád Sopsits, Hungary).
Filmography
1987 Quiproquo (short)
1989 Les Oubliés de la Liberté (medium-length)
1992 Sorciers (documentary)
1995 Raphaël Elizé (short)
1996 L’Exil du Roi Behanzin (shot in 1992)
2001 Passage du Milieu (shot in 1999)
2004 Biguine
Television Filmography
1995 Femmes-Solitude (3 52' documentary)
1996 Un Siècle d’Ecrivains (documentary; episode
“Edouard Glissant”)
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2001 La Tragédie de la Mangrove (short)
DESPENTES, VIRGINIE (June 13, 1969, Nancy,
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France–)
A novelist, she brought to the screen one of her works.
Other credits (as author of original novels): 2001 Les
Jolies Choses / US video: Pretty Things (Gilles Paquet-
Brenner); 2007 Tel Père, telle Fille (Olivier de Plas).
Filmography
2000 Baise-moi / USA: Rape Me (co-director with
Coralie Trinh Thi; also original novel; coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
DESPLECHIN, ARNAUD (October 31, 1960,
Roubaix, Nord, France–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC, he collaborated
as a cinematographer on several shorts (1983 Comme
les Doigts de la Main, Eric Rochant; La Face perdue,
Eric Barbier; 1985 Le Dernier Flash, Philippe Lagouche;
French Lovers, Eric Rochant; 1986 Isabelle et Nicolas,
Henri-Dominique Bonnaud; Présence féminine, Eric
Rochant) and a feature fi lm (1986 I fotografi a / La
Photo, Nico Papatakis, Greece / France). Other credits
(as collaborator to screenplay): 1989 Un Monde sans
Pitié / UK: A World Without Pity / USA: Love Without Pity
/ Canada: Tough Life, Eric Rochant; 1994 Petits Arrangements
avec les morts (Pascale Ferran).
Filmography
1983 Polichinelle et la Machine à coder (mediumlength)
1985 Le Couronnement du Monde (short)
1991 La Vie des Morts (also screenwriter, dialogist,
cinematographer)
1992 La Sentinelle / UK and USA: The Sentinel (also
screenwriter)
1996 Comment je me suis disputé . . . (ma Vie sexuelle)
/ USA: My Sex Life . . . or How I Got into an Argument
(also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot
in 1994–1995)
2000 Esther Kahn (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist; France / UK; shot in
1998–1999)
2003 En jouant “Dans la Compagnie des Hommes”
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-producer,
actor as himself)
2004 Rois et Reine / UK: Kings and Queen / USA:
Kings & Queen (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)