Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

een responsible for the cinematography of many
fi lms, including fi ve directed by Alain Corneau (1989
Nocturne indien; 1991 Tous les Matins du Monde / UK
and USA: All the Mornings of the World / Every Morning
of the World; 2003 Stupeur et Tremblements, France /
Japan; 2005 Les Mots bleus; 2007 Le Deuxième Souffl e).
A fi lm director since 1994, he was also technical
consultant to Christophe Reichert (2000 Deuxième
Quinzaine de Juillet).
Filmography
1994 Le Colonel Chabert / USA: Colonel Chabert (also
co-screenwriter)
1997 Un Air si pur . . . / USA: An Air So Pure (also coscreenwriter)
1998 Voleur de Vie / USA: Stolen Life (also screenwriter)
2001 Poitiers, Voiture 11 (short; co-director with
François Dupeyron; also screenwriter; segment
of twelve-part series Pas d’Histoires! 12
Regards sur le Racisme au Quotidien)
2002 Sur le Bout des Doigts (also screenwriter, cinematographer)
2005 Les Âmes grises (also screenwriter)
ANGLADE, JEAN-HUGUES (July 29, 1955,
Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France–)
The son of a veterinary father and a social worker
mother, he attended Antoine Vitez’s acting courses
at the Paris National Conservatory of Dramatic
Arts for fi ve years. He worked as an assistant stage
director with Vitez and himself directed a play in
1976 (Hunting Scenes of Bavaria). He made his fi lm
debut in 1981 (L’Indiscrétion, Pierre Lary) and soon
landed leading roles (1983 L’Homme blessé / UK
and USA: The Wounded Man, Patrice Chéreau; 1986
37°2 le Matin / UK and USA: Betty Blue, Jean-Jacques
Beineix; 1987 Maladie d’Amour, Jacques Deray, 1989
Nocturne indien, Alain Corneau, 1990 Nuit d’Eté en
Ville, Michel Deville; 2001 Mortal Transfert, Jean-
Jacques Beineix). He co-starred in a couple of Luc
Besson’s movies (1985 Subway; 1990 Nikita / UK:
Nikita / USA: La Femme Nikita; 1994 Léon) and in
the USA–French co-production Killing Zoe (Roger
Avary, 1995). He probably gave his most impressive
and best performance as King Charles IX in La
Reine Margot / La regina Margot / Der Bartholomäusnacht
/ USA: Queen Margot (Patrice Chéreau,
France / Italy / West Germany). He directed only
one feature fi lm.
ANNA, CLAUDE D’ • 21
Filmography
1997 Tonka (also screenwriter, dialogist; France /
Italy)
ANNA, CLAUDE D’ (March 31, 1945, Tunis, Tunisia–)
After studying literature fi rst then history of art at
the Institute of Art and Archaeology, he attended
IDHEC. His fi rst feature fi lm was praised by Alain
Robbe-Grillet. He collaborated as screenwriter on
a feature fi lm Tendres Cousines / Zärtliche Cousinen /
USA: Cousins in Love / Tender Cousins (David Hamilton,
1980) and a few TV movies (1986 Tropique du Crabe
/ El Tropico del Cangrejo, Juan Luis Buñuel, France /
Argentina; 1992 Le Fils d’un Autre, Michel Lang; 1995
Fanny sefait un Sang d’Encre, Alain de Halleux, Belgium;
1997 Sans Cérémonie, Michel Lang; 1999 Petits Nuages
d’Eté, Olivier Langlois) and TV miniseries (1998 Les
Moissons de l’Océan, 4 90', François Luciani). He
was also technical adviser to Férid Boughedir (1990
Asfour Stah / Halfaouine, l’Enfant des Terrasses / USA:
Halfaouine, Child of the Terraces, Tunisia / France / Italy).
He co-authored, with his wife (and often actress)
Laure Bonin, three performed plays (1994 Rossini ou
la Fleur de l’Âge; 1998 Pour la galerie; 2002 La Griffe).
A music lover, he directed several operas in Italy
(Wozzeck, Salomé, La Bohème, Idomeneo, Fidelio, Macbeth).
In 1998, he published a novel: Les Moissons de
l’Océan (Editions Jean-Claude Lattès).
Filmography
1968 Edith ou l’autre Edith (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1969 La Petite Histoire de Tsin Che Wang Ti (short;
also screenwriter, dialogist)
1970 La Mort trouble / De onrastige dood (co-director
with Ferid Boughedir; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Belgium / Tunisia)
1972 La Pente douce / De zachte Ondergang (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Italy /
Belgium)
1975 Trompe-l’œil (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist)
1978 L’Ordre et la Sécurité du Monde / USA: Last In,
First Out (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist)
1983 Le Cercle des Passions / Circulo de pasiones
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist;
France / Italy / Spain)
1984 Partenaires (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)