Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

322 • DEWEVER, JEAN
1990 Nuit d’Eté en Ville
1991 Contre l’Oubli / Ecrire contre l’Oubli / Against
Oblivion / Lest We Forget (documentary; segment
“Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam”)
1992 Toutes Peines confondues
1994 Aux Petits Bonheurs
1997 La Divine Poursuite (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1999 La Maladie de Sachs (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter)
2003 Un Monde presque paisible / USA: Almost Peaceful
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
2005 Un Fil à la Patte
Television Filmography
1964 Les Petites Demoiselles
1984 Les Capricieux
DEWEVER, JEAN (December 3, 1927, Paris,
France–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC, he started out as
a fi rst assistant director (1953 Au Diable la Vertu, Jean
Laviron; La Loterie du Bonheur, Jean Gehret; 1955 Les
Héros sont fatigués / Die Helden sind Müde / UK: The
Heroes Are Tired / USA: Heroes and Sinners, Yves Ciampi,
France / West Germany; 1958 Les Bijoutiers du Clair
de Lune / Gli amori del chiaro de luna / UK: Heaven Fell
That Night / USA: The Night Heaven Fell, Roger Vadim,
France / Italy; 1959 Le Vent se lève / Il vento si alza / UK:
Operation Time Bomb / USA: Time Bomb, Yves Ciampi,
France / Italy). In 1993, he produced Woyzeck (Guy
Marignane, 1993). Other credits (as actor): 1964 La Vie
à l’Envers / USA: Life Upside Down (Alain Jessua); 1967
Jeu de Massacre / UK: All Weekend Lovers / Comic Strip
Hero / USA: The Killing Game (Alain Jessua).
Filmography
1954 Opération La Fontaine (documentary; short)
1955 La Crise du Logement (documentary; short;
also screenwriter)
L’Agriculture (documentary; short)
1956 Tante Esther (short)
1958 Au Bois Piget (short; also screenwriter)
Des Logis et des Hommes (documentary;
short)
La Vie des Autres (documentary; short)
1961 Contrastes (short; co-director with Robert
Ménégoz)
1962 Les Honneurs de la Guerre (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist; shot in 1960)
1971 Les Jambes en l’Air / César Grandblaise /
Weekend proibito di una famiglia quasi per
bene (also co-adapter; France / Italy; shot in
1969–1970)
Television Filmography
1967 Salle No. 8 (65 13'; co-director with Robert
Guez)
Le Monde parallèle / La Vérité sur l’Espionnage
(13 50'; co-director only)
Allô Police (episodes “Le Témoignage de l’Ecolier,”
“La Voyante,” “Retour à l’Envoyeur”)
1969 Les Oiseaux rares (TV series)
1973 Georges Dandin
1974 Mon propre Meurtre
1978 Ulysse est revenu (also co-screenwriter; codirector
only)
1981 Jules Ferry
1983 La Route inconnue (TV series)
DEWOLF, PATRICK (June 3, 1950, Paris, France–)
He entered fi lms as an assistant director on commercials
and fi lms (1976 Le Plein de Super, Alain
Cavalier; 1977 Pourquoi pas! / UK and USA: Why Not!,
Coline Serreau; 1979 Martin et Léa, Alain Cavalier;
Le Point douloureux, Marc Bourgeois; 1980 Premier
Voyage, Nadine Trintignant; 1981 Un Etrange Voyage,
Alain Cavalier). Other credits (as co-screenwriter):
1984 Marche à l’Ombre (Michel Blanc); 1985 Les
Spécialistes (Patrice Leconte); 1987 Tandem (also
co-dialogist, Patrice Leconte); 1989 Monsieur Hire /
UK and USA: M. Hire (also co-adapter, co-dialogist);
1993 Tango (also co-dialogist, Patrice Leconte); 1998
Une chance sur Deux (Patrice Leconte); Le Comptoir
(Sophie Tatischeff).
Filmography
1983 Les Veufs (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1985 Moi vouloir toi (also co-screenwriter)
1992 Mémoire traquée / Lapse of Memory (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist; France
/ Canada)
1995 Innocent Lies / Les Péchés mortels (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / UK)
Television Filmography
1995 Le Parasite
1997 Le Bonheur est un Mensonge (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1998 Une Femme à suivre (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter)