Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

328 • DIDIER, MARC
DIDIER, MARC
Filmography
1933 Âme de Clown (co-director with Yvan Noé)
1935 Le Billet de Mille
1939 Le Moulin dans le Soleil (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1945 Sidi-Brahim (shot in 1939)
DIETSCHY, VINCENT (September 21, 1964, Paris,
France–)
Having trained at the IDHEC (1984–1987), he created
a production company, Sérénade Productions,
with Bénédicte Mellac in 1991 (1994 Intimité, Dominik
Moll; 1995 Jeux de Plage, short, Laurent Cantet; 1996
Soyons Amis?, short, Thomas Bardinet; Le Cri de Tarzan,
Thomas Bardinet; 1998 Les Trois Manteaux, short,
Bénédicte Mellac; 1999 C’est plus fort que moi, short,
Gilles Marchand). He is also an editor (1995 Drap
dessus, Drap dessous, short, Anne Le Ny), art consultant
(2001 L’Emploi du Temps / UK: Time Out, Laurent
Cantet), and co-screenwriter (2003 Qui a tué Bambi?,
Gilles Marchand).
Filmography
1990 Clarisse / Mais ne te promène donc pas toute nue
(also screenwriter, dialogist; unreleased)
1991 Une Leçon de français (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1994 Cette Nuit (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
editor)
1998 Julie est amoureuse (also delegate producer;
screenwriter, dialogist)
2008 Didine (also co-adapter, editor)
DIEUDONNÉ, ALBERT (November 26, 1889,
Paris, France–March 19, 1976, Paris, France)
The nephew of stage actor Alphonse Dieudonné, he
was the pupil of Paul Mounet at the Paris Dramatic
Art Conservatory and started out at age nineteen at
the Théâtre des Arts. From 1908 (L’Assassinat du Duc
de Guise / USA: The Assassination of the Duke de Guise,
André Calmettes ) to 1942 (Notre-Dame de Paris,
short, René Hervouin), he played in about thirty movies
and remained the unforgettable Abel Gance’s Napoléon
(1927 Napoléon / Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
/ USA: Napoleon / Abel Gance’s Napoleon; 1934 Napoléon
Bonaparte / Napoléon Bonaparte, vu et entendu
par Abel Gance, abridged sound version of previous
Napoleon). He portrayed the French emperor once
again in Madame sans-Gêne (Roger Richebé, 1941).
He also wrote several movies (1917 Les Chacals, as
co-screenwriter only, André Hugon; Angoisse, as coscreenwriter
only, André Hugon; 1936 La Garçonne,
also producer, Jean de Limur; 1940 L’Homme du Niger
/ USA: Forbidden Love, Jacques de Baroncelli; 1943 Le
Brigand Gentilhomme, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
Emile Couzinet) and authored novels (Le Tsar Napoléon;
Moi l’Empereur; Régime sec; Je te hais). One of
them was brought to the screen by René Hervil in
1930 (La Douceur d’aimer).
Filmography
1917 La Gloire rouge (also original play, screenwriter,
adapter)
Sous la Griffe (also screenwriter, actor)
1921 Son Crime (also original play, screenwriter,
adapter)
Humanité (unconfi rmed)
1927 Une Vie sans joie / Catherine / USA: Backbiters
(co-director with Jean Renoir; shot in
1924)
DIEUTRE, VINCENT (November 25, 1960, Rouen,
Seine-Maritime, France–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC after studying art
history, he obtained a Villa Medici “Beyond the Walls”
scholarship. He shot several videos on artists in New
York.
Filmography
1983 Une Martyre (short)
1984 Wiener Blut (short)
1985 London, January 1985 (short; video diary)
1986 Arrière Saison (short)
1987 Lettres de Berlin (short; video diary)
1995 Rome désolée (also screenwriter)
1999 Leçons de Ténèbres (documentary; also screenwriter,
actor)
2003 Mon Voyage d’Hiver / USA: My Winter Journey
(also screenwriter, actor)
Bologna Centrale (also screenwriter, producer,
cinematographer, editor, voice)
2004 Les Accords d’Alba (video short; also screenwriter;
shot in 2002–2004)
2006 Fragments sur la Grâce (also screenwriter,
actor)