Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

332 • DOPFF, PAUL
the adaptation of Seobe / Migrations / La Guerre la
plus glorieuse (Aleksandar Petrovic, Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia / France), and worked as a technical
adviser (1971 L’Araignée d’Eau, Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe,
shot in 1968; 1973 Le Journal d’un Suicidé, Stanislav
Stanojevic, shot in 1971) and art director (1974 Le
Voyage d’Amélie, Daniel Duval).
Filmography
1956 Bonjour, Monsieur La Bruyère (short; also
screenwriter)
1957 L’œil du Maître (short; co-director with André
Vetusto)
Les Surmenés (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
Tant qu’il est Temps: Le Cancer (documentary;
short; co-director with André Vetusto)
1958 Les Eglises romanes en Saintonge (documentary;
short; co-director with André Bazin)
1960 L’Eau à la Bouche / UK and USA: A Game for
Six Lovers (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist)
1962 Le Cœur battant (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist; shot in 1960)
P.X.O. (documentary; short; co-director with
Pierre Kast; Portugal)
La Dénonciation / UK: The Denunciation / USA:
The Immoral Moment (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1967 Le Viol / Övergreppet / UK: A Question of Rape
(also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Sweden)
1970 La Maison des Bories
1972 L’Homme au Cerveau greffé / L’uomo dal cervello
trapianto / Der Mann mit dem zweiten Gehirn
(France / Italy / West Germany)
1977 Une Femme fatale / USA: Femme Fatale (also
screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; shot in 1974)
Television Filmography
1979 Le Tourbillon des Jours (6 52')
1981 Les Fiancées de l’Empire (6 52'; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1982 Lorelei (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
Venise en Hiver (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1984 Un Seul Être vous manqué (8 52'; also coscreenwriter)
1989 La Vie en Couleurs (4 52')
Nick Chasseur de Têtes (6 52'; also coscreenwriter)
DOPFF, PAUL (1948, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France–)
After studying decoration at the Beaux-Arts of Nancy
for three years, he learned cinema (editing and directing)
at the Paris-based Conservatoire Indépendant
du Cinéma Français in 1969–1970. He already had
worked as a cameraman with his cousin vulcanologist
Maurice Krafft, who fi lmed the Etna and the Stromboli
and made Super-8 cartoons at age fi fteen. From 1970
to 1972, he directed commercials and created some
credits titles. Then he shot three animated shorts and
founded his own production company, Pink Splash Production,
which fi nanced and released many animation
movies from 1971 to 1981. Between 1978 and 1983,
he showed his fi lms in New York (Carnegie Hall Cinema
and Cornell University), Minneapolis (Art School),
Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles), San
Francisco (Pacifi c Film Archives), and various European
countries. He also was an animator and special effects
technician (1979 Gros Câlin / Cocco mio, Jean-Pierre
Rawson, France / Italy) and creator of sound effects
(1986 Le Bonheur a encore frappé, Jean-Luc Trotignon).
Filmography
1969 Le Coo (16-mm animated short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1970 Le Cri (16-mm animated short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1971 Sourire (animated short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1972 La Chute (animated short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1973 La Version originelle (animated short; also
screenwriter, producer)
1975 La Rosette arrosée (animated short; also coscreenwriter,
producer)
1977 Le Phénomène (animated short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1978 La Traversée (animated short; also screenwriter)
1979 Supermouche (animated short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1980 5 1 = 1 (animated short; also screenwriter)
1981 Voyage dans ma Tête (animated short; also
screenwriter, producer)
1983 Compte courant (animated short; also screenwriter)
Pedibus (animated short; also screenwriter)
1984 Paysage de Rêve (short; also screenwriter,
actor)