Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1986 Cinquantenaire de la Cinémathèque Française
(16-mm documentary; short)
Le Musée de la Villette (16-mm documentary;
short)
La Ruche (16-mm documentary; short)
1989 Emmanuelle Béart (16-mm documentary;
short)
DOUKOURÉ, CHEIK (1943, Kankan, Guinea–)
After his secondary studies in Conakry, in 1964 he
moved to France, where he graduated with a bachelor’s
degree in modern letters from La Sorbonne.
He studied drama at Cours Simon and then at the
Rue Blanche Conservatory before beginning a career
as a stage, TV, and fi lm actor. He notably played in
Chut! (Jean-Pierre Mocky, 1972), Two People (Robert
Wise, USA, 1972), L’Etat sauvage / UK and USA:
Savage State (Francis Girod, 1978), Bako, l’Autre Rive
(Jacques Champreux, 1979), Le Professionnel / USA:
The Professional (Georges Lautner, 1981), Black Mic
Mac (also co-screenwriter, Thomas Gilou, 1986), and
Lumumba (Raoul Peck, 1990).
Filmography
1992 Blanc d’Ebène (also screenwriter; Guinea,
France)
1994 Le Ballon d’Or (also co-screenwriter; France /
Guinea)
2003 Paris selon Moussa (also co-screenwriter;
France / Guinea)
DOVAL, ISABELLE (Isabelle Françoise Huguette
Pinelli / October 15, 1962, Tunis, Tunisia–)
A stage actress (since 1987) and fi lm actress (a dozen
movies from 1989 La Folle Journée ou Le Mariage de
Figaro, Roger Coggio, to 2007 Un Château en Espagne,
Isabelle Doval), she directed her fi rst shorts under
her real name. Her husband is actor and director José
Garcia (b. 1966).
Filmography
1997 Mes plus beaux Souvenirs (as Isabelle Dinelli;
short; also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)
1999 Déçue (as Isabelle Dinelli; short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2000 Scénarios sur la Drogue (as Isabelle Dinelli; segment
“Déçue”; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2003 Rire et Châtiment (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist, actor)
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2007 Un Château en Espagne (also co-screenwriter,
actor)
DOYON, CLAIRE (1971, Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine,
France–)
Having graduated with a master’s degree in modern
letters and from the Fémis (directing department), she
studied at the New York Lee Strasberg School. A fi lm
director since 1998, she also played in a couple of fi lms
(2002 Fantômes, Jean-Paul Civeyrac, shot in 2000; 2003
Les Jours où je n’existe pas, Jean-Charles Fitoussi).
Filmography
1998 Pas de Costard pour Oscar (short)
1999 La Dernière Seconde (short)
2000 Le Vent souffl e où il veut (short)
La Leçon de Cinéma avec Théo Angelopoulos
(documentary)
2003 Les Lionceaux (also co-screenwriter)
2005 Egma 01 (short)
Television Filmography
2000 Le Baiser, à la Recherche de Jean-Sébastien Bach
(short)
DRACH, MICHEL (October 18, 1930, Paris,
France–February 14, 1990, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France)
He studied painting at the Beaux-Arts and briefl y was
an actor. His cousin, fi lmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville,
hired him as a second assistant director (1949 Le
Silence de la Mer; 1950 Les Enfants terribles / USA: The
Strange Ones). In 1951, he directed his fi rst short and
then created his own fi lm production company, Port-
Royal Films. He died of cancer. His former wife was
actress Josée-Marie Nat (b. 1940).
Filmography
1952 Les Soliloques du Pauvre (short)
1955 La Mer sera haute à Treize Heures (short)
1958 Auditorium / La Boucle (short; also screenwriter,
production designer)
1960 On n’enterre pas le Dimanche (also screenwriter,
adapter, co-dialogist, co-producer)
1963 Amélie ou Le Temps d’aimer / USA: Amelie or The
Time to Love (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist,
co-producer, actor; shot in 1960)
1965 La Bonne Occase (also co-producer)
1966 Safari Diamant / Für ein Handvoll Diamanten
(also co-adapter, co-producer; France / West
Germany)