Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

abonde, Edouard Luntz) until the mid-1970s. Other
credits (as co-screenwriter): 1974 Pas si Méchant que
ça / USA: The Wonderful Crook (Claude Goretta, Switzerland
/ France); 1977 Des Enfants gâtés / UK and
USA: Spoiled Children (Bertrand Tavernier).
Filmography
1977 Qu’est-ce que tu veux Julie? (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
1980 Ma Chérie (also co-screenwriter; France /
Belgium; shot in 1978–1979)
1982 La Côte d’Amour (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
1994 Elles ne pensent qu’à ça (also co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1979 La Peine perdue ou le Présent recomposé
1984 Mirage dangereux
DUBROUX, DANIÈLE (September 4, 1947, Paris,
France–)
She studied modern letters and Italian at the University
of Paris VIII before directing her fi rst movie and
becoming a critic for the Cahiers du Cinéma (1976–
1984). A co-screenwriter (1998 . . . Comme elle respire
/ USA: White Lies, Pierre Salvadori) and an occasional
actress (1980 Cauchemar, Noël Simsolo; 1982 Cinématon,
documentary, short, Gérard Courant; 1984
Laisse béton, Serge Le Péron; 1998 L’Ecole de la Chair
/ USA: The School of Flesh, Benoît Jacquot; 2006 Vocation
Cinéaste, documentary, Laurent Perrin), she taught
cinema at the IDHEC and in universities.
Filmography
1976 L’Olivier (co-director with Ali Akika, Guy
Chapouillié, Serge Le Péron, Jean Narboni,
Dominique Villain)
Yemen et les Femmes (documentary; co-director
only)
1978 Le Colosse et la Fourmi (medium length)
Les Deux Elèves préférés (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor)
1982 Die Erlöchter / Les Filles héréditaires (segment
“Sœur Anne ne vois-tu rien venir?”; also coscreenwriter,
actor; France / West Germany)
1985 Les Amants terribles (co-director with Stavros
Kaplanidis; also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)
1987 La Petite Allumeuse (also co-screenwriter)
1992 Border Line (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor;
shot in 1990)
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1996 Le Journal du Séducteur / USA: Diary of a Seducer
(also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)
1998 L’Examen de Minuit (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
actor)
2004 Je suis votre Homme / Eros Thérapie (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist)
DUBUISSON, JACQUES (September 27, 1947,
Grandvillars, Territoire de Belfort, France–)
He earned a diploma in cinematographic and audiovisual
studies and taught cinema from 1971 to 1981.
Then he gave up teaching to dedicate himself to fi lmmaking.
He also co-wrote screenplays for fi lms (1999
Chittagong: Dernière Escale / USA: Chittagong: The Last
Stopover, Léon Desclozeaux; 2006 L’Héritage / US
festival: The Legacy, Gela and Temur Babluani, Georgia
/ France) and TV (1997 La Cité des Alouettes, Luc
Béraud; 2003 L’Odyssée de l’Espèce / A Species’ Odyssey,
Jacques Malaterre, France / Canada; 2008 Versailles, le
Rêve d’un Roi, docu-fi ction, Thierry Binisti).
Filmography
1980 Specola (short; documentary)
1991 Un Film pour la Résistance (documentary)
Les Lois de l’Hospitalité (documentary)
1995 Si d’Amour (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1996 Après la Pluie (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1997 Imûhar, une Légende / UK: Imuhar: A Legend
(also screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
1991 Aper El, le Vizir oublié (documentary; also coscreenwriter)
1992 Nord Fantastique (episodes “Un Homme encombrant,”
“Le Retour du Printemps,” “Le
Fantôme du Château”)
1995 A la Rencontre du Ciel et de la Terre (documentary;
3 26'; also screenwriter)
DUCASTEL, OLIVIER (February 23, 1962, Lyon,
Rhône, France–) and MARTINEAU, JACQUES
(July 8, 1963, Montpellier, Hérault, France–)
Having graduated with a bachelor’s degree in theater
in 1985 and a diploma in cinematographic research,
Olivier Ducastel completed his studies at the IDHEC
(1988) and made his apprenticeship as an editor on
shorts and assistant sound editor on feature fi lms
(1988 Trois Places pour le 26, Jacques Demy; Outremer
/ USA: Overseas, Brigitte Roüan; 1992 Sam suffi t, also