Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

2004 Maigret et la Demoiselle de Compagnie
2005 Malone (episodes “Ascenseur pour deux,” “La
Promesse de l’Ours”)
2007 Nous nous sommes tant haïs / Wir sind so verhasst
(also co-screenwriter; France / Austria)
ARCADY, ALEXANDRE (Arcady Brachlianoff /
March 17, 1947, Algiers, Algeria–)
A former actor (1972 Avoir Vingt Ans dans les Aurès,
René Vautier) and stage director, he shot his fi rst TV
movie at age twenty-seven and his fi rst feature fi lm
fi ve years later. In 1977, he co-created with Diane
Kurys a production company, Alexandre Films, that
co-fi nanced all their fi lms. His son is director Alexandre
Aja.
Filmography
1979 Le Coup de Sirocco (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist, co-producer)
1982 Le Grand Pardon (also co-screenwriter, coproducer)
1983 Le Grand Carnaval (also co-screenwriter, coproducer)
1985 Hold-Up (also co-screenwriter)
1987 Dernier Eté à Tanger (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
delegate producer)
1989 L’Union sacrée (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist, co-producer)
1991 Pour Sacha / USA: For Sasha (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, co-producer)
1992 Le Grand Pardon II / USA: Day of Atonement
(also co-screenwriter, co-producer)
1995 Dis-moi oui . . . (also co-screenwriter, coproducer)
1997 K (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, coproducer)
2000 Là-bas . . . mon Pays (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
co-producer)
2002 Entre Chiens et Loups / USA: Break of Dawn (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer)
2004 Mariage mixte (also co-screenwriter)
2008 Tu peux garder un Secret? (also co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1974 Hôtel Baltimore
1976 Don Juan
Fenêtre sur
ARDOUIN, JACQUES (November 6, 1937, Paris,
France–August 21, 2002, Quincy-Sous-Sénart, Essonne,
France)
After his studies at the center of dramatic art of
the Rue Blanche, he joined the National Conservatory
of Paris and started a satisfying double career
as actor and stage director. Unfortunately, his contribution
to cinema was less interesting. He mostly
played in lowbrow Richard Balducci’s comedies
(1981 Prends ta Rolls . . . et va pointer; 1982 N’oublie
pas ton Père au Vestiaire) and a few average fi lms
(1972 Il n’y a pas de Fumée sans Feu / Non c’è fuomo
senza fuoco / UK and USA: Where There’s No Smoke,
André Cayatte, France / Italy; 1974 Le Protecteur /
Trafi co de mujeres, Roger Hanin, France / Spain; 1975
Le Faux Cul, Roger Hanin; 1980 La Boum / USA: The
Party, Claude Pinoteau). The only movie he directed
was a boulevard comedy.
Filmography
1983 En Cas de Guerre mondiale, je fi le à l’Etranger
ARIAS, ALFREDO (March 4, 1944, Buenos Aires,
Argentina–)
A stage actor and director and a playwright, he created
a troupe in Argentina (TSE) that followed him in
his exile. He spent a short time in New York before
settling in 1970 in Paris, where he also directed classics,
contemporary texts, operas, and musical plays.
Filmography
1987 Fuegos
1991 Bella vista
ARMAND, PIERRE (1930, France–)
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He wrote a novel, Le Sérum de Bonté (Les Editions
d’aujourd’hui, 1957), that was adapted as a 26 13'
TV series in 1960 (director: Jean-Daniel Norman)
before shooting three comedies and fading into
obscurity.
Filmography
1961 A Rebrousse-Poil (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist; shot in 1959)
1964 Paris Champagne (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist; shot in 1962)
1966 Les Mordus de Paris (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist; shot in 1964)