Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

EBRARD, FRANÇOISE (August 6, 1962, Alès,
Gard, France–)
She spent her childhood in Guinea and came back
to France in 1973. After receiving a fi rst degree
in art history, she entered fi lms as a trainee in the
laboratories of Joinville-le-Pont before beginning to
work as a press attaché. From 1985 to 1987, she was
an assistant director on fi lms (1987 Beyond Therapy,
Robert Altman, USA; Cayenne Palace, Alain Maline;
1988 Saxo, as Françoise Ebrard-Casanova). She also
wrote a book: Cayenne Palace: Histoire d’un Film (Editions
Paul Putti, 1987).
Filmography
1993 Quelque Part vers Conakry (also screenwriter,
dialogist; shot in 1991)
Television Filmography
1995 Isanga (Super-16 52' documentary; mediumlength)
Le Berger et la Mer (short; also screenwriter,
adapter)
1996 A la Recherche du Caïman noir (medium-length;
also screenwriter)
EHM, CHRISTINE (1959, Bar-Le-Duc, Lorraine,
France–)
She moved to Paris in 1976 and met director Marie-
Claude Treilhou, who helped her obtain money from
the INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel) in order
to shoot her fi rst feature fi lm. Despite an award
received at the Belfort Film Festival, her movie remained
unreleased theatrically and was shown only
on TV. She also wrote detective radio plays and
several books: 1989 L’Angle mort (novel, Casterman);
1996 Abécédaire de tous les Savoirs du Monde (Flam-
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marion); 2003 Un Poisson au Bout d’une Ligne (novel,
Editions 00h00 en ligne).
Filmography
1984 Simone (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1987 Horoscope favorable (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
Television Filmography
1988 Un Ange passe (also screenwriter, dialogist)
EL MECHRI, MABROUK (September 18, 1976,
Versailles, Yvelines, France–)
A fi lm director from 1998, he also appeared in Gomez
Vs Tavarès (Gilles Paquet-Brenner and Cyril Sebas).
Filmography
1998 Mounir et Anita (short; also screenwriter,
composer)
2000 Génération Cutter (short; also screenwriter)
2002 Concours de Circonstance (short; also screenwriter)
2005 Virgil (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2006 Stand Up! (video; also cinematographer)
2008 JCVD / USA: Codename: JCVD / JCVD—The
Movie / Project: JCVD / Van Dammage (France /
Belgium / Luxembourg)
ENRICO, JÉRÔME
The son of director Robert Enrico, he was a fi lm
enthusiast since his childhood and was trained on
the job, being an amateur photographer and making
a Super-8 75-minute feature fi lm with two friends
when he was only fourteen years old (L’Expérience).
He made his professional debut at age twenty-one as
an assistant director working several times with his