Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1962 Heureux Anniversaire / UK: The Anniversary
(short; co-director with Jean-Claude Carrière;
also actor; producer)
Le Soupirant / : The Suitor (also co-screenwriter,
actor)
1965 Yoyo / USA: Yo Yo (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
actor)
1966 Tant qu’on a la Santé (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor)
1969 Le Grand Amour (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
actor)
1971 Pays de Cocagne (documentary; also screenwriter)
1987 L’Âge de Monsieur est avancé (also author of
original play, screenwriter, dialogist, actor)
1990 J’écris dans l’Espace (documentary; also screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1987 Souris noire (episode “Rapt”)
1988 Méliès 88: Rêve d’Artiste (short)
ETCHEGARAY, FRANÇOISE (May 22, 1951,
Fort-de-France, Martinique, France–)
She studied classical letters at the Sorbonne before
entering fi lms as an assistant, location manager, or
producer to Jean Eustache, Robert Bresson, and
Jean-Luc Godard for the Sonimage society (1973–
1977). From 1986 (Le Rayon vert / UK: The Green Ray
/ USA: Summer) to 2007 (Les Amours d’Astrée et de
Céladon / Gli amori di Astrea e Celadon, France / Italy),
she collaborated as a production supervisor, production
manager, or delegate producer on all of Eric
Rohmer’s movies.
Filmography
1980 Des Icones dans le Vercors (documentary;
short; also screenwriter)
1992 La Règle du Jeu (also screenwriter)
1995 Sept en attente (also screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1981 Le Cahier bleu (medium-length; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1998 Cinéma de notre Temps (segment “Philippe
Garrel—Portrait d’un Artiste”)
ETIENNE, ANNE-MARIE (May 19, 1956, Etterbeck,
Belgium–)
ETIÉVANT, HENRI • 369
A former actress for stage, fi lms (1982 Family Rock,
José Pinheiro; 1988 Bonjour l’Angoisse, Pierre Tchernia;
Une Affaire de Femmes / USA: Story of Women,
Claude Chabrol), and TV (1981 Médecins de Nuit,
episode “L’Entrepôt,” Jacques Tréfouel; 1983 Par
Ordre du Roy, 3 52', segment “Madame Ticquet,”
“Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret,” episode “La
Tête d’un Homme,” Louis Grospierre), she co-wrote
Un Week-End sur Deux / UK and USA: Every Other
Weekend (Nicole Garcia, 1990) and Dans la Cour
des Grands / O recreio dos Grandes (Florence Strauss,
France / Portugal) and authored several plays (1997
Une Mesure d’Avance; 1998 Il s’appelait Harry; 1999 On
ne refait pas l’Avenir, also stage director; 2004 Quand
l’Amour s’emmêle, also stage director).
Filmography
1990 Un Eté après l’Autre / Impasse de la Vignette
(also screenwriter; Belgium / France / Canada)
1994 Le Petit qui attend le Facteur (short)
2000 Tôt ou Tard (also screenwriter; shot in 1998)
2007 Si c’était lui . . . / USA: Perfect Match (also
screenwriter, dialogist)
ETIÉVANT, HENRI (Henri Gaston Etiévan-Estival
/ March 13, 1870, Paris, France–August 9, 1953, Paris,
France)
Having trained at the National Conservatory of
Dramatic Art of Paris, he was an experienced stage
actor (he notably worked with André Antoine at the
Théâtre Libre) when he entered fi lms. From 1908
(L’Empreinte ou la Main rouge, Henri Burguet) to 1937
(L’Homme du Jour / UK and USA: The Man of the Hour,
Julien Duvivier), he played in more than sixty movies
and notably portrayed Javert in Albert Capellani’s
Les Misérables in 1912. His daughter, Yvette Etiévant
(1922–2003), was an actress and a talent agent.
Filmography
1911 La Fin d’un Joueur (co-director with André
Calmettes)
1913 Les Décrets de la Providence (co-director with
L. Sutto)
1914 Leiden eines Doppelgängers (also actor; Germany)
Zweite Tür Links (Germany)
Pauline (Germany)
Weib gegen Weib (Germany)
Die beiden Rivalen (Germany)