Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1975 Tabarnac / Viens chez moi, tu seras Prophète
(also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
1976 Les Fleurs du Miel (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist, actor)
1980 Deux Lions au Soleil (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
1986 Flagrant Désir / USA: A Certain Desire / Flagrant
Desire / US TV: Trade Secrets (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
2000 Merci pour le Geste (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
Television Filmography
1986 Touareg à Tchin-Tabaraden (documentary)
1988 La Chaîne (TV miniseries)
1989 Les Jupons de la Révolution (episode “La Baïonnette
de Mirabeau”; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
V comme Vengeance (episode “Le Champs
clos”)
1992 Le Serpent vert
1993 Tête de Pioche
FARGES, JOËL (March 19, 1948, Angers, Maine-et-
Loire, France–)
He was co–chief editor of the theoretical review Ca /
Cinéma and was cinematographic collection manager
for Albatros Publishing House. He made his fi lm directing
debut in 1976. He is also a co-producer (1980
Une Préhistoire du Cinéma, TV series, documentary;
1994 Ziletky, Zdenek Tuyc, Czech Republic / France;
1995 Adão e Eva / Adán y Eva, Joaquim Leitão, Portugal
/ Spain / France; 1996 Marian, Petr Václav, Czech Republic
/ France; 1998 Tueur à Gages, Darezhan Omirbayev,
Kazakhstan / France; 1999 Simon Magus / Simon
le Magicien, Ildiko Enyedi, Hungary / France; 2000
L’Annonce, short, Paul Gransard; Zhantai / Platform,
Zhang Ke Jia, Hong Kong / China / Japan / France;
2001 Jol / La Route, Darezhan Omirbayev, Kazahkstan
/ France / Japan; 2002 Fararishtay kifti rost / L’Ange de
l’Epaule droite / L’angelo della spalla destra, Jamshed
Usmonov, Tajikistan / France / Italy / Switzerland; Le
Chignon d’Olga, Jérôme Bonnell, France / Belgium;
Nizhalkuthu / Le Serviteur de Kali, Adoor Gopalakrishnan,
India / France / Netherlands / Switzerland; 2004
Benares, Barlen Pyamootoo, Mauritius; Nata pa hënë,
Artan Minaroli, Albania; 2005 Toyen, Jan Nemec, Czech
Republic / France; Séquences mongoles, Xavier Simon;
2007 Shuga / Aïnour / US festival: Chouga, Darezhan
Omirbayev, Kazakhstan / France).
FARGIER, JEAN-PAUL • 377
Filmography
1978 Guerres civiles en France (segment “Premier
Empire”; also co-screenwriter; shot in 1976)
1979 Georges Demeny (short; documentary)
1980 La Petite Enfance du Cinéma (short; also
screenwriter)
1981 Aimée (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot
in 1979)
1987 Pondichéry avant l’Oubli (unreleased)
1993 Amok (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist;
France / Portugal / Germany)
2004 Claire l’Obscure (short; also screenwriter)
2006 Serko (also co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
1988 Angélina
1991 The Hitchhiker / Le Voyageur / UK: Deadly
Nightmares (episode “New Blood”; Canada /
France)
FARGIER, JEAN-PAUL (September 24, 1944,
Aubenas, Ardèche, France–)
In 1967, he settled in Paris, where he started publishing
texts in Téléciné, Tribune Socialiste (1967–1970),
Les Cahiers du Cinéma (1977–1991), Le Monde (1980–
1982, 1992–1997), Libération (1982–1983), and Art
Press (1986–1998). In December 1968, he founded
the review Cinéthique (1968–1973). In 1969, he began
co-directing 16-mm movies with members of the
Cinéthique group. He appeared in several fi lms (1970
La Fin des Pyrénées, Jean-Pierre Lajournade; 1991
Cinématon, documentary, as himself, Gérard Courant;
2001 Orlan, Carnal Art, documentary, Stéphane Coriach).
Books: 1974 Jean-Luc Godard (co-author with
Jean Collet, Seghers); 1978 Atteinte à la Fiction de l’Etat
(Gallimard); 1980 Les Bons à rien (Gallimard-Presses
d’aujourd’hui); 1989 Nam June Park (Editions Art
Press); 2005 L’Invention du Paysage (Editions Isthme).
Filmography
1972 Quand on aime la Vie on va au Cinéma (shot on
16-mm; co-director with Gérard Leblanc)
1973 Cerisay elles ont osé (documentary; short)
1974 Ceux du Pédernec (documentary; short)
1976 Gilles Servat refait une Chanson (documentary;
short)
1978 Jean-François Bizot fait de la Télé (documentary;
short)
1979 Notes d’un Magnétoscopeur No. 1, 2, 3, 4 (documentary;
short)