Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

404 • FITOUSSI, JEAN-CHARLES
FITOUSSI, JEAN-CHARLES (June 1, 1970, Tours,
Indre-et-Loire, France–)
After studying sciences and philosophy, he became
a fi rst assistant director (1995 Les Semeurs de Peste,
Christian Merlhiot; 1997 Von heute auf Morgen / Du
Jour au Lendemain / USA: From Today Until Tomorrow
Make Way for Tomorrow, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie
Straub, Germany / France; 1999 Sicilia!, Danièle Huillet,
Jean-Marie Straub, Italy / France / Switzerland; 2001
Operai comandini / Ouvriers, Paysans, Danièle Huillet,
Jean-Marie Straub, France / Italy; 2003 Il ritorno del
fi glio prodigio . . . umiliati / Le Retour du Fils prodigue—Les
Humiliés, two parts, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub,
France / Germany / Italy). Seen as an actor in a couple
of fi lms (1999 La Révolution sexuelle n’a pas eu lieu,
Judith Cahen; 2004 Le Pont des Arts, Eugène Green),
he also was a cinematographer (2005 Une Maison de
Famille, documentary, short, Laurent Roth).
Filmography
1994 Aura été (short; also producer)
1997 D’ici-là (also screenwriter, producer, editor)
1998 Un de Quatorze (short; also producer, editor)
2001 Sicilia! Si gira! (short; also producer, editor)
2003 Les Jours où je n’existe pas (also screenwriter,
producer)
2004 Le Dieu Saturne (short; also screenwriter, coproducer)
2006 Nocturnes pour le Roi de Rome (also screenwriter,
delegate producer, sound engineer,
editor)
2007 Bienvenue dans l’Eternité (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2008 Je ne suis pas morte (also screenwriter, dialogist)
FLÈCHE, MANUEL (July 16, 1958, Neuilly-sur-
Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
The grandson of a projectionist and a self-taught
man, he began shooting shorts while working as a
fi rst assistant director (1985 Le Meilleur de la Vie / UK
festival: A Better Life, also actor, Renaud Victor; 1986
Double Messieurs, also actor, Jean-François Stévenin;
1987 Jeux d’Artifi ces, Virginie Thévenet; 1989 Embrassemoi,
Michèle Rosier; Zanzibar, Christine Pascal, France
/ Switzerland; 1992 Le Petit Prince a dit, Christine Pascal,
France / Switzerland; 1993 La Naissance de l’Amour
/ UK and USA: The Birth of Love, Philippe Garrel; 1996
Mossane, Safi Faye, Senegal / West Germany). Other
credits (as actor): 1991 Rossignol de mes Amours
(short, Christian Merret-Palmair); 2001 Strange Innocence
/ USA: Wild Innocence (Philippe Garrel, France
/ Netherlands).
Filmography
1983 Au Bout de la Loi, ou Les Ouvreuses meurent aussi
(short; also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)
1984 Il y a Femme et Femme (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1986 Courtes Chasses (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1988 Une Femme pour l’Hiver (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1991 La Malheureuse (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1993 Nuit d’Essence (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1994 Parano (co-director with Anita Assal, John
Hudson, Yann Piquer, and Alain Robak; segment
“Nuit d’Essence”)
1995 Marie-Louise ou La Permission (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
La Femme noyée (short; also screenwriter)
2000 Korsakov (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
FLÉCHET, JEAN (November 5, 1928, Lyon, Rhône,
France–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC in 1952, he left
Paris to settle in Mondragon, where he created a
production company, Les Films verts, and managed
a group, Téciméoc, which published a review of the
Occitan audiovisual since 1977. In 1963, he directed
the fi rst Provençal-spoken movie.
Filmography
1957 Brahim ou Le Collier de Beignet (also screenwriter;
Morocco)
1963 Le Sartan (short)
La Faim de Machugas (short)
1965 Philosophie et Vérité (documentary)
1971 Traité du Rossignol (also screenwriter; shot in
1969)
1972 La Soupe populaire (animation; also screenwriter)
1978 Le Mont Ventoux (documentary; short)
1982 Le Montreur d’Ours (also co-screenwriter, coproducer)
1989 Onze Fragments minéraux en Lubéron (Matières
dormantes en Lubéron) (documentary; codirector
with Christine Balme)