Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

412 • FRANÇOIS, CHRISTIAN
Gaby, Alfred Gehri), he made his directing debut
in Germany. Other credits (as production manager):
1932 L’Affaire Blaireau (Henry Wulschleger);
(as executive producer): 1936 Un de la Légion
(Christian-Jaque).
Filmography
1923 Esterella (Germany)
1927 Die Frauen von Folies Bergères (co-director
with Max Orbal; France / Germany)
1929 La Revue des Revues / UK: Parisian Pleasures
(also original story)
1930 Le Tampon du Capiston (co-director with Jean
Toulout)
Amour et Sport (short; co-director with Jean-
Louis Bouquet)
Autour du Bar (short; co-director with Jean-
Louis Bouquet)
Le Coffret à Musique (short; co-director with
Jean-Louis Bouquet)
Une Grave Erreur (short)
Un Soir de Carnaval (short; co-director with
Jean-Louis Bouquet)
1931 En Bordée
1932 Léon . . . tout court
Midi et demi (short)
Système D! . . . (short)
FRANÇOIS, CHRISTIAN (October 19, 1952,
Bergerac, Dordogne, France–)
A stage performer and director since 1979, he played
in fi lms (1983 Zig Zag Story, Patrick Schulmann; 1984
Liste noire, Alain Bonnot; 1987 Club de Rencontres,
Michel Lang) and on TV (1984 Casting, Arthur Joffé;
1985 Le Caprice de Marion, Jacques Tréfouel; 1986
Une Colonne à la 5, Pierre Neel; 1987 Dites-le avec des
Fleurs, Hervé Guérin; 1992 Les Bleus de la Nuit, Claude
Vajda; 1993 Le Don, David Delrieux). He ran a double
career as a director and screenwriter (1987 La Lettre
perdue, Jean-Louis Bertucelli; 1991 Aldo tous Risques,
episodes “La Guigne,” “Mascarade,” Michel Wyn;
1992 Aldo tous Risques, episode “Direct au Cœur,”
Claude Vital; Corps de Ballet, François Cohen-Séat; Les
Bleus de la Nuit; 1995 Cœurs Caraïbes, 4 90', Paolo
Barzman; 1996 Docteur Sylvestre, episodes “D’Origine
inconnue,” “Condamné à vivre,” “Justice au Cœur,”
Dominique Tabuteau; 1997 Le Refuge, episode “Les
Moutons d’Anatole,” Alain Schwartztein; Un Homme
en Colère, episodes “Un Homme en Colère,” Caroline
Huppert; “Un Silence coupable,” Dominique Tabuteau;
1998 Interdit de vieillir, Dominique Tabuteau; Crimes
en Série, episode “Double Spirale,” Patrick Dewolf;
2003 L’Île maudite, Rémy Burkel; 2004 Docteur Dassin,
Généraliste, episode “Docteur Dassin Généraliste,”
Stéphane Kurc).
Filmography
1988 Sanguines (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist;
France / Portugal)
Television Filmography
1995 Docteur Sylvestre (episode “Entre Quatre
Murs”)
1998 Le Refuge (episodes “Chenil en Péril,” “L’Enfant
qui dérange”)
1999 Rendez-vous avec la Mort
Le Refuge (episode “La Finette”)
Evamag (6 26'; co-director with Alain Sachs)
2000 Vertiges (episode “Le Piège”)
P.J. (episodes “Affaires de Famille,” “Bavure”)
2001 Les Semailles et les Moissons (2 90')
2002 Amant de mes Rêves
Les Sarments de la Révolte
Juliette Lesage, Médecine pour tous (episode
“Conduites dangereuses”)
2003 Des Kilos en Or
2004 Juliette Lesage, Médecine pour tous (episodes
“Précautions d’Emploi,” “Le P’tit,” “Pilules du
Malheur”)
2006 P.J. (episodes “A Titre posthume,” “Retrouvailles”)
Soeur Thérèse.com (episodes “De Main de
Maître,” “Souffl er n’est pas jouer”; also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist)
FRANÇOIS, JEAN-LUC (May 19, 1964, France–)
Having graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de
Troyes in 1986 and Reims in 1988, he dedicated himself
to animation cinema and completed his training
at CFT Gobelins. By 1988, he began working as an
animator for musical video clips, institutional fi lms,
and TV series.
Filmography
2004 Tchoupi (animation; also voice; France / Luxembourg
/ South Korea)
Television Filmography
2000 Charlie et Mimmo / T’Choupi et Doudou (animation;
65 5')
Gift (3D animation; 26 26'; pilot only)