Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

He also worked as a co-screenwriter for fi lms (1961
Les Démons de Minuit / UK: Demons at Midnight / USA:
Midnight Follies, Marc Allégret, Charles Gérard) and TV
(1974 Un Juge, un Flic, 12 52’, Denys de La Patellière;
1979 Pour tout l’Or du Transvaal, 6 52’, Claude Boissol;
1985 Rue Carnot, 200 26’; 1988 L’Affaire Saint-
Romans, 6 52’, Michel Wyn, shot in 1986; Le Loufi at,
6 52’; 1989 Les Cavaliers aux Yeux verts, Michel Wyn;
1992 L’Ombre du Soir; 1993 Les Duchesnay; 1994 Un
Taxi, la Nuit; Ballon mort; 1997 Le Cri du Silence, Jacques
Malaterre, shot in 1995), production manager for fi lm
(1971 L’Homme du Désir, Dominique Delouche, shot
in 1969; 1973 Au Rendez-vous de la Mort joyeuse / USA:
Expulsion of the Devil, Juan-Luis Buñuel, France / Italy)
and TV (1971 Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq, 13
55’, Marcel Bluwal; 1972 La Demoiselle d’Avignon, 13
26’, Michel Wyn, shot in 1970; L’Homme qui revient de
là, 6 52’, Michel Wyn), executive producer (1984
Le Montreur d’Ours, Jean Fléchet), and editor (2003
Federico Fadda, TV, Joseph Trudu). From 1969 to 1971,
he taught cinematographic techniques at the IDHEC.
Filmography
1960 Les Magiciennes / USA: Double Deception (also
co-screenwriter, producer)
1964 Le Voyage en Question (also screenwriter; shot
in 1962)
1976 Un Mari, c’est un Mari
1996 N’oublie pas d’éteindre en partant (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1999 L’Assassin pleurait (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
1963 L’Inspecteur Leclerc enquête / L’Inspecteur Leclerc
(episode “Knock Out”; shot in 1961)
1965 Le Train bleu s’arrête 13 Fois (episodes “Saint-
Raphaël: Une Balle de trop,” “Beaulieu: Le
Piège”)
La France dans vingt Ans (documentary)
L’Aventure (documentary)
1966 La Vocation d’un Homme (documentary)
1967 Les Descendants (one episode)
Le Phénix
1969 L’Homme du Vent
1975 La Cloche tibétaine / Die gelbe Karawane (6
52'; co-director with Michel Wyn; also coscreenwriter;
France / West Germany)
1978 Les Grandes Conjurations (episode “Le Tumulte
d’Amboise”)
1980 Salut Champion (also co-screenwriter; episodes
“La Course du Roi Louis,” “La Machina-
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tion,” “Dans les Roues des Géants,” “Les plus
beaux Jeux de notre Vie”)
1981 Adieu ma Chérie
1982 Julien Fontanes, Magistrat (episode “L’Âge diffi
cile”)
1985 Châteauvallon (seven episodes, also co-screenwriter;
France / Italy / UK / Luxembourg /
Switzerland)
1989 Le Retour d’Arsène Lupin (episode “Le Bijou
fatidique”; also co-screenwriter)
1997 Un Jour à Lisbonne (documentary)
2002 Sur les Chemins des Îles oubliées (documentary)
Filmed Plays Released Only on DVD
2002 Le Bateau pour Lipaïa (shot in 1995)
Le Triomphe de l’Amour (shot in 1996)
Electre (shot in 2000)
Les Amants terribles
2004 La Mouette
2005 Les Affi nités électives
Documentary Released Only on DVD
2004 Gay Paris
FROT-COUTAZ, GÉRARD (September 18, 1951,
Chalons-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France–March 12,
1992, Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France)
A former fi lm critic at Cinéma, he entered fi lms as an
assistant director (1975 Mort d’un Guide, Jacques Ertaud;
1976 Barocco, André Téchiné; 1977 Les Apprentis
Sorciers, Edgardo Cozarinsky; Le Théâtre des Matières,
Jean-Claude Biette; La Machine, also actor, Paul Vecchiali;
1978 Un Second Souffl e, Gérard Blain; 1979
Corps à Corps / USA: Drugstore Romance, Paul Vecchiali;
1979 Les Belles Manières, also co-dialogist, Jean-Claude
Guiguet; 1980 Simone Barbès ou la Vertu, Marie-Claude
Treilhou; L’Honorable Société, Anielle Weinberger, shot
in 1977; 1981 C’est la Vie!, Paul Vecchiali; 1982 Le Crime
d’Amour, Guy Gilles). He co-wrote the screenplay
and the dialogue of La Campagne de Cicéron (Jacques
Davila, 1990, shot in 1988).
Filmography
1974 Derniers Remparts (short; also screenwriter)
1976 Transcontinental (short; also screenwriter)
1983 L’Archipel des Amours (segment “Le Goûter de
Josette”; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1985 Le Tiers provisionnel (short; also screenwriter)
1986 Beau Temps mais orageux en Fin de Journée /
USA: Good Weather, but Stormy Late This Afternoon
(also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)