Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

GABRIEL, SÉBASTIEN (March 3, 1969, Caen,
Calvados, France–)
A former location manager, he directed commercials
and musical videos.
Filmography
1995– Fig 2 Richard (16-mm short; also screen-
2000 writer)
Aliette (16-mm short; also screenwriter)
Autoroute (16-mm short; also screenwriter)
2004 Et si je parle (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
GABUS, CLARISSE (May 10, 1949, Switzerland–)
Mainly a TV director, she shot a feature-length fi lm.
Filmography
1979 Melancholy Baby (also screenwriter; France /
Switzerland / Belgium)
GAGET, JEAN-LUC (July 25, 1958, Paris, France–)
After failing entrance examinations at the IDHEC and
the Louis Lumière School, he learned fi lm and video
editing and attended acting courses. He directed his
fi rst short in 1982 and wrote eight radio plays for
France Inter and RFI and a play (Forcément quoi?). Also
a screenwriter for fi lms (1989 Forte est la Tentation
de Georges, short, as co-screenwriter, also actor, Luc
Pagès; Bobby et l’Aspirateur, short, as co-screenwriter,
Fabien Onteniente; 1995 Tom est tout seul, as coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist, editor, Fabien Onteniente,
shot in 1993; 1997 Romaine, as co-screenwriter, also
actor, editor, Agnès Obadia, shot from 1993 to 1996;
Mauvais Genre, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist,
actor, editor, Laurent Bénégui; 1999 Mille
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Bornes, as co-screenwriter, Alain Beigel; 2008 Back
Soon / Skrappùt, as co-screenwriter, Solveig Anspach,
France / Iceland) and TV (2004 Nature contre Nature,
as co-screenwriter, Lucas Belvaux; 2006 L’Etat de
Grâce, as co-screenwriter, 6 52', Pascal Chaumeil)
and an actor (1995 Ada ne sait pas dire non, short,
Luc Pagès; 1997 Rien que des grandes Personnes, short,
Jean-Marc Brondolo; 1999 Nos Vies heureuses, Jacques
Maillot; 2000 D’Amour et d’Eau fraîche, short, Sophie
Laloy; 2002 A + Pollux, Luc Pagès; Mariées mais pas
trop, Catherine Corsini), editor (1984 Ataxie passagère,
short, Luc Pagès; 1993 Mireille et Barnabé aimeraient
bien en avoir un . . . , Laurent Bénégui; 1995 Au Petit
Marguery, Laurent Bénégui; 1997 L’Acrobate, short,
Cécile Maistre; 2004 4 Minutes 12, short, Mathieu de
Pasquale), and executive producer (1999 Mille Bornes,
Alain Beigel), he created a production company (Cinq
et Cinq Films, later Magouric) he left in 2003.
Filmography
1983 Le Perroquet des Îles (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1986 Douce France (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1989 Les Petits Porteurs (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor, editor)
1994 Se pendre à son Cou (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, editor)
Le Bus (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)
1995 La Fenêtre ouverte (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1996 Après le Bip (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
Liberté chérie (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
editor)