Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

432 • GAUTHIER, GEORGES
Filmography
1983 Ballade à blanc (also screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist; shot in 1981)
GAUTHIER, GEORGES (1894, France–Deceased)
An actor (from 1916 Les Mains dans l’Ombre, Félix
Vanyl, to 1933 I.F.1 ne répond plus, Karl Hartl, France
/ Germany).
Filmography
1924 Le Signe de la Mort / Le Remords (also producer,
actor)
1933 Bagnes d’Enfants / Gosses de Misère
GAUTHIER, GUY (1950, Meurthe-et-Moselle,
France–)
Born into a Catholic working-class family, he was
trained as a cabinetmaker before writing, singing, and
recording songs. He began directing feature fi lms and
shorts in the 2000s.
Filmography
2005 Go West (also screenwriter, actor)
2006 La Quarantième Vadrouille (documentary)
2007 La Fête bûcheronne (documentary)
GAUTHIER, YVAN (May 19, 1969, Luxeuil-Les-
Bains, Haute-Saône, France–)
He holds simultaneously the offi ces of producer
(1993 La Poule à Papi, short, Arnaud Briquet; 1996
Jennifer, short, Michaël Millasseau; 1999 La Vieille
Dame et l’Ankou, short, Stefan Le Lay; 2000 Microsnake,
short, Lionel Bailliu, Pierre-Yves Mora; 2002
Lobotoman, animated short, also editor, Fabrice Blin;
2003 Vie et Mort d’un Instant d’Ennui, short, also editor,
Patrick Bossard), editor (2006 Coffee or Not Coffee,
short, Nicolas Goetschel; Ripple Effect, Philippe
Caland, USA), cinematographer (2003 Entre Quatre
Murs, documentary, Antoine Chuzeville, Julien Dupuy),
and director of musical videos, shorts, and
feature fi lms.
Filmography
1991 It’s the Life!-L’Auto-Stop (short; also screenwriter,
co-producer, editor)
1992 Chasseur d’Hôtel (short; co-director with Bernard
Jeanjean; also screenwriter, producer,
editor)
1995 Pique-Nique Douille (short; also adapter, producer,
cinematographer, editor)
1996 Fucking Zone (short; also producer, editor)
1998 Thanatos (short; also producer, editor)
2001 Les Aliénés (also production manager, editor;
shot in 1999)
2003 Crime et Châtiment: Le making of (also cinematographer,
editor)
2009 The Band from Hell / UK: Neowolf (as Alan
Smithee; also editor; USA; shot in 2007)
GAUTIER, PATRICE (June 17, 1947, La Rochelle,
Charente-Maritime, France–)
A lover of genre cinema, he spent his high school
hours in movie theaters. He had his fi rst professional
contact with cinema as a trainee costume designer
for Les Demoiselles de Rochefort / The Young Girls of
Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1966). He successively was
a trainee director (1969–1970) and assistant cameraman
and then cameraman (1970–1971) before making
his directing debut. He also played a small part in
L’Oeil du Maître (Stéphane Kurc).
Filmography
1974 Deux Chamelles sont mortes (short; co-director
with Stéphane Kurc)
1984 Vapeurs (short)
1985 L’Amour ou presque (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1992 Le Voyage d’Eva
Léo et Léa (52 26'; co-director only; also
co-screenwriter)
1996 Désirs noirs-Belle comme le Diable / Dark Desires:
A Taste of Murder (also screenwriter;
France / USA)
GAVEAU, RENÉ (September 2, 1900, Saint-
Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France–February 8, 1972, Paris,
France)
He entered fi lms in 1916, working for the Pathé laboratories.
In 1917, he started a career as a cinematographer
(more than sixty fi lms until 1961 Cadavres en
Vacances, Jacqueline Audry, released in 1963).
Filmography
1932 Toine
1934 Mireille
Une Cliente pas sérieuse (short)