Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

434 • GELBLAT, CYRIL
GELBLAT, CYRIL (1977, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes,
France–)
Filmography
2002 Âges ingrats (short; also screenwriter, delegate
producer)
2003 Le Ballon prisonnier (short; also screenwriter,
producer)
2005 Les Murs porteurs (also screenwriter, dialogist;
France / Switzerland / Germany)
GÉLIN, DANIEL (May 19, 1921, Angers, Maine-et-
Loire, France–November 29, 2002, Paris, France)
At age seventeen, he settled in Paris and attended
René Simon’s acting courses. Then he studied dramatic
art at the Conservatoire with Louis Jouvet. He
was one of the most popular French leading men of
the 1940s and 1950s, starring or playing supporting
roles in more than 150 movies from 1940 (Miquette,
Jean Boyer) to 2002 (A l’Abri des Regard indiscrets,
short, Ruben Alves, Hugo Gélin). He directed only
one feature fi lm. His daughters Maria Schneider (b.
1952) and Fiona Gélin (b. 1962) are actresses, and his
sons Xavier Gélin (1946–1999) and Manuel Gélin (b.
1958) are actors. He wrote several books, including
two autobiographies (1977 Deux ou trois Vies qui sont
les miennes, Julliard; 2000 A Bâtons rompus, co-author
with Alain-Gilles Minella, Le Rocher).
Filmography
1952 Les Dents longues (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
dialogist, actor)
GÉLIN, XAVIER (June 21, 1946, Paris, France–July
2, 1999, Paris, France)
The son of actor Daniel Gélin and actress Danièle
Delorme (b. 1926), he performed in about forty fi lms
(from 1967 Mise à Sac / Una notte per cinque rapine,
Alain Cavalier, to 1997 Abus de Méfi ance, short, Pascal
Légitimus). He also worked as a producer for
the company managed by his mother and stepfather,
actor and director Yves Robert (Les Films de La
Guéville).
Filmography
1993 Coup de Jeune! (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
dialogist, producer, actor)
1997 L’Homme idéal (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
co-producer)
GÉMIER, FIRMIN (Firmin Tonnerre / February 13,
1869, Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, France–November
26, 1933, Paris, France)
A stage actor since 1888, he managed the Théâtre
Antoine in 1906 and then the Théâtre de l’Odéon in
1922 and became one of the most important stage
directors of his time. He played in a few fi lms (1913
L’homme qui assassina, Henri Andréani; 1917 Mater
Dolorosa / UK: Sorrowful Mother / USA: The Torture
of Silence, Abel Gance; 1926 La Branche morte, Giuseppe
Guarino; The Magician, Rex Ingram, USA; 1932
L’Homme sans Nom, Roger Le Bon; 1933 La Fusée /
USA: Grandeur of Decadence, Jacques Natanson).
Filmography
1933 Le Simoun (also actor)
GENESTAL, FABRICE
A former teacher of literature and philosophy in Parisian
suburbs, he directed only one feature fi lm.
Filmography
2000 La Squale (also co-screenwriter)
GÉNOVÈS, ANDRÉ (February 13, 1941, Meknès,
Morocco–)
In 1967, he created a fi lm production company, Les
Films de la Boétie, which fi nanced about thirty movies,
including several Claude Chabrol features (1967
La Route de Corinthe / Criminal Story / O Dromos tis
Korinthou / UK: The Road to Corinth / USA: Who’s Got
the Black Box, France / Italy / Greece; 1968 Les Biches
/ Les Biches—Le cerbiatte / UK: The Does / USA: Bad
Girls; 1969 La Femme infi dèle / Stephane, una moglie
infedele / UK and USA: The Unfaithful Wife, France /
Italy; Que la Bête meure! / Uccidero un uomo / UK: Killer
/ The Beast Must Die / USA: The Man Must Die, France
/ Italy; 1970 Le Boucher / Il tagliagole / UK and USA:
The Butcher, France / Italy; 1971 Juste avant la Nuit /
Sul far della notte / USA: Just Before Nightfall, France
/ Italy; La Décade prodigieuse / Dieci incredibili giorni /
USA: Ten Days Wonder, France / Italy; 1972 Docteur
Popaul / Trappola per un lupo / UK: Scoundrel in White
/ USA: High Heels / Play Now, Pay Later, France / Italy;
1973 Les Noces rouges / L’amico di famiglia / UK and
USA: Wedding in Blood, France / Italy; 1974 Nada /
Sterminate Gruppo Zero / UK and USA: The Nada
Gang, France / Italy; 1975 Les Innocents aux Mains
sales / Gli innocenti dalle mani sporche / Die Unschul-