Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

440 • GILOU, THOMAS
GILOU, THOMAS (February 1, 1955, Boulogne-
Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
Having trained as a cameraman, he co-wrote A la
Vitesse d’un Cheval au Galop (Fabien Onteniente, 1992,
shot in 1990) and made his directing debut in 1979.
Filmography
1979 Général Lee et ses Teddy Bears (short; also
screenwriter)
1980 Rebel Rock! (short; co-director with Olivier
Esmein)
1984 La Combine de la Girafe (short; also co-screenwriter)
1986 Black Mic Mac (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1987 Chamane (short; also screenwriter)
1995 Raï (also co-screenwriter)
1997 La Vérité si je mens!
1999 Chili con carne (also co-screenwriter)
2001 La Vérité si je mens! 2
Television Filmography
1996 Double Peine
2004 Eclats de Cendrars (documentary)
GILSON, RENÉ (René Damas Gilson / September
8, 1921, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France–)
He taught literature in high schools, led cine-clubs,
and wrote fi lm criticism for Cinéma before directing
his fi rst movie in 1971. He appeared in several
fi lms (1963 Les Mauvaises Fréquentations / UK: Bad
Company / USA: Robinson’s Place, short, Jean Eustache;
1966 Le Père Noël a les Yeux bleus / UK and USA:
Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes, Jean Eustache; 1969 Ciné
Girl / Piège à Pucelles, Francis Leroi; 1979 Le Divorcement,
Pierre Barouh; 1984 Barres, short, Luc Moullet;
Cinématon, as himself, Gérard Courant). He authored
essays on Jacques Becker (1966 L’Avant-Scène Cinéma),
Marilyn Monroe (1969 L’Avant-Scène Cinéma),
and Jean Cocteau (Jean Cocteau: Cinéaste, 1988, Editions
Quatre Vents).
Filmography
1971 L’Escadron Volapük (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
1972 On n’arrête pas le Printemps (also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor)
1975 La Brigade (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1977 Juliette et l’Air du Temps (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1980 Ma Blonde, entends-tu dans la Ville . . . (also
screenwriter, dialogist, actor)
1982 Et laisser aux Infâmes la Victoire (short)
1985 Pour que Jeanne et Pierre (short)
1988 Un Eté à Paris (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor;
shot in 1986)
Television Filmography
1984 Variations sur l’Internationale et autres Chansons
GINET, RENÉ (Joseph René Ginet / July 12, 1896,
Vienne, Isère, France–September 30, 1971, Neuillysur-Seine,
Hauts-de-Seine, France)
A former actor (1926 La Femme nue, Léonce Perret;
1927 Feu!, Jacques de Baroncelli), he directed documentaries.
Filmography
1931 Nord 70° 22° (documentary; shot in 1929)
Ceux du “Viking” (also Varick Frissel)
1933 Angola-Pullmann (documentary, mediumlength)
1935 Escala na Madeira (documentary; Portugal)
GION, CHRISTIAN (March 10, 1940, Tarbes,
Hautes-Pyrénées, France–)
Having graduated from the HEC (a business school)
in 1964, he worked as a producer and director of
commercials for “Cinéma et publicité” and collaborated
on the Dim Dam Dom TV program. In 1967, he
created his own production company, Les Films du
Cercle, and produced more than 1,000 commercials
until 1975. He played in a couple of Claude Zidi’s
movies (1987 Association de Malfaiteurs; 1993 Profi l
bas; 2003 Ripoux 3).
Filmography
1967 Tarbes (short; documentary)
1968 Les Encerclés
1974 Les Couples du Bois de Boulogne (as Bernard
Legrand; also actor)
1975 C’est dur pour tout le Monde (also screenwriter)
1976 Superwoman (as Romain Pacy)
Le Jardin des Supplices
1978 One, Two, Two: 122, Rue de Provence / USA: One
Two Two
Le Pion / USA: The pawn (also screenwriter,
dialogist; France / West Germany)