Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Filmography
1967 Astérix le Gaulois / UK: Asterix and the Gaul
(animation; co-director with Ray Goossens,
Albert Uderzo; also co-author of original
comic book)
1968 Astérix et Cléopâtre / UK: Asterix and Cleopatra
(animation; co-director with Lee Payant, Albert
Uderzo; also co-author of original book,
voice; France / Belgium)
1971 Lucky Luke / Daisy Town (animation; co-director
with Morris; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist, producer; France / Belgium)
1976 Les Douze Travaux d’Astérix / Canada: The Twelve
Tasks of Asterix (animation; co-director with
Henri Gruel, Albert Uderzo, Pierre Watrin; also
co-author of original comic book, co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer)
1978 La Ballade des Dalton (animation; co-director
with Henri Gruel, Morris; also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, voice)
GOULT, DOMINIQUE (1947, France–)
After shooting several porn fl icks under the pseudonym
of Richard Stephen (1977 Les Monteuses; Les
Queutardes; 1978 Partouzes perverses), he directed a
movie starring Klaus Kinski and Maria Schneider that
unfortunately was a commercial failure.
Filmography
1980 Haine / Le Credo de la Violence (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
GOUPIL, ROMAIN (July 12, 1951, Paris, France–)
From 1965 to 1967, he fi lmed amateur Super-8
shorts. His two fi rst professional documentaries
were released on TV. Then he served as an assistant
cameraman (1970 Céleste / Un soffi o di piacere, Michel
Gast, France / Italy; 1972 L’Attentat / L’attentato / Das
Attentat / Die tödliche Falle (Die Affäre Sadiel) / UK:
Plot / USA: The French Conspiracy / The Assassination,
Yves Boisset, France / Italy / West Germany) and assistant
director (1971 A Paris, documentary, Robert
Menegoz; 1974 Une Société anonyme, documentary,
short, Robert Menegoz; 1976 Le Grand Orchestre électrique,
documentary, short, also production manager,
1977 Le Gang / La gang del Parigino / USA: The Gang,
Jacques Deray, France / Italy; Néa / Nea—Ein Mädchen
entdeckt die Liebe / UK and USA: Nea: A New Woman,
Nelly Kaplan, France / West Germany; Vous n’aurez pas
l’Alsace et la Lorraine, Coluche, Marc Monnet; 1978 Les
Rendez-vous d’Anna / De Afspraken van Anna / UK and
USA: The Meetings of Anna, Chantal Akerman, France
/ Belgium / West Germany; Du Col du Tahir au Pic de
Carbonne, documentary, short, Robert Menegoz; 1979
Tess, Roman Polanski, France / UK; 1980 Sauve qui
peut (la Vie) / Rette sich, wer kann (das Leben) / UK: Slow
Motion / USA: Every Man for Himself, Jean-Luc Godard,
France / Switzerland / West Germany / Austria; 1988
Les Possédés, Andrzej Wajda; 1990 Allemagne, Année
90 Neuf Zéro / USA: Germany Year 90 Nine Zero, also
production manager, Jean-Luc Godard). A extreme
left militant since his adolescence, he took part in the
May 1968 student revolt (he appeared in an episode
of Dim Dam Dom on the subject: “Les Lycéens ont la
Parole,” Pierre Zaidline, 1968). He played supporting
roles in several movies (1994 Veillée d’Armes / Veillée
d’Armes: Histoire du Journalisme en Temps de Guerre
/ The Troubles Weve Seen—Die Geschichte der Kriegsberichterstatung
/ The Troubles We’ve Seen: A History of
Journalism in Wartime, documentary, as himself, Marcel
Ophüls, France / West Germany / UK; 1999 Vénus
Beauté (Institut) / UK: Venus Beauty Salon / USA: Venus
Beauty Institute, Tonie Marshall; 2001 A ma Soeur! / A
mia sorella! / USA: Fat Girl / Australia: For My Sister,
Catherine Breillat, France / Italy; 2002 La Bande du
Drugstore, François Armanet; 2004 Julie Meyer, short,
Anne Huet; Le Fantôme d’Henri Langlois / UK: Henri
Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinemathèque / USA: Henri
Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque, documentary,
as himself, Jacques Renard; Freedom2speak v2.0,
documentary, Christoph Gampl, Brigitte Kramer,
Marc Meyer, Uwe Nagel, Markus Schmidt, Germany;
Mon Homme, short, Stéphanie Tchou-Cotta; 2008 Les
Murs porteurs, Cyril Gelblat, shot in 2005; Un Conte
de Noël / UK: A Christmas Tale / USA: Christmas Tale,
Arnaud Desplechin; Rien dans les Poches, TV, Marion
Vernoux). Other credit (as production manager):
1975 La Puissance et l’Instant (documentary, short,
Robert Menegoz). He authored novels (1998 Le Lundi,
c’est Sodo, Baleine; 1999 A Mort la Mort, Julliard) and
an autobiography (2006 La Défaite dépasse toutes nos
Espérances, Editions Plon).
Filmography
1968 L’Exclu (documentary; short)
1969 Ibizarre (documentary; short)
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