Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1938 Jeannette Bourgogne (also adapter)
1939 Bêtes captives (short)
1940 Singeries (short)
1941 Les Chiens qui rapportent (short)
1942 Le Moussaillon (also producer)
Jeux d’Enfants (short)
Sur des Airs d’Autrefois (short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1943 Malaria (also co-screenwriter, producer)
1944 L’Enfant et les Bêtes (short; also screenwriter,
producer)
1946 Son Dernier Rôle (also producer)
1947 La Neige du Coucou (medium-length; also
screenwriter, producer)
1949 Les Orphelins de Saint-Vaast (also co-screenwriter,
dialogist, producer)
1950 Zone Frontière (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
producer)
1951 Trafi c sur les Dunes (also co-screenwriter, dialogist,
producer)
Un Rayon de Soleil (medium-length; also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist, producer)
1952 Une Enfant dans la Tourmente (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, producer)
Le Secret d’une Mère (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
producer)
1953 Maternité clandestine (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, producer)
1954 La Fille perdue (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
producer)
1955 La Cage aux Souris (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
producer)
Les Premiers Outrages (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, producer)
1956 Les Promesses dangereuses (also screenwriter,
dialogist, producer)
1957 Isabelle a Peur des Hommes (also screenwriter,
dialogist, producer)
1958 La P . . . sentimentale (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
producer)
1960 Les Frangines (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
producer)
1962 La Traversée de la Loire (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer)
GOUT, PIERRE (Roger Pierre Gout / June 29, 1921,
Maisons-Laffi tte, Yvelines, France–)
He entered fi lms as an assistant director (1946 Les
Portes de la Nuit / USA: Gates of the Night, Marcel
Carné). He also was a production manager for
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cinema (1962 Horace 62 / Un appuntamento per uccidere
/ La terribile notte, André Versini, France / Italy;
Mandrin, Bandit Gentilhomme / L’indomabile, Jean-Paul
Le Chanois, France / Italy; 1971 Rendez-vous à Bray
/ Rendez-vous te Bray / Rendezvous in Bray / UK: Rendezvous
at Bray / USA: Appointment in Bray, André
Delvaux, France / Belgium / West Germany) and
TV (1965 Don Quijote / Don Quichotte / Don Quijote
von der Mancha, 13 26', Jacques Bourdon, Louis
Grospierre, Carlo-Rim, Spain / France / West Germany;
1966 La Prise du Pouvoir par Louis XIV / USA:
The Rise of Louis XIV, Roberto Rossellini; 1967 Anna,
Pierre Koralnik; 1970 Nausicaa, Agnès Varda) and
co-screenwriter (1965 Histoires d’Hommes, 6 52',
Claude Boissol, Jean Dréville, Pierre Granier-Deferre,
Louis Grospierre).
Filmography
1951 Les Mystères de Paris (short)
1952 Louguivy-de-la-Mer (documentary; short)
Le Maroc en Marche (documentary; short; codirector
with Lucien Joulin)
1953 La Ballade des Réverbères (short)
1955 Tout chante autour de moi
1957 Sahara d’aujourd’hui (documentary)
GOVAR, YVAN (Yvan Govaerts / August 24, 1935,
Uccle, Belgium–February 18, 1988, Brussels, Belgium)
The son of painter Govaerts, he started his working
life as a stage actor at the Théâtre de Poche of Brussels
before moving to Paris and joining the Madeleine
Renaud-Jean-Louis Barrault company. Then he landed
a few small parts in fi lms (1953 Les Trois Mousquetaires
/ Fate largo ai moschettieri / USA: The Three Musketeers,
André Hunebelle, France / Italy; 1955 La Castiglione /
La contessa di Castiglione / USA:The Contessa’s Secret,
Georges Combret, France / Italy; Les Hommes en
blanc / UK: Men in White / USA: Doctors, Ralph Habib).
He directed movies in France and Belgium.
Filmography
1955 Le Toubib, Médecin du Gang / De Gangsterdokter
(also dialogist, producer, actor; Belgium)
Nous n’irons plus au Bois (short; also coscreenwriter,
actor, co-dialogist; Belgium)
1956 Le Circuit de Minuit / Omloop van Middernacht
(Belgium / France)
1959 Y’en a Marre! / Ce Soir on tue / Deze Nacht
wordt er gedood (also co-producer; France /
Belgium)