Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

474 • GRYNBAUM, MARC-ANDRÉ
manager and executive producer for Renn Productions,
he directed a parodical fantastic movie.
Filmography
1974 Tendre Dracula / La Grande Trouille / USA: Tender
Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker /
The Big Scare (also co-screenwriter)
GRYNBAUM, MARC-ANDRÉ (May 24, 1948,
Paris, France–)
A former literary and artistic agent (1972–1980),
he directed one short and one feature fi lm and
produced several movies (1983 Les Jocondes, also coscreenwriter,
Jean-Daniel Pillault, shot in 1981; 1986
Le Bonheur a encore frappé, also co-screenwriter, Jean-
Luc Trotignon; 1988 Dernier Cri / Ciel de Plomb, Bernard
Dubois, shot in 1986; Un Eté à Paris, René Gilson,
shot in 1986; Man Eaters, Daniel Colas, USA).
Filmography
1980 Arthur Cohen contre les Apparences (short; also
screenwriter, dialogist)
2003 Rock’n Torah (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist,
producer)
GUÉDIGUIAN, ROBERT (December 3, 1953,
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France–)
The son of an Armenian longshoreman father and a
German mother, he grew up in the L’Estaque district
in Marseille. Having graduated with a diploma in
letters and human sciences from Aix-en-Provence
University and with a master’s degree in sociology,
he met René Féret, who offered him the opportunity
to co-write the screenplay and the dialogue of Fernand
(1980). Besides his directing work, he co-wrote
Le Souffl eur (also producer, Frank Le Wita, 1985)
and L’Âge des Possibles (Pascale Ferran, 1995), was
technical adviser (1991 L’Homme imaginé, Patricia
Bardon, shot in 1986–1989), and, after founding two
production companies, Agat Films Productions and
Ex-Nihilo, produced many movies (1986 Baudelaire
Modernité, short, Miroslav Sebestik; 1987 Vittel Design,
short, Christian Pagliano; 1989 Un Tour de Manège,
Pierre Pradinas, shot in 1987; Le Coupeur d’Eau, short,
Philippe Tabarly; 1990 Montalvo et l’Enfant, Claude
Mouriéras, shot in 1988; 1991 Le Cri du Cochon, Alain
Guesnier; En Direct de l’Être humain, short, Jean-Louis
Milési; 1992 C’est trop con, short, Jean-Pierre Darroussin;
1993 Ca se passe en Equateur, short, Jean-Louis
Milesi; Que la Vie est belle, short, Romain Vitali; 2002
Romances de Terre et d’Eau, documentary, Jean-Pierre
Duret, Andrea Santana; 2004 Les Fautes d’Orthographe
/ UK: My Father Is an Engineer, Jean-Jacques Zilbermann;
2005 Crustacés et Coquillages / UK: Cockles and
Muscles / USA: Cote d’Azur, as associate producer,
Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau; 2006 Le Dernier
des Fous / UK: Demented / The Last of the Crazy People,
Laurent Achard; 2007 Sous les Toits de Paris / Les Toits
de Paris, Hiner Saleem). Other credits (as actor): 1990
L’Ami Giono: Jofroi de la Maussan (TV, Marcel Bluwal);
2002 Lulu (Jean-Henri Roger).
Filmography
1981 Dernier Eté (co-director with Frank Le Wita;
also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)
1985 Ki Lo Sa? (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)
Rouge Midi (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
shot in 1983)
1991 Dieu vomit les Tièdes (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
producer; shot in 1989)
1993 L’Argent fait le Bonheur / USA: Money Makes
Happiness (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1995 A la Vie, à la Mort! (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
producer)
1997 Marius et Jeannette / USA: Marius and Jeannette
(also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, coproducer)
1998 A la Place du Cœur (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist, co-producer)
2000 A l’Attaque! (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
co-producer)
2001 La Ville est tranquille (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
co-producer; shot in 1999)
2002 Marie-Jo et ses Deux Amours (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, co-producer)
2004 Mon Père est Ingénieur (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, co-producer)
2005 Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist, co-producer)
2006 Le Voyage en Arménie (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
co-producer)
2008 Lady Jane (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
co-producer)
GUELTZL, FRANCIS DE
He entered fi lms as a second assistant director (1976
Les Lolos de Lola, Bernard Dubois, shot in 1974; 1980
Inspecteur la Bavure, Claude Zidi; The Hostage / Alistair
MacLean’s the Hostage Tower, Claudio Guzmán, USA).