Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Then he was a fi rst assistant director for fi lms (1982
T’empêches tout le Monde de dormir, Gérard Lauzier;
La Baraka, Jean Valère; 1983 Les Compères / USA: Com-
Dads, Francis Veber; 1985 Escalier C / UK and USA:
Staircase C, Jean-Charles Tacchella; 1986 Etats d’Âme,
Jacques Fansten; 1988 L’Etudiante, Claude Pinoteau)
and TV (1985 Lace, TV miniseries, William Hale, USA;
1986 The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Jeannot Szwarc,
USA; Napoleon and Josephine, TV miniseries, Richard T.
Heffron; 1998 Une Sirène dans la Nuit, Luc Boland; De
Gré ou de Force, Fabrice Cazeneuve; 2000 Que reste-t-il
. . . ?, Etienne Périer) and second unit director (1993
Les Visiteurs / UK and USA: The Visitors, Jean-Marie
Poiré).
Filmography
1989 Les Mannequins d’Osier (also co-screenwriter)
1993 Les Ténors (also screenwriter, dialogist; unreleased)
Television Filmography
1995 Le Mouton noir (also co-screenwriter, actor)
GUÉNIN, STÉPHANE (July 29, 1966, Neuilly-sur-
Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
Having graduated with a law degree in commercial
law, a master’s degree in criminal law, and a doctoral
degree in philosophy from the University of Paris II
Panthéon-Assas, he met producer Louis Duchene,
who gave him the opportunity to direct his fi rst short.
He wrote three episodes of the TV series Cluedo (“Le
Dîner est servi,” “La Tactique du Critique,” “La Chute
d’une petite Reine”; Stéphane Bertin).
Filmography
2002 Fer 5 (short; also screenwriter, producer)
Gun! (short; also screenwriter, producer)
Janus (short; also screenwriter, producer)
2005 Le 7ème Mensonge / The 7th Lie (also screenwriter,
producer; France / USA)
Television Filmography
1994 Le Cluedo (episode “Dinde aux Marrons”; also
screenwriter, dialogist)
GUERDJOU, BOURLEM (May 1, 1965, Asnières,
Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
Having trained as actor at the Cours Florent (1982–
1983), he played in fi lms (1985 Le Thé au harem
d’Archimède / USA: Tea in the Harem, Abdelkrim Bahl-
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oul; 1996 Les Soeurs Hamlet, Abdelkrim Bahloul; 1998
Tueur de petits Poissons, short, Alexandre Gavras; 2002
Cavale / UK: Trilogy: One / One / USA: On the Run, Lucas
Belvaux, France / Belgium; Un Couple épatant / UK:
Trilogy: Two / Two / USA: An Amazing Couple, Lucas Belvaux,
France / Belgium; Après la Vie / UK: Trilogy: Three
/ Three / USA: After the Life, Lucas Belvaux; France /
Belgium) and on TV (1989 Julien Fontanes, Magistrat,
episode “Les Portes s’ouvrent,” Guy-André Lefranc).
Filmography
1987 Ring (short; co-director with Franck Jaen; also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1990 Un Jour de France (short)
1994 Couleur d’Enfants (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist; France / Algeria)
1999 Vivre au Paradis (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
France / Algeria / Belgium / Norway)
2005 Zaïna, Cavalière de l’Atlas (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Germany)
GUÉRIN, FRANCK (November 7, 1972, La Roche
sur Yon, Vendée, France–)
Filmography
1995 Je vous aimais (shot on video)
Suite et Fin (short)
1996 Dieu sait qui (short)
1997 Une ville s’ecrite (documentary)
Des Années fi xes (documentary)
2000 Quelques Jours de trop (short; also screenwriter)
2004 En ton Absence (short; also screenwriter)
2006 Un Jour d’Eté (also co-screenwriter)
Television Filmography
2000 Bouglione, les Héritiers de la Piste (documentary;
short)
2001 Une Vie sans fausse Note (documentary;
short)
2002 L’Affaire de l’Homme sans Tête (documentary;
short)
2004 Nous, Enfants d’Homos (co-director with
Stéphanie Kaim)
2005 La Route sanglante de Francis Heaulme (documentary;
co-director with Laurent Portes)
GUÉRIN, GÉRARD (January 15, 1937, Paris,
France–)
The son of a violinist father and a ballet dancer at
the Paris Opera mother, he studied engineering,