Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

476 • GUÉRIN-TILLIÉ, STEPHAN
physics, mathematics, and chemistry. In 1959, he
started as a sound engineer and then served as an
assistant director to Claude Autant-Lara. After doing
his military service in Algeria during the war, he met
producer Robert Dorfmann and resumed his career
as an assistant with Gérard Oury (1965 Le Corniaud /
Colpo grosso ma non troppo / UK and USA: The Sucker,
France / Italy; 1966 La Grande Vadrouille / Don’t Look
Now, We’ve Been Shot At / USA: Don’t Look Now—We’re
Being Shot At, France / UK), William Wyler (1966 How
to Steal a Million, USA), Bertrand Blier (1967 Si j’étais
un Espion / Breakdown), Tinto Brass (1967 Col cuore in
gola / Le Cœur aux Lèvres / UK: Heart Beat / USA: I Am
What I Am, Italy / France), and Robert Dhéry (1968 Le
Petit Baigneur / Si salvi chi puo, France / Italy). In 1970,
he was an executive producer for a series of fi lms on
the musicians Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin,
and Stockhausen. Two years later, he directed his
fi rst feature fi lm, Lo Païs, which was shown in a parallel
section in 1973. He produced several fi lms (1978 La
Voix de son Maître, documentary, Gérard Mordillat,
Nicolas Philibert; 1983 Le Destin de Juliette, Aline
Issermann; Vive la Sociale! / USA: My Father Is Red,
Gérard Mordillat; 1994 En Compagnie d’Antonin Artaud
/ UK and USA: My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud,
originally shot for TV, Gérard Mordillat) and co-wrote
an episode of the Série noire TV series (“Pas de vieux
Os,” Gérard Mordillat) and a feature fi lm (1985 Billy
Ze Kick, Gérard Mordillat). Other credits (as actor):
1970 Bartleby (short, Gérard Mordillat); 1974 La Choisie
(short, also composer, Gérard Mordillat).
Filmography
1973 Lo Païs (also screenwriter, co-producer; shot
in 1971)
1980 Paysannes (3 120' documentary: episodes
“Le Dehors et le Dedans,” “Parents et Enfants,”
“Guerre de Femmes”; shot in 1978)
1982 Douce Enquête sur la Violence / USA: Sweet
Inquest on Violence (also screenwriter, dialogist,
producer; shot in 1980–1981)
GUÉRIN-TILLIÉ, STEPHAN (September 22,
1968, Reims, Marne, France–)
He attended Raymond Acquaviva and Isabelle Nanty’s
acting courses at the Cours Florent. From 1993
to 2008, he played in a dozen feature fi lms and
about forty TV movies. Other credit (as co-screenwriter):
2000 Marie, Nonna, la Vierge et moi (Francis
Renaud).
Filmography
1999 J’ai fait des Sandwiches pour la Route (short;
also screenwriter, dialogist)
2001 Requiem (s) (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2005 Edy (also screenwriter, dialogist)
GUERLAIS, PIERRE
A fi lm producer (1932 Danton, André Roubaud; 1935 La
Kermesse héroïque / USA: Carnival in Flanders, as production
manager, Jacques Feyder; 1942 Croisières sidérales,
André Zwoboda; 1943 Une Etoile au Soleil, André Zwoboda;
Douce / USA: Love Story, Claude Autant-Lara), he
directed two feature fi lms and co-wrote L’Homme qui
joue avec le Feu (Jean de Limur, 1942).
Filmography
1933 Jocelyn (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist,
producer)
1934 Pêcheur d’Islande / USA: Iceland Fisherman
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist,
producer)
GUERRIER, DOMINIQUE (1951, Saint-Germainen-Laye,
Yvelines, France–)
He was a second assistant director (1980 5% de Risques,
Jean Pourtalé, France / Belgium) and then fi rst
assistant director for fi lms (1982 Le Lit / Het Bed, Marion
Hänsel, Belgium / France; 1987 Les Noces barbares,
Marion Hänsel, Belgium / France; 1989 Il Maestro, Marion
Hänsel, Belgium / France; 1992 Sur la Terre comme
au Ciel / Entre el cielo y la tierra, Marion Hänsel, Belgium
/ France / Spain / Netherlands; 1993 L’Ecrivain public,
Jean-François Amiguet, France / Switzerland; 1995
Taxandria, Raoul Servais, Belgium / Germany / France;
1998 La Mort du Chinois, Jean-Louis Benoît; 2004 25
Degrés en Hiver, Stéphane Vuillet, Belgium / France /
Russia / Spain) and TV (1986 L’Ogre, Simon Edelstein,
Switzerland; 1990 La Vierge noire, 6 52', Igaal Niddam;
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil, Jean-Louis Benoît; 1997
Rachel et ses Amours, Jacob Berger, Switzerland).
Filmography
1995 Le Nez au Vent (also screenwriter, dialogist,
France / Belgium)
GUESNIER, ALAIN (1952, France–)
He directed his fi rst short in 1977. The same year,
he co-founded with Gabriel Auer the society Forum