Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

478 • GUIGNABODET, VALÉRIE
GUIGNABODET, VALÉRIE
Before directing her fi rst short in 1995, she was an
actress (1989 La Révolution française / La rivoluzione
francese / Die französische Revolution / The French Revolution,
segment “Les Années Lumière” / “The Light
Years,” Robert Enrico, France / Italy / West Germany /
Canada / UK; 1990 Dames galantes / Donne di piacere /
Gallant Ladies / Romantic Ladies, Jean-Charles Tacchella,
France / Italy / Canada), screenwriter, and dialogist
for fi lm (2000 En Face / UK: Across the Road / Australia:
Facing, Mathias Ledoux) and TV (1994 Tout Feu, tout
Femme, 30 52', Marion Sarraut, Pierre Sisser, as coscreenwriter,
co-adapter; 1996 Dans un grand Vent de
Fleurs, 7 100', Gérard Vergez). She co-created with
Alain Krief a TV series (1998–2007 Avocats et Associés,
84 52', Philippe Triboit).
Filmography
1995 Un Ange passe (short; co-director with Thierry
Bourcy; also screenwriter)
2002 Monique (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
2004 Mariages! (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
2007 Danse avec lui (also screenwriter, adapt, dialogist)
GUIGUET, JEAN-CLAUDE (November 22, 1948,
La Tour du Pin, Isère, France–September 18, 2005,
Aubenas, Ardèche, France)
He grew up in the Alps. Having graduated with a
master’s degree in letters dedicated to Nicholas
Ray’s Johnny Guitar, he worked as a fi lm critic for La
Revue du Cinéma, the Nouvelle Revue Française, and
Les Etudes before being hired by Paul Vecchiali as an
actor (1972 L’Etrangleur, Paul Vecchiali, shot in 1970;
1974 Femmes, Femmes, Paul Vecchiali; 1977 La Machine,
Paul Vecchiali; 1978 Le Théâtre des Matières, also
set designer, Jean-Claude Biette; 1981 Loin de Manhattan,
also set designer, Jean-Claude Biette; 1983 En
haut des Marches, Paul Vecchiali) and assistant director
(1975 Change pas de Main, Paul Vecchiali). Most of his
fi lms were also produced by Paul Vecchiali. He died of
a cancer at age fi fty-six.
Filmography
1979 Les Belles Manières (also screenwriter, codialogist)
1983 L’Archipel des Amours (segment “La Visiteuse”;
also screenwriter, dialogist)
1986 Faubourg Saint-Martin (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1991 Peinture fraîche (short; co-director with Gérard
Frot-Coutaz)
1992 Le Mirage (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
1996 L’@mour est à réienventer / L’@mour est à
réienventer, Dix Histoires d’Amours au Temps du
Sida / US DVD: Love Reinvented (short; also
adapter)
1999 Les Passagers (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2003 Métamorphose (short; also screenwriter, cinematographer)
2005 Portraits, Traits privés (documentary; also
screenwriter)
GUILLAUME, PIERRE-ERWAN (February 14,
1963, Paimpol, Côtes-d’Armor, France–)
He spent his childhood in Britain and studied law at
Brest. Having graduated with a bachelor’s degree in
international law, he enrolled in the Fémis (screenplay
department). Then he began writing shorts with
class friends Orso Miret and Jean-Paul Civeyrac. He
authored a play from Dostoyevsky’s The Possessed
(Les Somnambules) and a narrative adapted from the
movie Haut les Coeurs! (Editions Solin / Actes Sud,
1999). Other credits (as screenwriter): 1997 Ni d’Eve,
ni d’Adam (Jean-Paul Civeyrac); 1999 Haut les Coeurs!
(also actor, Solveig Anspach, Catherine Corsini, France
/ Canada); 2003 Stormy Weather / Stormviori (Solveig
Anspach, France / Belgium / Iceland); France Boutique
(Tonie Marshall); 2004 A ce Soir (Laure Duthilleul).
Filmography
1995 Les Fourmis rouges (short; also screenwriter)
1999 Bonne Résistance à la Douleur (short; also
screenwriter)
2004 L’Ennemi naturel (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
GUILLEMOT, CLAUDE (January 11, 1935, Algiers,
Algeria–)
After attending the IDHEC (1953–1955), he was an
assistant to director André Haguet and began directing
shorts. Other credit (as technical adviser): 1983
Les Bancals (Hervé Lièvre). His wife is fi lm editor
Agnès Guillemot (b. 1931).