Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

480 • GUILMAIN, CLAUDINE
Filmography
1999 Ecueil (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2001 Le Petit Chaperon rouge (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2005 Terre de Sang (also screenwriter, dialogist; shot
in 2003–2004)
GUILMAIN, CLAUDINE (February 9, 1944,
Poitiers, Vienne, France–)
After studying at the IDHEC, she worked at the
ORTF (French TV) and was an assistant director
(1972 L’Amour l’Après-Midi / UK: Love in the Afternoon
/ USA: Chloe in the Afternoon, Eric Rohmer) before
directing a documentary on the shooting of Federico
Fellini’s Amarcord.
Filmography
1973 Fellini-Città (documentary)
1974 Agamemnon
1975 Véronique ou l’Eté de mes treize Ans / USA: Veronique
(also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1980 La Femme intégrale (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist, producer; shot in 1978)
Television Filmography
1983 Jane
GUIRADO, ERIC (September 16, 1968, Saint-Julienen-Genevois,
Haute-Savoie, France–)
Having graduated with a master’s degree in cinematographic
and audiovisual studies on Wim Wenders’s Alice
in den Städten / USA: Alice in the Cities, he received
a diploma of audiovisual creation and communication.
Then he worked on TV and began directing shorts.
Other credit (as actor): 1999 Bon Anniversaire, Mamie
(Bertrand Guerry).
Filmography
1994 Lonelytude ou une légère Eclaircie (short; also
screenwriter, dialogist)
1997 Les Beaux Jours (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1999 Un Petit Air de Fête (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2000 Super Boulette (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
Je suis un Super Héros (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
& Frères (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
Etoffe (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
De Marbre (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2003 Quand tu descendras du Ciel (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2007 Comoedia, une Renaissance (documentary; codirector
with Agnès Ribouton)
Le Fils de l’Epicier (also co-screenwriter)
GUIRAUDIE, ALAIN (July 15, 1964, Villefranchede-Rouergue,
Aveyron, France–)
After completing his studies in history, he had his
fi rst professional contact with cinema directing his
fi rst short. Also an occasional actor (1993 Les Yeux
au Plafond, short, Mathieu Amalric; 2002 Un Petit Cas
de Conscience, Marie-Claude Treilhou), he worked as a
unit production manager for fi lms (1997 Le Petit Frère
d’Huguette, short, Jacques Mitsch; 1999 Les Filles de
mon Pays, short, Yves Caumon) and TV (1997 Un Eté
aux Hirondelles, Catherine Rihoit, Ismaël Ferroukhi;
1998 La Clé des Champs, 6 94', Charles Nemes).
Filmography
1990 Les Héros sont immortels (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor)
2000 Du Soleil pour les Gueux (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor)
2001 Tout droit jusqu’au Matin (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist; shot in 1994)
La Force des Choses (also screenwriter, dialogist;
shot in 1997)
Ce Vieux Rêve qui bouge (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2003 Pas de Repos pour les Braves (short; also
screenwriter)
2005 Voici venu le Temps (also screenwriter, dialogist)
GUISSART, RENÉ (October 24, 1888, Paris,
France–May 19, 1960, Monaco)
From 1916 (Ambition, James Vincent, USA) to 1939
(Le Chemin de l’Honneur, Jean-Paul Paulin), he worked
as a cinematographer on about sixty fi lms, including
such memorable silent movies as Treasure Island
(Maurice Tourneur, 1920) and Ben Hur (Fred Niblo,
1925). A fi lm director since 1931, he also supervised
the shooting of On a volé un Homme (also cinematographer,
Max Ophüls, 1933) and Le Vertige (also
co-screenwriter, co-adapter, 1936).