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- Director
- Animation Department
- Writer
Pioneering animator Emile Cohl was born Emile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet in Paris, France, in 1857. He began his career as a caricaturist, cartoonist and writer in his 20s, and in 1908 he was hired by the Gaumont film company as a writer. He soon also became a director, turning out comedies and fantasies, but animated films--which were just starting to come into their own--fascinated him and he began experimenting with them. He worked with line drawings, silhouettes and puppets, and in 1908 he turned out A Fantasy (1908), generally considered to be the first fully animated film (it consisted of 700 drawings of a character he created, "Fantoche", each separately photographed). He made more than 250 animated films between 1908 and 1923 for a variety of studios, including Eclair and Pathe.
Unfortunately, Cohl was financially ruined by the Great Depression of the early 1930s, and he died in poverty in France in 1938 after having caught pneumonia.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Daniel Ceccaldi was born on 25 July 1927 in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Bed & Board (1970), To Kill a Cop (1981) and Stolen Kisses (1968). He died on 27 March 2003 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Producer
- Additional Crew
Eric Tavitian was born on 11 September 1976 in Paris, France. He was a producer, known for Barbarian (2022), The Innocents (2021) and Swallow (2019). He died on 14 April 2021 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Georges Poujouly was born on 20 January 1940 in Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was an actor, known for Elevator to the Gallows (1958), Diabolique (1955) and Forbidden Games (1952). He died on 28 October 2000 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Endowed with a mysterious, elegant, slightly enigmatic beauty, Paris-born Franca Mai has a quarter of Vietnamese blood running in her veins. With such an asset, Franca could have become a star of the French and - why not - the international cinema. Unfortunately her career amounts to only a pair of roles, the first she played, one of the two lesbian vampire women of Jean Rollin's best film "Fascination" (1979), being the most satisfying. She was then seen sporadically in the shoes of a reporter in "Zig Zag Story" (1983), of a terrorist in "Le moustachu" with Jean Rochefort (1987) or of the "poetic" prostitute in Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe's excellent TV movie "Les idiots" (1987). And that is about all. To make matters worse these roles were short and sometimes almost entirely deleted like in "Zig Zag Story". For sure, If Franca Mai's contribution to art had been limited to those few appearances it could be called insignificant. But Franca Mai is a hyperactive woman who can't content herself with so little and who likes expressing herself in various manners. She is also a singer, a photographer, the co-editor of the web magazine e.torpedo.net and an independent filmmaker and producer. Wearing these two hats, she made a series of alternative underground shorts. Now, she has found her most successful means of expression: literature. Franca has indeed written no fewer than seven novels between 2002 and 2009, from "Momo qui kills" (2002) to "Crescendo" (2009), all of which having been acclaimed by French critics. They all praise her vitriolic style, the indignant expression of her empathy for the destitute and the outcasts, her dark desperate romanticism. Her art now makes her one of her kind in the polished realm of French literature.- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pascal Jardin was born on 14 May 1934 in Paris, France. He was a writer and assistant director, known for The Old Gun (1975), The Widow Couderc (1971) and Hécate (1982). He died on 30 July 1980 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Writer
- Director
Thomas Luntz was born on 7 July 1969 in Paris, France. Thomas was a writer and director, known for Thanatos salsa picante (2001), Duel au soleil (2014) and Candice Renoir (2013). Thomas died on 24 July 2021 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Actress
- Writer
Isabelle Ho was born on 12 November 1951 in Paris, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Martin et Léa (1979), Deadly Circuit (1983) and Cap Canaille (1983). She was married to Xavier Saint-Macary and Franck Demules. She died on 21 June 1991 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Actress
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff was born on 5 May 1928 in Pancevo, Serbia, Yugoslavia [now Serbia]. She was an actress and assistant director, known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), J'ai huit ans (1962) and Giorni d'amore (1954). She died on 2 September 2009 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Christophe Pollock was born on 19 February 1954 in Paris, France. He was a cinematographer, known for Up, Down, Fragile (1995), Alias Betty (2001) and Love on the Ground (1984). He was married to Julie Bertuccelli. He died on 9 May 2006 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Art Director
- Art Department
- Set Decorator
Bruno Via was born on 25 December 1965 in Paris, France. He was an art director and set decorator, known for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), A Prophet (2009) and He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2002). He died on 11 August 2023 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hervé Bromberger was born on 10 November 1918 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a director and writer, known for Mort, où est ta victoire? (1964), Wild Fruit (1954) and Paris Vice Squad (1951). He died on 23 November 1993 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Writer
Charles L. Bitsch was born on 23 April 1931 in Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France. He was an assistant director and director, known for Vivre sa vie (1962), Le dernier homme (1969) and Chance at Love (1964). He died on 27 May 2016 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Ariane Lancell was born on 22 July 1925 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Si Paris nous était conté (1956), Les femmes s'en balancent (1954) and La bête à l'affût (1959). She died on 14 May 2005 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Benoît Rizzotti was born on 8 February 1968 in Carentan, Manche, France. He was a cinematographer, known for Tell No One (2006), 8 Women (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003). He died on 4 July 2012 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Arlette Bonnard was born on 7 December 1936 in Geneva, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for A Simple Story (1978), Qu'est-ce que tu veux Julie? (1977) and Peppermint Soda (1977). She died on 21 July 2022 in Villejuif, Île-de-France, France.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Gaston Roudès was born on 24 March 1878 in Béziers, Hérault, France. He was a director and writer, known for Féliana l'espionne (1924), L'âme de Pierre (1929) and L'éveil (1924). He died on 5 November 1958 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Bruno Sermonne was born on 29 April 1941 in Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. He was an actor, known for Two Days in Paris (2007), L'examen de minuit (1998) and Nuage (2007). He died on 16 November 2013 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Philippe Krootchey was born on 23 October 1954 in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was an actor, known for Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998), L'Oeil du cyclone (1991) and Reviens et prends-moi (2005). He died on 2 September 2004 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Colette Maire was born on 8 April 1953 in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France. She was an actress, known for Voyance et manigance (2001), Deuxième quinzaine de juillet (2000) and Grégoire Moulin contre l'humanité (2001). She died on 11 February 2008 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Michel Schneider was born on 28 May 1944 in Dammarie-les-Lys, Seine-et-Marne, France. He was a writer, known for Marilyn, dernières séances (2008), Un écran nommé désir (2006) and Face à l'image (2003). He died on 21 July 2022 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.
- François Gamard was born on 7 January 1946 in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, France. He was an actor, known for Ruby & Quentin (2003), Dans un grand vent de fleurs (1996) and Fantôme avec chauffeur (1996). He died on 26 December 2010 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jean Devaivre (1912-2004),who had sunk into oblivion ,gained fame again as one of the heroes of Bertrand Tavernier's "Laissez passer" which was based on his memoirs(Jacques Gamblin played his part in this 2002 film).His career as a director was short-lived and only two of his movies are worth watching :"La Dame De Onze Heures" and "La Ferme Des Sept Péchés" (The farm of the seven sins).Both are offbeat thrillers ,"La Ferme" is the best of the two .Unfortunately ,afterward, he got lost in mediocrities: two sequels to Richard Pottier's "Caroline Chérie" .First a set designer ,then an assistant (Maurice Tourneur) .- Saint-Allier was born on 27 April 1892 in Moulins, Allier, France. He was an actor, known for À la manière de... (1935), Champignol malgré lui (1933) and Allô, Mademoiselle! (1932). He died on 2 September 1958 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Sébastien Demorand was born on 4 August 1969 in Rhodesia. He died on 21 January 2020 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France.