Nahum, Jacques

(February 27, 1921, Cairo, Egypt-)

   Having graduated from the IDHEC, he was succes­sively a trainee assistant director (1948 Les Casse-Pieds / UK and USA: The Spice of Life' Jean Dréville; 1949 Le Mystère Barton' Charles Spaak), first assistant director to John Berry (1955 Ça va barder / Silenzio ... si spara / US TV: Give 'Em Hell / US video: There Goes Barder' France / Italy, also co-adapter; Je suis un Sentimental / Io sono un sentimentale / US TV: Headlines of Destruction, France / Italy; 1956 Don Juan / Il grande seduttore / El amor de Don Juan / UK and USA: Pantaloons' France / Italy / Spain; 1958 Tamango / La revolta dell' esperenza' France / Italy), executive producer (1961 Une aussi longue Absence / L'inverno ti farà tornare / USA: The Long Absence, Henri Colpi, France / Italy). In 1960, he cre­ated his own production company, Mars International Productions. From 1962 to 1980, he directed 400 commercials. His credits as producer notably include shorts (1965 Fragilité ton Nom est Femme, Nadine Trintignant; 1970 La Glu, Eduard Hayem; La Légende de la première Pierre' Gérard Gozlan; 1973 Les Yeux du Cœur' Willy Rozier), TV miniseries and series (1975 Les Peupliers de la Prétentaine; 1978 813' 6 X 60', Alexandre Astruc, 1986 Le Tiroir secret, 6 X 55', Michel Boisrond, Edouard Molinaro, Roger Gillioz, Nadine Trintignant; 1989 Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin' 12 X 55', also co-screenwriter; 1995 Les Nouveaux Exploits d'Arsène Lupin' also co-screenwriter, 8 X 90', France / Italy / Switzerland / Poland / Canada / Cuba / Bulgaria), TV movies (1988 Mary de Cork, Robin Davis, France / Switzerland; 1992 La Peur, Daniel Vigne; 1998 La Femme du Boulanger, also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Nicolas Ribowski), and movies (1977 Bilitis, also co-screenwriter, David Hamilton, Henri Colpi; 1981 Salut . . . j'arrive! / Sehnsucht nach dem rosaroten Chaos, also co-screenwriter, Gérard Poteau, France / West Germany).

 Filmography

1952 ◘ Bonnes Vacances (short; also screenwriter)

1960 ◘ Le Saint mène la Danse / USA: The Dance of Death (also co-screenwriter)

 Television Filmography

1951 ◘ Adventures in Paris (USA)

1956 ◘ La Répétition manquée (co-director with Pierre Neurrisse)

1961 ◘ Petit Garçon d'Hiroshima (documentary)

1965 ◘ Soyez sérieux Monsieur Allais (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1965 ◘ Démons et Merveilles (25 X 70' documen-1971 Lary)

        ◘ Tête d'Affiche (20 X 80' documentary)

1971 ◘ Visages du Cinéma (8 X 80' documentary)

1973 ◘ Le Double Assassinat de la Rue Morgue (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Eugène Sue

        ◘ Les Grands Détectives (episode "Six Hommes morts"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Maître Pygmalion (co-director with Hélène Durand; also co-screenwriter)

1977 ◘ Les Archives du XXème Siècle (2 X 55' documentary; episode "Madame Simone")