Rouffio, Jacques

(August 14, 1928, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France - )

   He entered films as an assistant director (1951 Le Garçon sauvage / USA: Savage Triangle, Jean Delan-noy; 1953 La Route Napoléon, Jean Delannoy; 1954 Secrets d'Alcôve / Il letto / UK: The Secrets of the Bed / USA: The Bed, segment "Le Lit de la Pompadour", Jean Delannoy, France / Italy; Obsession / Domanda di grazia, Jean Delannoy, France / Italy; 1955 Des Gens sans Importance, Henri Verneuil; 1957 Le Rouge est mis / UK and USA: Speaking of Murder, Gilles Grangier; Ces Dames préfèrent le Mambo / Le signore preferis-cono il mambo / USA: Dishonorable Discharge, Bernard Borderie, France / Italy; 1958 Le Gorille vous salue bien / USA: The Mask of the Gorilla, Bernard Borderie; Meurtre en 45 Tours / UK and USA: Murder at 45 R.P.M., Etienne Périer; Délit de Fuite / Sangue sull' asfalto / Prestup u bekstvu, Bernard Borderie, France / Italy / Yugoslavia; La Tête contre les Murs / UK: The Keepers / USA: Head Against the Wall, Georges Franju; Les Dragueurs / UK: Young Have No Morals / USA: The Dredgers / The Chasers, Jean-Pierre Mocky; La Valse du Gorille / US TV: Operation Top Secret, Bernard Borderie; Sergent X / USA: Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion, Bernard Borderie; Comment qu'elle est / USA: Women Are Like That, Bernard Borderie; Le Caïd, Bernard Borderie; 1961 Bridge to the Sun / Le Pont vers le So­leil, Etienne Périer, USA / France; 1962 Le Gentleman d'Epsom / Les Grands Seigneurs / Il re delle corse / UK and USA: Duke of the Derby, Gilles Grangier, France / Italy; 1963 Les Vierges / Le vergini, Jean-Pierre Mocky, France / Italy; Irma la Douce, Billy Wilder, USA; 1964 La Bonne Soupe / La pappa reale / USA: Careless Love, Robert Thomas, France / Italy; 1965 Dis-moi qui tuer, Etienne Périer). A screenwriter (1960 Un Couple, as uncredited co-screenwriter, Jean-Pierre Mocky; 1969 Sirokko / Sirocco d'Hiver / UK and USA: Winter Wind, as co-screenwriter, Miklôs Jancsô, Hungary / France; 1974 Le Trio infernal / Trio infernale / Trio infernal / UK and USA: The Infernal Trio, as co-screenwriter, Francis Girod, France / Italy / West Germany; 1994 Les Faucons, TV movie, Michel Lang, France / Germany) and production manager (1969 Slogan, Pierre Grimblat; Le Temps de vivre, Bernard Paul; 1970 Dernier Domicile connu / Ultimo domicilio conosciuto, José Giovanni, France / Italy; 1971 Léa l'Hiver, Marc Monnet; Un Aller-simple / Solo andata / La puerta cerrada, José Giovanni, France / Italy / Spain; Où est passé Tom?, José Giovanni, France / Italy; 1972 Beau Masque, Bernard Paul, France / Italy), he directed only eight movies in twenty-two years.

 Filmography

1967 ◘ L'Horizon (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, producer, co-editor)

1975 ◘ Sept Morts sur Ordonnance / Quartett Bestial / Siete muertes por prescripcion facultativa (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / West Germany / Spain)

        ◘ Violette et François

        ◘ Le Sucre (also co-screenwriter)

1982 ◘ La Passante du Sans-Souci / Die Spaziergangerin von Sans-Souci / UK and USA: The Passerby (France / West Germany)

1986 ◘ Mon Beau-Frère a tué ma Sœur / UK festival: They've Killed Her! (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Etat de Grâce (also co-screenwriter)

1989 ◘ L'Orchestre rouge (France / Italy / Belgium)

 Television Filmography

1984 ◘ Série noire (episode "J'ai bien l'Honneur"; also co-screenwriter)

1988 ◘ L'Argent 1991 Le Stagiaire

1995 ◘ V'la l'Cinéma ou Le Roman de Charles Pathé (also co-screenwriter)

2007 ◘ Chez Maupassant (episode "Miss Harriet")