Sisser, Pierre

(December 23, 1935, Neuilly-Sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )

   In 1956, he joined the crew of a new radio station, Europe I. A few years later, he entered films as an assistant director. Besides his directing efforts, he successively was a co-screenwriter (1965 Les Saintes Chéries, TV series, episode "Eve et la Vie parisienne", Jean Becker; 1969 Erotissimo, Gérard Pirès; 1978 Vas-y Maman! / USA: Take It from the Top, as co-adapter co-dialogist, Nicole de Buron), second unit director (1983 Papy fait de la Résistance, Jean-Marie Poiré), and actor (1996 Le Rêve d'Esther, TV, Jacques Otmezguine; 1999 Lettre à mon Frère Guy Gilles, Cinéaste trop tôt disparu, as himself, documentary, Luc Bernard). He created the bible and the characters of the Louis la Brocante TV series (1998-2008). Book: 1995 Amour et Humour gay (Editions Ramsay).

 Filmography

1969 ◘ Géraldine ou La Vertu recompensée (short)

1974 ◘ Force 8 (also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 1972)

1975 ◘ Un Jour la Fête (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1983 ◘ Ça va pas être triste (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1986 ◘ Avec Plaisir (short; co-director with Claire-Lise Panzer; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1971 ◘ Un Enfant dans la Ville (also actor)

        ◘ Opéra Première (10 X 52')

        ◘ La Caballe

        ◘ Astrolab 22 (13 X 26'; France / Saudi Arabia)

        ◘ 2002 ou L'Odyssée du Futur (13 X 3'; France / West Germany / Spain)

1988 ◘ Emmène-moi

        ◘ Le Loufiat (6 X 52'; co-director)

1989 ◘ Stargliner (docudrama; short)

        ◘ Les Millionnaires du Jeudi (6 X 26'; co-director)

1990 ◘ Portraits (5 X 52')

        ◘ Les Noces de Carton

        ◘ Tout Feu, tout Femme (30 X 52'; co-director with Marion Sarraut)

1998 ◘ Les Cordier, Juge et Flic (episode "Rangée de Voitures")

        ◘ Louis la Brocante (episodes "Louis et les Mômes", "Louis et Violette"; also co-screenwriter)

1999 ◘ Louis la Brocante (episode "Louis et la Prison de Cristal")

        ◘ Louis la Brocante (episode "Louis et la Prison de Plomb")

        ◘ Un Paradis pour Deux (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Louis la Brocante (episodes "Louis et la Figurine d'Argile", "Louis", "Mathilde et les Autres")

2005 ◘ La Visite

        ◘ Louis la Brocante (episode "Louis et le Mystère du Viager")

2006 ◘ Louis et la Brocante (episodes "Louis et la

        ◘ Fin des Abricots", "Louis et le Silence de Plomb")

        ◘ Aller et Retour dans la Journée

2007 ◘ Louis la Brocante (episode "Louis et les Pots cassés")