Goupil, Romain

(July 12, 1951, Paris, France - )

   From 1965 to 1967, he filmed amateur Super-8 shorts. His two first professional documentaries were released on TV. Then he served as an assistant cameraman (1970 Céleste / Un soffio di piacereF Michel Gast, France / Italy; 1972 L'Attentat / L'attentato / Das Attentat / Die todliche Falle (Die Affàre Sadiel) / UK: Plot / USA: The French Conspiracy / The Assassination, Yves Boisset, France / Italy / West Germany) and as­sistant director (1971 A Paris, documentary, Robert Menegoz; 1974 Une Société anonyme, documentary, short, Robert Menegoz; 1976 Le Grand Orchestre élec­trique, documentary, short, also production manager, 1977 Le Gang / La gang del Parigino / USA: The Gang, Jacques Deray, France / Italy; Néa / Nea—Ein Madchen entdeckt die Liebe / UK and USA: Nea:A New WomanF Nelly Kaplan, France / West Germany; Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine, Coluche, Marc Monnet; 1978 Les Rendez-vous d'Anna / De Afspraken van Anna / UK and USA: The Meetings of Anna, Chantal Akerman, France / Belgium / West Germany; Du Col du Tahir au Pic de Carbonne, documentary, short, Robert Menegoz; 1979 Tess, Roman Polanski, France / UK; 1980 Sauve qui peut (la Vie) / Rette sich, wer kann (das Leben) / UK: Slow Motion / USA: Every Man for Himself, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Switzerland / West Germany / Austria; 1988 Les Possédés, Andrzej Wajda; 1990 Allemagne, Année 90 Neuf Zéro / USA: Germany Year 90 Nine ZeroF also production manager, Jean-Luc Godard). A extreme left militant since his adolescence, he took part in the May 1968 student revolt (he appeared in an episode of Dim Dam Dom on the subject: "Les Lycéens ont la Parole", Pierre Zaidline, 1968). He played supporting roles in several movies (1994 Veillée d'Armes / Veillée d'Armes: Histoire du Journalisme en Temps de Guerre / The Troubles Weve Seen—Die Geschichte der Kriegs-berichterstatung / The Troubles We've Seen: A History of Journalism in Wartime, documentary, as himself, Marcel Ophuls, France / West Germany / UK; 1999 Vénus Beauté (Institut) / UK: Venus Beauty Salon / USA: Venus Beauty Institute, Tonie Marshall; 2001 A ma Soeur! / A mia sorella! / USA: Fat Girl / Australia: For My Sister, Catherine Breillat, France / Italy; 2002 La Bande du Drugstore, François Armanet; 2004 Julie Meyer, short, Anne Huet; Le Fantôme d'Henri Langlois / UK: Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinemathèque / USA: Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque, documentary, as himself, Jacques Renard; Freedom2speak v2.0, documentary, Christoph Gampl, Brigitte Kramer, Marc Meyer, Uwe Nagel, Markus Schmidt, Germany; Mon Homme, short, Stéphanie Tchou-Cotta; 2008 Les Murs porteurs, Cyril Gelblat, shot in 2005; Un Conte de Noël / UK: A Christmas Tale / USA: Christmas Tae Arnaud Desplechin; Rien dans les Poches, TV, Marion Vernoux). Other credit (as production manager): 1975 La Puissance et l'Instant (documentary, short, Robert Menegoz). He authored novels (1998 Le Lundi, c'est SodoF Baleine; 1999 A Mort la Mort Julliard) and an autobiography (2006 La Défaite dépasse toutes nos Espérances, Editions Plon).

 Filmography

        ◘ L'Exclu (documentary; short)

        ◘ Ibizarre (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Père Goupil (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Coluche Président (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Mourir à Trente Ans / US festival: Half a Life (documentary; short; also screenwriter, actor)

        ◘ La Java des Ombres (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / West Germany)

        ◘ Avignon: Lieux et Publics (documentary; short)

        ◘ Madame Lita (documentary; short)

        ◘ Je sais pas, je sais pas (documentary; short; also actor)

        ◘ Je ne me souviens pas (documentary; short)

        ◘ Un Jeune Homme rangé (documentary; short)

        ◘ Maman (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Contre l'Oubli / Ecrire contre l'Oubli / Against Ob­livion / Lest We Forget (documentary; segment "Pour Abd al-Ra'uf, Israel")

        ◘ Parking (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Petits Amants (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

        ◘ Lettre pour L . . . (also screenwriter, actor)

        ◘ Paris est à nous (documentary)

        ◘ Lettre pour lui (documentary; short)

        ◘ Lettre pour eux (documentary; short)

1999 ◘ A Mort la Mort! (also original book, screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

2002 ◘ Une Pure Coïncidence (documentary; also origi­nal book, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor)

 Television Filmography

1988 ◘ Sueurs froides (episode "Un Jeune Homme bien rangé")

1993 ◘ Monologues (episode "Parking")

1996 ◘ Les Années Lycée (episode "Sa Vie à elle")

2004 ◘ Quotidien Bagdad (documentary; also screenwriter)