Grall, Sébastien

(March 20, 1954, Paris, France - )

   The son of a publisher father and a Gallimard press attache mother, he carried on several jobs (barman, delivery boy, and art books representative salesman) before becoming an assistant director (1977 Le Juge Fayard dit le Shériff, Yves Boisset; La Question / USA: The Question, Laurent Heynemann; 1979 Le Divorce­ment, Pierre Barouh; 1981 Deprisa, deprisa / Vivre vite, Carlos Saura, Spain / France; 1982 Nestor Burma, Détective de Choc / UK: Nestor Burma, Shock Detective, Jean-Luc Miesch; La Côte d'AmourF Charlotte Dubreuil; 1983 Stella, Laurent Heynemann). He directed many commercials and institutional films and about 100 sketches of Les Guignols de l'Info.

 Filmography

1982 ◘ La Nuit du Lac (also co-screenwriter)

1986 ◘ La Femme secrète (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1989 ◘ Un Père et passe (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ 3000 Scénarios contre un Virus (segment "Sidap-olis")

        ◘ Les Milles—Le Train de la Liberté / Les Milles— Gefangen im Lager (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Germany)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Un Petit Grain de Folie

        ◘ Mirage noir

        ◘ La Façon de le dire (France / Ireland)

        ◘ Madame la Proviseur (episodes "L'œil du Singe", "Ce que Mathilde veut", "Jardin privé")

        ◘ Madame le Proviseur (episode "Le Secret de Polichinelle")

        ◘ Un Petit Parisien (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Enfants du Miracle (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Un Eté de canicule (4 X 90')

        ◘ La Vie à mains nues

        ◘ L'Homme pressé

        ◘ 3 Femmes . . . un Soir d'Eté (4 X 90')

2006 ◘ La Blonde au Bois dormant