Illouz, Maurice

   He entered films as an actor in 1973 (L'Amour, c'est du Papier, short, Michel Leeb) and played in more than thirty movies, mostly comedies. In l976, he was an assistant director to Yves Robert (l976 Un Eléphant, ça trompe énormément / UK: An Elephant Can Be Ex­tremely Deceptive / USA: Pardon Mon Affaire). He occa­sionally worked as an executive (1984 A Mort l'Arbitre, Jean-Pierre Mocky, l988 Chouans!, Philippe de Broca; 1993 Drôles d'Oiseaux, Peter Kassovitz; 2003 Michel Vaillant, Louis-Pascal Couvelaire, 2007 L'Invité, Laurent Bouhnik), delegate (l991 Gawin, Arnaud Sélignac), and associate (2006 Les Filles du Botaniste, Sijie Daï, producer). In l998, he directed an unsuccessful comedy.

 Filmography

1998 ◘ Bingo! (also screenwriter, dialogist)