Joffé, Arthur

(September 20, 1953, Paris, France-)

   The son of director Alex Joffé, he received the Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm for a short film for Merlin ou Le Cours de l'Or before directing his first feature-length movie, Harem, starring Ben Kingsley and Nastassja Kinski. He played in Hôtel du Paradis (Janâ Bokova, France / UK, 1986) and made a cameo appearance in Amours et Confusions (Patrick Braoudé, 1997).

 Filmography

1980 ◘ La Découverte (short; also screenwriter)

1982 ◘ Merlin ou le Cours de l'Or (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Casting (short; also screenwriter)

1985 ◘ Harem (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1990 ◘ Alberto Express (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1998 ◘ Que la Lumière soit! / USA: Let There Be Light (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor; shot in 1996-1997)

2004 ◘ Ne quittez pas! (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor)