Jourdan, Pierre

(Pierre Gendre / September 21, 1932, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France - August 16, 2007, Fleurines, Oise, France)

   The younger brother of actor Louis Jourdan (b. 1921), he was a renowned stage and opera director who filmed most of his works.

 Filmography

1968 ◘ Phèdre

1972 ◘ Le Trouvère

        ◘ I Am a Dancer / Un Danseur: Rudolph Nureyev (UK / France)

1974 ◘ Norma

        ◘ Tristan und Isolde

1977 ◘ Aida

1979 ◘ Fidélio / Beethoven Fidélio (also editor; shot in 1977)

 Television Filmography

1982 ◘ Ciboulette

1990 ◘ Manon Lescaut

        ◘ La Légende de Joseph en Egypte (also adapter, opera director)

        ◘ Henry VIII (also opera director)

        ◘ Christobal Colomb

1994 ◘ Une Education manquée

        ◘ Le Songe d'une Nuit d'Eté (co-director with Patrice Monnet)

        ◘ J'aime le Music-Hall

        ◘ La Colombe

        ◘ Le Domino noir

        ◘ Mignon (also opera director)

        ◘ Planto por Ignacio Sanchez Médée (also production designer)

        ◘ Les Noces de Figaro (co-director with Patrice Monnet; also opera director)

        ◘ La Jolie Fille de Perth (also opera director)

        ◘ Pelléas et Mélisande (also opera director)

        ◘ Les Diamants de la Couronne (also opera direc­tor)

2005 ◘ Noé (co-director with Patrice Monnet)