Kalfon, Pierre

(January 4, 1934, Tunis, Tunisia-)

   In 1963, he created Number One, a production com­pany that financed the films he directed and many other movies. His credits as a producer include 1963 Dragées au Poivre / Confetti al pepe / UK and USA: Sweet and Sour (Jacques Baratier, France / Italy); 1964 Aimez-vous les Femmes? / UK: Do You Like Women? / USA: A Taste for Women (Jean Léon, France / Italy); Le belle famiglie / Les Belles Familles (Ugo Gregoretti, Italy / France); 1965 A ilhas encantadas / Les Iles enchantées (Carlos Vilardebo, Portugal / France); L'Or du Duc (Jacques Baratier, France / Italy); Dis-moi qui tuer (Eti­enne Périer); 1967 Cinq Gars pour Singapour / Cinque Marines per Singapore / UK and USA: Five Ashore in Singapore / Singapore, Singapore (also co-screenwriter, Bernard Toublanc-Michel, France / Italy); 1968 Adélaïde / Fino a farti male / USA: Adelaide / The Depraved, Jean-Daniel Simon, France / Italy); 1969 Medea / Médée / UK and USA: Medea (as associate producer, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy / France); 1970 O palacio dos anjos (Walter Hugo Khouri, Brazil / France); 1984 Retenez-moi . . . ou je fais un malheur / USA: Hold Me Back or I'll Have an Accident (Michel Gérard); 1994 Barnabo delle montagne / Barnabo des Montagnes (as co-producer, Mario Brenta, Italy / France); 1997 The Blackout (Abel Ferrara, USA / France); 1998 Dead Man's Curve (as executive producer, Dan Rosen, USA); 2001 'R Xmas / Christmas (Abel Ferrara, USA / France); 2004 Big Kiss (as co-producer, Billy Zane, France / Sweden). He is also a distributor.

 Filmography

        ◘ OSS 117 prend des Vacances / Verao de Fogo (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-producer; France / Brazil)

        ◘ Les Vieux Loups bénissent la Mort (also producer)

        ◘ La Cravache (also producer)

        ◘ Le Feu aux Lèvres (also screenwriter, dialogist, co-producer)

1975 ◘ Le Triangle écorché (also screenwriter, dialogist, co-producer)

 Television Filmography

1976 ◘ Histoires peu ordinaires (8 X 26'; co-director only)