Balducci, Richard

(February 10, 1929, Paris, France - )

   The son of a carpenter, he learned to work wood. After World War II, he became a journalist and was hired by Pierre Lazareff as film columnist in France - Soir. A press attaché in the 1960s, he made some occasional appearances on-screen (1960 A Bout de Souffle / UK: By a Tether / UK and USA: BreathlessF Jean-Luc Godard; 1993 Chambre /2, Hôtel de SuèdeF TV documentary, Claude Ventura, Xavier Villetard). He also was author of original ideas (1963 Les Saintes-Nitouches / Le ragazze di buona famiglia / UK: Wild Living / USA: Young Girls of Good Families, Pierre Montazel, France / Italy; Cherchez l'Idole / Sciarada alla francese, also co-screenwriter, Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; 1965 Le Gendarme à New York / Tre gendarmi a New York, Jean Girault, France / Italy), author of original characters (1979 Le Gendarme et les Extra-Terrestres / UK video: The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space, Jean Girault; 1982 Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes, Jean Girault, Tony Aboyantz), screenwriter (1964 Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez / Una ragazza a Saint-Tropez / UK and USA: The Gendarme of St. Tropez, Jean Girault, France / Italy; 1979 Les Bidasses en Vadrouille, also co-adapter and co-dialogist, Christian Caza = Michel Ardan), co-screenwriter (1968 Le Gendarme se marie / Calma ragazze oggi mi sposo / USA: The Gendarme Gets Married, Jean Girault, France / Italy; 1970 Le Gendarme en Balade / 6 gendarmi in fuga, Jean Girault, France / Italy; 1978 Général . . . nous voilà!, also co-adapter, Jacques Besnard; 1979 Les Joyeuses Colonies de Vacances, also co-dialogist, Michel Gérard; 1980 Voulez-vous un Bébé Nobel?, also adapter, dialogist, Robert Pouret; 1981 Traumbus / Austern mit Senf / La Fac en Délire, Franz Antel, West Germany / France), co-adapter and co-dialogist (1976 Le Jour de Gloire / Ein Priester, ein Panzer und ein Haufen muder Land-ser, Jacques Besnard, France / West Germany), co-adapter and dialogist (1984 Charlots Connection; Jean Couturier), and technical adviser (1983 En Cas de Guerre mondiale, je file à l'Etranger, also actor, Jacques Ardouin). He authored several novels (1976 Le Café des Veuves, J. Dullis, reedited in 1980 by Mengès; 1977 Tu seras la plus riche du Cimetière, Presses de la Cité; 1980 Salut la Puce, La Table Ronde; 2003 Autopsie d'une Criminelle, Mélis edition; 2006 Princesses de Paris, Hors-Collection) and a monograph on Charles Aznavour (2002 Charles Aznavour: Confidences d'un Enfant de Bohème, Editions Christian Pirot).

 Filmography

1966 ◘ Le Petit Cheval de Bois (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1970 ◘ L'Amour (also co-screenwriter; shot in 1968)

1969 ◘ La Honte de la Famille (also co-screenwriter)

1972 ◘ L'Odeur des Fauves / L'odore delle belve / US video: Scandal Man (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Trop jolies pour être Honnêtes / Quatre Souris pour un Hold-Up / Perché mammà ti manda solo? / Demasiado bonitas para ser Honestas / US video: The Powder Puff Gang / Seduction Squad (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy / Spain)

1973 ◘ Dans la Poussière du Soleil / Il sole nella polvere / UK: Lust in the Sun / USA: Dust in the Sun (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy; shot in 1970)

1974 ◘ Par ici la Monnaie (also co-screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Machines à Sous / Les Ravageuses de Sexe (as Bruno Baldwyn)

        ◘ La Face cachée d'Hitler (documentary; unre-leased)

        ◘ Prends ta Rolls . . . et va pointer (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ N'oublie pas ton Père au Vestiaire (also screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Salut la Puce (also author of original novel, co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ On l'appelle Catastrophe (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1985 ◘ Le Facteur de Saint-Tropez (also screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Y a pas le Feu (also adapter, dialogist)

1986 ◘ Banana's Boulevard (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)