Krawczyk, Gérard

(May 17, 1953, Paris, France - )

   Having graduated from the IDHEC (directing and cinematography departments), he started as an as­sistant director (1981 Si ma Gueule vous plaît . . . , also actor, Michel Caputo) and co-wrote a TV series (1985 Les Bargeot, 65 x 13', also actor, Jean-Pierre Barizien, Nicolas Cahen, Gérard Espinasse, Bernard Gesbert, Dominique Giuliani, Robert Réa, Gérard Thomas) and a short (1991 Strangers dans la Nuit, also co-adapter, co-dialogist, Sylvain Madigan). He played in a TV movie (1990 Deux Flics à Belleville, Sylvain Madi-gan) and a few movies (1996 XY, drôle de Conception, Jean-Paul Lilienfeld; 1997 Amour et Confusions, Patrick Braoudé; 1999 Ouvertures faciles, documentary, short, Pierre Excoffier, François Hernandez). He also was a second unit director of The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc /Jeanne d'Arc / UK:Joan of Arc (Luc Besson, 1999). He made his directing debut shooting shorts, commercials, and industrial films.

 Filmography

1981 ◘ The Subtile Concept / Le Concept subtil (short)

        ◘ Toro Moreno (short; also screenwriter)

1984 ◘ Homicide By Night (short)

        ◘ Je hais les Acteurs / UK and USA: I Hate Actors (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Eté en Pente douce (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1997 ◘ Héroïnes (also co-screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

        ◘ Taxi 2

        ◘ Wasabi (France / Japan)

2003 ◘ Fanfan la Tulipe

2005 ◘ La Vie est à nous! (also screenwriter, adapter)

2007 ◘ Taxi 4

        ◘ L'Auberge rouge

 Television Filmography

1988 ◘ Méliès 88: La Providence de Notre-Dame des Flots (short; also screenwriter)

1993 ◘ Le Prix d'une Femme (also co-screenwriter)