Agabra, Edmond

(August 10, 1926, Bucharest, Romania-)

   A former assistant to directors Albert Lamorisse (1956 Le Ballon rouge / USA: The Red Balloon) and Henri Decoin (1957 Le Feu aux Poudres / X3 Oper-azione Dinamite, France / Italy; Tous peuvent me tuer / Tutti possono uccidermi / UK: Anyone Can Kill Me / USA TV: Everyone Wants to Kill Me, France / Italy; Nathalie, Agent secret / Pelo di spia / USA: Atomic Agent, France / Italy; 1960 La Chatte sort ses Griffes / UK: The Cat Shows Her Claws / USA TV: Spy Is a Girl), he mainly wrote (1961 10 Juin 1944, short, Maurice Cohen) and directed documentaries. He is also a novelist (1993 L'Enfant de Papier, Editions Phébus) and an author of short stories (2000 La Grenade de Monsieur M, Edi­tions L'Harmattan).

 Filmography

1958 ◘ The Blue Men (Morocco)

1961 ◘ Le Trésor des Hommes bleus / Caravane pour Zagota / El secreto de los hombres azules (co-director with Marco Ferreri; France / Spain)

1970 ◘ Chant malgache (documentary)

1975 ◘ Bois sacré (documentary)

        ◘ Le Temps de l'Herbe verte (documentary)

        ◘ Loumba Malagasy (documentary)

        ◘ Lemmes d'Afrique (documentary)

1989 ◘ Nuit de Noël à Storichereim (co-director with Pavel Canda, Henri De Matteo)