Lary, Pierre

(February 25, 1927, Le Vesinet, Yve-lines, France - )

   After studying medicine for four years and earning a master's degree in sociology, he switched to cin­ema as an assistant editor. A screenwriter for films (1955 Sophie et le Crime / USA: Girl on the Third Floor, as co-screenwriter, Pierre Gaspard-Huit; 1957 Les Lavandières du Portugal / Las lavanderas de Portugal, as co-screenwriter, Pierre Gaspard-Huit, France / Spain; 1959 Ça n'arrive qu'aux Vivants, also co-screenwriter, dialogist, Tony Saytor; 1961 L'Enclos / Ogradia, as co-screenwriter, also technical adviser, Armand Gatti, France / Yugoslavia; Le Trésor des Hommes bleus / Caravane pour Zagota / El secreto de los hombres azules, as adapter, dialogist, Edmond Agabra, Marco Ferreri, France / Spain) and TV (1979 L'Etrange Monsieur Du-vallier, TV series, as co-screenwriter, Victor Vicas; 1981 Les Roues de la Fortune, 7 X 52', as co-screenwriter, Teff Erhat; 1986 La Force du Destin, as co-screenwriter, Maurice Frydland; 1987 Les Passions de Céline, 3 X 26', as co-screenwriter, Josée Dayan, France / Luxembourg; La Baleine blanche, as co-screenwriter, Jean Kerchbron; 1989 Juliette en toutes Lettres, 12 X 26', as co-screenwriter, Gérard Marx; 1996 Les Feux de la Saint-Jean / USA: A Midsummer Day's Fire, as co-screenwriter, François Luciani), he also was an assis­tant director (1956 Paris Canaille / Paris Coquin / USA: Maid in Paris, Pierre Gaspard-Huit; La Mariée est trop belle / UK: The Bride is Too Beautiful / USA: The Bride is Much Too Beautiful / Her Bridal Night, Pierre Gaspard-Huit; 1957 Elisa / La Fille Elisa, Roger Richebé; Que les Hommes sont bêtes, Roger Richebé; 1958 Christine /

   L'amante pura / USA: Christine, Pierre Gaspard-Huit, France / Italy; 1960 Austerlitz / La battaglia diAusterlitz / Napoleone ad Austerlitz / USA: The Battle of Austerlitz, Abel Gance, France / Italy / Yugoslavia; 1961 Tintin et le Mystère de la Toison d'Or, Jean-Jacques Vierne; 1962 Shéhérazade / La schiava di Bagdad / Scherazade / USA: Scheherazade, Pierre Gaspard-Huit, France / Italy / Spain; 1964 Le Journal d'une Femme de Chambre / il diario di una cameriera / UK: The Diary of a Cham­bermaid / USA: Diary of a Chambermaid, Luis Bunuel, France / Italy; 1966 Cartes sur Tables / Cartas boca ar-riba / USA: Attack of the Robots, Jess Franco, France / Spain; Safari Diamants / Fur eine Handvoll Diamanten, Michel Drach, France / West Germany; 1967 Belle de Jour / Bella di giorno / USA: Belle de Jour, Luis Bunuel, France / Italy; 1968 Adieu l'Ami / Tecnica di una rapina / Due sporche carogne / USA: Farewell, Friend / Honor Among Thieves, Jean Herman, France / Italy; 1969 La Voie lactée / La via lattea / Die Milchstrasse / USA: The Milky Way, also actor, Luis Bunuel, France / Italy / West Germany; 1970 Tristana, Luis Bunuel, France / Italy / Spain; 1972 La Course du Lièvre à travers les Champs / La corsa della lepre attraverso i campi / USA: And Hope to Die, René Clément, France / Italy; Le Charme discret de la Bourgeoisie / il fascino discreto della borghesia / El discreto encanto de la burguesia / UK and USA: The Dis­creet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, also actor, Luis Bunuel, France / Italy / Spain; 1974 Le Fantôme de la Liberté / il fantasma della libertà / UK and USA: The Phantom of Liberty / The Specter of Freedom, also actor, Luis Bunuel, France / Italy; 1977 Cet Obscur Objet du Désir / Ese oscuro objeto del deseo / USA: That Obscure Ob­ject of Desire, Luis Bunuel, France / Spain). He played small parts for friends in films (1978 La Jument Vapeur / UK and USA: Dirty Dishes, Joyce Bunuel; 1981 Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une Copine, Patrice Leconte) and TV movies (1978 Les Héritiers, episode "Photos de Famille", Juan-Luis Bunuel; 1980 Les Héritiers, episode "Ressac", Juan-Luis Bunuel; 1984 Série Noire episode "Aveugle, que veux-tu?", Juan-Luis Bunuel; Bunuel, documentary, as himself, Rafael Cortés; 2003 Histoires de Fiction, 6 X 52', as himself, Sabine Chalvon-Demersay, Patrick Jeudy).

 Filmography

1954 ◘ Les Chemins qui marchent (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Femme et l'Enfant (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Bébé prend le Départ (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Une Naissance entre toutes (short; also screenwriter)

1963 ◘ Quinze Mille Voisins (short; also screenwriter)

1965 ◘ Les Pieds dans le Plâtre (co-director with Jacques Fabbri)

        ◘ Elle est là qui attend (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ On n'échappe jamais (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Ascenseur (short; also screenwriter)

1977 ◘ Le Diable dans la Boîte (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ La Revanche (also adapter)

        ◘ L'indiscrétion (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1968 ◘ Les Secrets de la Mer Rouge (13 X 26'; co-director with Claude Guillemot)

1975 ◘ Les Secrets de la Mer rouge (13 X 26'; co-director with Claude Guillemot)

        ◘ Les Héritiers (episode "Le Quincaillier de Meaux")

        ◘ Médecins de Nuit (episodes "Henri Gillot", "Retraité", "Les Margiis"; France / West Germany)

        ◘ Aéroport Charter 2020 (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Salut Champion (episodes "L'Eté commence à Roland Garros", "La Perle du Brésil")

1986 ◘ Les Aventuriers du Nouveau-Monde (TV minise-ries; co-director only)

1989 ◘ Bonne Espérance (13 X 52'; co-director with Philippe Monnier; France / UK / West Germmany / Italy)

        ◘ Napoléon et l'Europe (episode "Le 18 Bru­maire"; Belgium / Canada / France)

1990 ◘ Le Lien du Sang (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ La Femme du Consul

        ◘ Les Merisiers (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Homme de la Maison (also co-screenwriter)

1995 ◘ L'instit (episode "Aimer par Cœur"; France / [m2]   Switzerland)

1997 ◘ Les Bœuf-Carottes (episode "Emotions fortes")

        ◘ est l'Homme de ma Vie (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Ni vue, ni connue (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Portrait (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Spain)

        ◘ La Banquise

2003 ◘ Le Compagnon (episode "Choisir son Père")

2004 ◘ Au Bout du Quai (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Labien Cosma (episode "Droit de Regard")