Lavandier, Yves

(April 2, 1959, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Yvelines, France - )

   Having graduated with a degree in civil engineering, he studied film at Columbia University, New York (1983-1985), and received a master of fine arts de­gree in screenwriting and directing (Milos Forman and Brad Dourif were his teachers). During these three "American years", he directed a few shorts. He returned in France in 1985, co-wrote an unfilmed screenplay with Jean-Paul Salomé (Cache-Cache), and started a career as a screenwriter for film (1990 Le Dénommé, as co-screenwriter, Jean-Claude Dague, shot in 1988) and TV (1988 Allô, tu m'aimes?, as co-screenwriter, 90 X 26', Pierre Goutas; 1989 Diamonds, as screenwriter, episode "Death Kiss", Paolo Barzman; La Vie de Nathalie, as co-screenwriter, 9 X 26', Pierre Goutas; 1990 Bordertown / Les Deux font la Loi, as co-screenwriter, episode "In Cold Blood", Paolo Barzman; USA / Canada / France; 1991 Tribunal, as co-screenwriter, episode "La Brasserie du Coeur", Georges Bensoussan; 1992 Cousin William, as co-screenwriter, also creator, 98 X 4', Christophe Andréi; Tribunal, as co-screenwriter, episode "Coup de Tabac", Georges Bensoussan). He wrote and published two books: 1994 La Dramaturgie, (Editions Le Clown et l'Enfant, reedited in 1997 and 2004); 2001 Oui, mais . . . (anno­tated screenplay, Editions Le Clown et L'Enfant).

 Filmography

1982 ◘ Allô! (short; also screenwriter)

1984 ◘ Yes, Darling (short; also actor; USA)

        ◘ Mr. Brown? (short; also screenwriter, actor; USA)

1985 ◘ The Perverts (short; also screenwriter, actor; USA)

        ◘ Should Children Play with E.T.? (short; also actor; USA)

1987 ◘ Le Scorpion (short; also actor)

2001 ◘ Oui, mais . . . (also screenwriter, actor)