Le Guay, Philippe

(October 22, 1956, Paris, France-)

   A holder of a master's degree in modern letters, he graduated from the IDHEC (editing department) in 1983. He filmed many Super-8 shorts before directing his first professional film in 1981. He is also a co-screenwriter for films (1983 il ne faut jurer de rien, short, Christian Vincent; 1985 Grosse, short, Brigitte Rouan; 1986 15 Août, Nicole Garcia; 1989 Un Amour de trop / USA: Sandra, also actor, Franck Landron; 1990 Un Week-End sur Deux / UK and USA: Every Other Weekend, Nicole Garcia; Outremer / UK and USA: Overseas, Brigitte Rouan; 1992 Lapse of Memory / Mémoire traquée, Patrick Dewolf, Canada / France; 1997 Post-Coïtum Animal triste / US video: After Sex, Brigitte Rouan) and TV (1992 Ascension Express, Nico­las Ribowski; 1996 Tout ce qui brille, Lou Jeunet). He played in a couple of movies (1991 Août, Henri Herré; 2004 Les Textiles, Franck Landron) and appeared as himself in TV documentaries (2001 Avec Vincent Lin-don, documentary, Hopi Lebel; 2006 Vocation Cinéaste, documentary, Laurent Perrin).

 Filmography

1974 ◘ Vacances propres (Super-8 short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Un Désir frustré (Super-8 short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Révolver est en Plastique (Super-8 short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Curieux malavisé (Super-8 short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Du Côté de la Salle de Bains (16-mm short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Amour est aveugle (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Esprit de Contradiction (short; co-director with Franck Landron; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Soif (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1983 ◘ Le Clou (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1985 ◘ Les Deux Fragonard (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1989 ◘ Les Deux Fragonard (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1995 ◘ L'Année Juliette (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2001 ◘ Trois Huit (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2003 ◘ Le Coût de la Vie (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2006 ◘ Du Jour au Lendemain (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1984 ◘ La Boutique infernale (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1986 ◘ Les Amoureux du Cinéma 1993 Rhésus Roméo / Urgence d'aimer (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)