Leconte, Patrice

(November 12, 1947, Paris, France - )

   Having graduated from the IDHEC in 1969, he di­rected his first short the same year. In the early 1970s, he joined the magazine Pilote, in which he published his comic strips for five years. He worked as a title designer (1971 Les Machins de l'Existence, short, Jean-François Dion), played a few parts in films (1973 L'An 01, Jacques Doillon, Alain Resnais, Jean Rouch; 1984 Pi­not simple Flic, Gérard Jugnot; 1995 Le Fils de Gascogne / US DVD: The Son of Gascogne, as himself, Pascal Aubier; Lumière et Compagnie / Lumiere y compania / Lumière and Company, short, segment "Sarah Moon", France / Spain / Denmark / Sweden; 2008 Mes Stars et moi, La­etitia Colombani), co-wrote Le Jeu des Preuves (short, Luc Béraud, 1974), and directed several plays (1991 Orriifle ou Le Courant d'Air, Jean Anouilh; 2004-2005 Grosse Chaleur, Laurent Ruquier; 2007 Confidences trop intimes, adapted by Jérôme Tonnerre; Correspondance de Groucho Marx; 2008 Héloïse). He authored a book: 2000 Je suis un Imposteur (Flammarion).

 Filmography

1969 ◘ La Tiara d'Almendros (short)

        ◘ L'Espace vital (short)

1971 ◘ Le Laboratoire de l'Angoisse (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, commentary)

1973 ◘ La Famille heureuse / La Famille heureuse (Fa­mille Gazul) (short)

1976 ◘ Les Vécés étaient fermés de l'Intérieur (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Les Bronzés / USA: French Fried Vacation (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Les Bronzés font du Ski

        ◘ Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une Copine (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Ma Femme s'appelle reviens (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Circulez, y'a rien à voir (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1985 ◘ Les Spécialistes (also co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1987 ◘ Tandem (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, camera operator)

        ◘ Monsieur Hire / UK and USA: Monsieur Hire (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, camera operator)

        ◘ Le Mari de la Coiffeuse / UK and USA: The Hairdresser's Husband (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, camera operator)

        ◘ Contre l'Oubli / Ecrire contre l'Oubli / Against Ob­livion / Lest We Forget (documentary; segment "Pour Alexandre Goldovitch", URSS)

        ◘ Le Batteur du Boléro (short; also screenwriter, camera operator)

        ◘ Tango (also co-screenwriter, uncredited cam­era operator)

        ◘ Le Parfum d'Yvonne (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, editor, camera operator)

        ◘ Lumière et Compagnie / Lumiere y compania / Lumière and Company (segment "La Ciotat 1996"; France / Spain / Denmark / Sweden)

        ◘ Les Grands Ducs / USA: The Grand Dukes (also co-screenwriter, camera operator)

        ◘ Ridicule (also camera operator)

        ◘ Une Chance sur 2 (also co-screenwriter, cam­era operator)

        ◘ La Fille sur le Pont (also camera operator)

        ◘ La Veuve de Saint-Pierre / The Widow of St Pierre / USA: The Widow of Saint-Pierre (also adapter, camera operator; France / Canada)

        ◘ Félix et Lola (also co-screenwriter, camera operator)

        ◘ Rue des Plaisirs / German TV: Strasse der heim-lichen Freuden (also co-screenwriter, camera operator; France / Germany)

        ◘ L'Homme du Train / Das zweite Leben des Monsieur Manesquier / Man on the Train / USA: The Man on the Train (also camera operator; France / Germany / UK / Switzerland)

2004 ◘ Confidences trop intimes / UK and USA: intimate Strangers (also co-adapter, camera operator)

        ◘ Dagora—Ouvrons les Yeux (documentary; also camera operator)

2006 ◘ Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la Vie / USA: Friends Forever

        ◘ Mon Meilleur Ami / UK: My Best Friend (also co-screenwriter)

2007 ◘ Dix Films pour en parler (short)

 Television Filmography

1988 ◘ Sueurs froides (episode "Toi, si je voulais"; also screenwriter)