- Léon, Pierre
- (November 11, 1959, Moscow, Russia-)Having settled in France in 1975, he studied literature and cinema at the University of Paris III, where he met Mathieu Riboulet, with whom he began directing movies. He also played in several movies (1989 Les Cinéphiles l: Le Retour de Jean, Louis Skorecki; Les Cinéphiles 2: Eric a disparu, Louis Skorecki; 1993 Chasse gardée, Jean-Claude Biette, shot in 1990; 1996 Le Complexe de Toulon, Jean-Claude Biette; 2001 Humphrey Bogart et la Femme invisible, short, Anne Benhaïem; 2003 Toutes ces belles Promesses, Jean-Paul Civeyrac, France / Belgium; 2004 Le Dieu Saturne, short, Jean-Charles Fitoussi; Le Pont des Arts, Eugène Green; 2005 L'Etoile violette / TV: Jean-Jacques, short, Axel Robert; 2007 La France, Serge Bozon). Other credit (as sound engineer): 2006 Le Brahmane du kommintern (documentary, Vladimir Léon). His brother, Vladimir Léon, is also a director and actor.Filmography◘ Li per li (also screenwriter, actor)◘ Le Lustre de Pittsburgh (also screenwriter)◘ Le Dieu Mozart (also screenwriter, actor)◘ Oncle Vania (also screenwriter)◘ Le Dieu Mozart II (also screenwriter)◘ Histoire-Géographie (co-director with M. Ri-boulet; also screenwriter)2001 ◘ L'Adolescent (also co-screenwriter)◘ L'Etonnement (also screenwriter)2004 ◘ Nissim dit Max (documentary; co-director with Vladimir Léon; shot in 2002)◘ Octobre (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer, actor)◘ Guillaume et les Sortilèges (also screenwriter)◘ L'Idiot (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.