Léviant, Michel

(May 7, 1947, Washington, DC, USA-)

   Having trained at the Polytechnic School (1966), in 1970he moved to Los Angeles, where he spent three years at the University of California, Los Angeles, and filmed five shorts. A co-screenwriter and co-dialogist for films (1981 Une Sale Affaire, Alain Bonnot; 1994 La Fille de d'Artagnan / USA: D'Artagnan's Daughter / The Daughter of d'Artagnan / US video: Revenge of the Musketeers, Bertrand Tavernier; 1996 Le Silence des Fusils, Arthur Lamothe, Canada, shot in 1994; 2007 Sous les Bombes, Philippe Aractingi, France / Lebanon / UK) and TV (1981 Sans Famille / USA: An Orphan's Tale, 5 X 53', Jacques Ertaud; 1989 Le Prix du Silence, Jacques Ertaud; Haute Tension, episode "Eaux troubles", also actor, Alain Bonnot; 1994 Rapt à Crédit, Pierre Boutron; Le Juge est une Femme, episode "Danse avec la Mort", Claude Grinberg; 1996 Les Amants de la Rivière rouge, 2 X 90', Yves Boisset, shot in 1994; 1997 Pardaillan, Edouard Niermans; 2003 Quai No. l , episodes "24 h Gare du Nord", "Les Liens du Sang", Patrick Jamain; 2005 Le Dernier Seigneur des Balkans, 4 X 90', Michel Favart, France / Greece / Poland / Spain / Bulgaria), he directed his first feature in 1981 and occasionally played in films (1980 Girls / Les Femmes-Enfants / Girls—Die kleinen Aufreisserinen, Just Jaeckin, France / West Germany / Canada) and TV movies (1985 Série noire, episode "Pas de Pitié pour les Rats", Jacques Ertaud). Other credits (as assistant director): 1984 Liste noire (Alain Bonnot).

 Filmography

1968 ◘ Le Froid (animated short)

1971 ◘ Pour l'Amour de la Lune (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1981 ◘ La Gueule du Loup (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2006 ◘ En Souvenir de nous (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1979 ◘ Les Naufragés du Havre (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1993 ◘ Jeux d'Enfants (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1995 ◘ Le Mur aux Fées (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)