Aghion, Gabriel

(December 30, 1955, Alexan­dria, Egypt-)

   Arrived in France in 1959, he filmed some Super-8-mm amateur shorts at age fourteen before begin­ning his professional career in 1976 as a trainee director (1976 L'Aile ou la Cuisse, Claude Zidi). An assistant director for the next ten years (1977 Dern­ière Sortie avant Roissy / USA: Last Exit Before Roissy, Bernard Paul; 1979 French Postcards / USA: Wer geht denn noch zur Uni, Willard Huyck, USA / France / West Germany, 1985 Bras de Fer, Gérard Vergez . . .), he was also a stage director (1989 Liebeleï). He co-wrote two TV episodes (1997 "L'Amour piégé", from Avocat d'Office TV series, Bernard Stora; 1998 "Les Filles deVincennes", from La Justice de Marion TV series, Thierry Binisti) and played a supporting role in a TV mini-series (1995 La Rivière Espérance, 9 X 90', Josée Dayan).

 Filmography

1983 ◘ La Scarlatine (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1991 ◘ Rue du Bac (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1996 ◘ Pédale douce (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1999 ◘ Belle Maman / USA: Beautiful Mother (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Le Libertin (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Absolument fabuleux (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

2004 ◘ Pédale dure (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1996 ◘ Avocat d'Office (episode "Les Enfants d'abord")

2007 ◘ Monsieur Max