Luntz, Edouard

(August 8, 1931, La Baule-Es-coublac, Loire-Atlantique, France - February 26, 2009, Paris, France)

   He learned his craft as an assistant director (1952 La Maison de la Dune, Georges Lampin; 1954 Crain-quebille, Ralph Habib; 1956 La Loi des Rues / USA: Law of the Streets, Ralph Habib; 1958 Bitter Victory / Amère Victoire, Nicholas Ray, USA / France; 1959 La Marraine de Charley, Pierre Chevalier). His movie Bon pour le Service, shot in 1963, which included some antimilita-rist remarks, was forbidden by censorship until 1968. He also co-wrote Ma Chérie (Charlotte Dubreuil, France / Belgium, 1980) and was the co-narrator of La Bataille des Dix Millions / UK: The Battle of the Ten Millions / USA: Cuba: Battle of the 10, 000, 000, documentary, Chris Marker, France / Cuba, 1971). He ap­peared as himself in Othar Estrangeiro (documentary, Lucia Murat, Brazil, 2006).

 Filmography

        ◘ Les Enfants des Courants d'Air (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Silence (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Insolites et Clandestins (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Volcans endormis (documentary; short)

        ◘ L'Escalier (short; also screenwriter)

1966 ◘ Les Cœurs verts / UK and USA: Naked Hearts (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1968 ◘ Bon pour le Service (shot in 1963)

1970 ◘ Le Dernier Saut / Indagine su un parà accusato di omicidio (France / Italy)

        ◘ L'Humeur vagabonde (also dialogist)

        ◘ Le Grabuge / USA: Hung Up (also adapter, co-dialogist; shot in 1968)

1986 ◘ La Fête à Loulou (short; also screenwriter)

 Television Filmography

1973 ◘ Témoignages (episode "Peter"; France / Swit­zerland / Canada)