Maillet, Dominique

(April 5, 1952, Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France - )

   He started his professional life as a film critic, col­laborating on the reviews and magazines Cinéma 9, Image et Son, La Saison Cinématographique, Lumière, Vogue Hommes, and Première. In 1973, he co-founded the review Cinématographique and remained a mem­ber of its editorial staff until 1984. He began direct­ing shorts in 1971 and served as an assistant direc­tor to Jean-Jacques Bernard (1978 Stephen, short). From 1985 to 1988, he produced twenty shorts (L2M Productions). He has written for Kodak's Actions since 1998 and for the Technicien du Film (2001). A correspondent for the American review In Camera since 2003, he authored several books: 1975 Miklôs Jancsô (Editions Les Lettres Modernes); 1989 Philippe Noiret (Editions Henri Veyrier); 1991 Philippe de Broca (collective work, Editions Henri Veyrier); 2001 En Lumière (37 directeurs de la photographie par 37 cinéastes) (Editions Dujarric).

 Filmography

1971 ◘ La Mort lente (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Pauvre Sonia / Histoires abominables: Pauvre Sonia (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Miroir (short; also screenwriter)

1978 ◘ Les Seize Ans de Jérémy Millet (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Carole (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Ferdinand (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Victor (short; also screenwriter)

1985 ◘ La Femme fidèle (short; also screenwriter)

1988 ◘ L'Arbre aux Enfants (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Grand Bain (short; also screenwriter)

1995 ◘ Le Roi de Paris (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; shot in 1993)

 Television Filmography

1992 ◘ La Marche du Siècle (documentary; short; segment "Philippe Noiret")

1993 ◘ Les Guignols de l'Info (TV show; about forty 1994 episodes)

1993 ◘ Mystères (25 X 3')

1994 ◘ Chocolat, mon Amour (documentary; short)

1996 ◘ Le Jardin des Délices (80 X 3' documentary)

1997 ◘ Grands Gourmands (5 X 26' documentary)

        ◘ On a volé la Joconde

        ◘ Fettres d'un Siècle

        ◘ Cinépanorama (restoration; 106 X 20' to 40' documentary)

        ◘ Reflets de Cannes (restoration; 74 X 15' to 56' documentary)

        ◘ Michel Deville (documentary)

        ◘ Marco Bellocchio (documentary; short)

        ◘ Carlo Lizzani (documentary; short)

        ◘ Gillo Pontecorvo (documentary; short)

        ◘ L'Enfant des Rizières (documentary; short)

        ◘ Filming Venise (docu-fiction)

2004 ◘ Ursula Andress (documentary)

        ◘ Franco Interlenghi (documentary; short)

        ◘ Filming Rome (docu-fiction)

2005 ◘ En Lumière (15 X 4' documentary)

        ◘ Angelo Infanti (documentary)