Malakian, Patrick

(August 27, 1963, Bou­logne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )

   The son of director Henri Verneuil, he graduated from the Management French-American Institute in 1984. After completing his studies in the USA and his military service, he began working as a first assistant director (1989 Cinq Jours en Juin, Michel Legrand; Va­nille Fraise, Gérard Oury; 1992 Mayrig, Henri Verneuil; 588, Rue Paradis / USA: Mother, Henri Verneuil; 1993 La Treizième Voiture / Das Geheimnis des 13. Wagen / The Secret of Coach 13, TV movie, Alain Bonnot, France / UK / Germany; 1998 Michael kael contre la worlds Company, Christophe Smith). Besides his di­recting career, he had various other activities: actor (1998 Commissaire Moulin, episode "Silence Radio"), still photographer (2003 Dead End, Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Fabrice Canepa), cinematographer (2004 Stuck on This Bloody Road, documentary, short, Antoine Chuzeville), delegate producer (1999 Hap, le Céleste, short, Laurent Germain Maury; 2004 La Mécanique de l'Âge, short, Maurad Kara), and executive producer (2007 Hellphone, James Huth). He also created his own production company, Pakian Productions.

 Filmography

1991 ◘ La Dernière Tentation de Chris (short; also screenwriter)

1994 ◘ Illusions fatales (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Pourquoi Maman est dans mon Lit?

1999 ◘ Quoâ (short; also screenwriter, delegate producer; co-director with Vincent Joulia)

        ◘ Pas de Nouvelles, bonnes Nouvelles! (also co-screenwriter, delegate producer)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Changement de Cap (also actor)

        ◘ Mémoire de Sang

        ◘ Nature morte (as actor)

        ◘ Starhunter (episodes "The Divinity Cluster", "Siren's Song"; Canada)

2001 ◘ Starhunter (episodes "Eat Sin", "Past Lives", "Resurrection", "A Twist in Time", "Cell Game", "Goodbye", "So Long"; Canada)

        ◘ Joséphine, Ange gardien (episode "Belle à tout Prix")

        ◘ Joséphine, Ange gardien (episode "Tous en Chœur")