Martiny, Didier

(December 2, 1951, Paris, France-)

   During his university studies (history and sociology), he attended Henri Langlois's courses at the Cinémath­èque Française and frequented Jean Rouch's audiovisual laboratory. Parallel with his directing career, he wrote seven screenplays for comic strip drawer Philippe Petit-Roulet (1984 Face aux Embruns, Les Humanoïdes Associés; 1985 Macumba River, Dargaud; 1987 Bruce Predator—Le Cœur et la Boue, Casterman; Le Cirque Flop, Editions Carton; 1988 Zou sur le Toit du Monde, Dargaud; Le Syndrome du Hérisson, Les Humanoïdes Associés; 1989 Papa Dindon, Editions Futuropolis).

 Filmography

1974 ◘ Adolphin (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1978 ◘ Il biscione (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1984 ◘ Jusqu'à la Nuit (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Portugal; unreleased)

1986 ◘ Le Goûter chez Niels (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ D-Day (documentary)

1989 ◘ Grand Louvre (documentary; also screenwriter)

1992 ◘ A Demain (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2000 ◘ Le Pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1998)

2005 ◘ Yukagir (docu-fiction; short)

 Television Filmography

1982 ◘ Le plus grand Cinéma du Monde (documentary)

1985 ◘ Naissance du Grand Louvre (documentary; short)

1994 ◘ Erythrée, 30 Ans de Solitude (documentary)

1994 ◘ La vingt-cinquième Heure 2000

        ◘ Mémoire d'Armée (documentary; short)

        ◘ Un Siècle d'Ecrivains (documentary; short; episode "Dino Buzzati")

        ◘ Mahal (documentary)

        ◘ 90° Nord (documentary; short)

2004 ◘ 12 Gentlemen en Antarctique (documentary; short)

        ◘ Qui a tué Massoud? (documentary)

        ◘ Auschwitz, le Monde savait-il? (documentary; short)

        ◘ Freud, l'Empreinte d'un Génie (documentary; short)

        ◘ Une Vie en Prison (documentary; short)