Maurette, Marc

(1916, France - July 1, 2004, France)

   While still a law student, he attended Charles Dullin's acting courses and landed a job as a trainee assist­ant director (1936 La Vie est à nous / UK and USA: The People of France, Jean Renoir). Then he served as an assistant director (1938 La Marseillaise / UK: The Marseillaise, Jean Renoir; 1942 Dernier Atout, Jacques Becker; 1943 Goupi Mains rouges / USA: It Happened at the Inn, Jacques Becker; Le Colonel Chabert, René Le Hénaff; 1945 Falbalas / USA: Paris Frills, Jacques Becker; 1951 Adventures of Captain Fabian / New Orleans Ad­ventures / La Taverne de la Nouvelle Orléans, also techni­cal adviser, William Marshall and Robert Florey, USA / France; 1953 Madame de . . . / Gioielli di Madame de . . . / UK: Diamond Earrings / USA: The Earrings of Madame de ... , Max Ophuls, France / Italy; Le Carrosse d'Or / La carrozza d'oro / USA: The Golden Coach, Jean Renoir, France / Italy; 1954 Touchez pas au Grisbi / Grisbi / UK: Hands Off the Loot / USA: Grisbi, Jacques Becker, France / Italy; Ali Baba et les quarante Voleurs / Ali Baba / USA: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, also co-adapter, Jacques Becker; 1956 Don Juan / Il grande seduttore / El amor de Don Juan / UK and USA: Pantaloons, John Berry, France / Italy / Spain; 1958 Tamango / La rivolta dell'esperanza, John Berry, France / Italy; 1959 Faibles Femmes / Le donne sono deboli / USA: Three Murder­esses / Women Are Weak, Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; 1962 Le Caporal épinglé / UK: The Vanishing Corpo­ral / USA: The Elusive Corporal, Jean Renoir; Le Procès / Il processo / Der Prozess / USA: The Trial, Orson Welles, France / Italy / West Germany; 1963 Charade, Stanley Donen, USA; 1964 La Tulipe noire / Il tulipano nero / El tulipan negro / UK: The Black Tulip, Christian-Jaque, France / Italy / Spain; 1969 Castle Keep, Sydney Pollack, USA). He also worked as a technical adviser (1955 Le Rendez-vous des Quais, Paul Carpita), screenwriter (1967 L'Affaire Lourdes, TV movie, Marcel Bluwal), production manager (1964 Chasse à l'Homme / Cac-cia al maschio / UK: The Gentle Art of Seduction / USA: Male Hunt, Edouard Molinaro, France / Italy; 1967 The Sailor from Gibraltar, Tony Richardson, UK; 1968 The Immortal Story / Une Histoire immortelle, Orson Welles, shot in 1966; 1970 The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun / La Dame dans l'Auto avec des Lunettes et un Fu­sil, Anatole Litvak, UK / France; 1976 Le Locataire / The Tenant, Roman Polanski, France / USA; 1978 Ne pleure pas, originally shot for TV, Jacques Ertaud; 1981 La pelle / La Peau / UK and USA: The Skin, Liliana Cavani, Italy / France; 1984 Un Amour de Swann / Eine Liebe von Swann / UK and USA: A Love of Swann / Swann in Love, Volker Schlôndorff, France / West Germany; 1988 Le Grand Bleu / UK and USA: The Big Blue, Luc Besson), production supervisor (1969 Staircase / L'Escalier, Stanley Donen, USA / France), producer (1977 Le Diable probablement / UK and USA: The Devil Probably, Robert Bresson), and actor (1991 Les Amants du Pont-Neuf / USA: The Lovers on the Bridge / Australian video: Lovers on the Ninth Bridge / Australian cable TV: Lovers on the Pont Neuf, Leos Carax, shot in 1988-1990). He appeared as himself in two TV documentaries (1974 Une Légende, une Vie: Citizen Welles, Maurice Frydland; 1993 Jean Renoir: Part One—From La Belle Epoque to World War II, David Thompson, USA).

 Filmography

1947 ◘ Dernier refuge (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1949 ◘ Alice in Wonderland / Alice au Pays des Merveilles (also co-producer; co-director with Lou Bonin; UK / France)

1957 ◘ Citadela sfarîmata (co-director with Haralambie Boros; Romania)