Ménégoz, Robert

(June 17, 1926, Saint-Contest, Calvados, France - )

   A former student at the Beaux-Arts school, he was trained at the IDHEC (1947-1949) before serving as an assistant to production designer Max Douy and as an assistant director (1957 Les Espions / Le spie / UK and USA: The Spies, Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy; Les Fanatiques / I fanatici / UK: The Fanatics / USA: A Bomb for a Dictator, Alex Joffé, France / Italy; 1968 La Prisonnière / La prigioniera / UK: Female Prisoner / USA: Woman in Chains, Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy). He also worked in Germany as a stunt coordi­nator (1985 Zielscheiben, Volker Vogeler, France / Italy; 1987 Zabou, Hajo Gies, West Germany), action scene supervisor (1984 Didi—Der Doppelganger, Reinhard Schwabenitzky, West Germany), and action scene director (1986 Didi auf vollen touren, Wigbert Wicker, West Germany).

 Filmography

1951 ◘ La Commune de Paris (documentary; short)

        ◘ La Commune (documentary; short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Das Lied der Strome (documentary; co-director with Joop Huisken, Joris Ivens, Ruy Santos; East Germany)

        ◘ La Millième Fenêtre (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ La Fin d'un Désert (short)

        ◘ Contrastes (documentary; short; co-director with Jean Dewever)

1963 ◘ Dix Grammes d'Arc-en-Ciel (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Mur Paysage (documentary; short; also au­thor of commentary)

        ◘ Route sans Sillage (documentary; short; also author of commentary)

1967 ◘ Herr Kekulé, ich kenne Sie nicht (short; co-director with Wolfgang Urchs; West Germany)

1970 ◘ Time Is Running Out (short; documentary; also producer; West Germany)

1979 ◘ Laisse-moi rêver / Drôles de Diam's