Merlhiot, Christian

(1963, Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France - )

   From 1981 to 1987, he studied at the National Beaux-Arts School of Bourges. In 1988, he earned a "Lavois­ier" grant from the Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a sojourn to the USA, where he directed his first movie, a short, Plus près de Soleil. In 1994-1995, he was a resident at the Villa Medici for the writing of a screenplay that was filmed in 1995 (Les Semeurs de Peste). In the late 1980s, he co-founded with Vincent Dieutre and Pascale Cassagnau "Pointligneplan", an association that released experimental films. He also wrote articles in the review La Lettre du Cinéma.

 Filmography

        ◘ Plus près du Soleil (short)

        ◘ François d'Assise (short)

        ◘ Murmures (short; co-director with Jeanne Gailhoustet)

        ◘ Si je criais (short)

        ◘ Sauvez nos Âmes (short)

        ◘ La Fuite (short)

        ◘ Journal d'un Amateur (also co-producer)

        ◘ Journal de l'Atlantique (short; also co-producer)

        ◘ Les Semeurs de Peste (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Journal romain (video short; also producer)

        ◘ La Seine (documentary; short; also producer)

        ◘ Autour de Bérénice (short; also producer)

        ◘ Le Voyage au Japon + Journal (two video shorts; also producer)

2001 ◘ Voyage au Pays des Vampires (shot on video; also co-producer)

        ◘ Kyoto mon Amour (video short; also producer)

2003 ◘ Chronique des Love-Hôtels au Japon (video short; also co-cinematographer, producer)

        ◘ Cai hô / Le Lac (short)

        ◘ L'Âge d'Or (short)

        ◘ Silenzio

2008 ◘ Des Indes à la Planète Mars (co-director with Matthieu Orléan)