Bastia, Jean

(Jean Simoni / February 15, 1919, Bastia, Corsica, France - )

   An assistant director (1946 On ne meurt pas comme ça, Jean Boyer; 1947 Quartier chinois, René Sti; 1948 Mademoiselle s'amuse, Jean Boyer; 1949 Gigi, Jacque­line Audry; 1950 Nous irons à Paris / USA: We Will All Go to Paris, Jean Boyer; Le Rosier de Madame Husson / USA: The Prize, Jean Boyer; 1951 Garou-Garou, le Passe-Muraille / UK and USA: Mr. Peek-a-Boo, Jean Boyer; Boîte de Nuit / USA: Hotbed of Sin, Alfred Rode; Nous irons à Monte Carlo, Jean Boyer; 1952 Le Trou normand / USA: Crazy for Love, Jean Boyer; 1953 Cent Francs par Seconde, Jean Boyer; Femmes de Paris, Jean Boyer; 1954 C'est la Vie parisienne, Alfred Rode; J'avais sept Filles / I sette peccati di papà / UK: I Had Seven Daughters / USA: My Seven Little Sins, Jean Boyer, France / Italy; 1956 Le Couturier de ces Dames / USA: Fernandel the Dressmaker, Jean Boyer; Sous le Ciel de Provence / Quatre Pas dans les Nuages / Era di venerdi 17 / USA: The Virtuous Bigamist, Mario Soldati, France / Italy), he made his directing debut shooting shorts. He also was technical adviser (1961 A Rebrousse-Poil, Pierre Armand, shot in 1959; 1966 Les Mordus de Paris, Pierre Armand, shot in 1964) and production manager (1977 Moi, Fleur bleue / Stop Calling Me Baby!, Eric Le Hung; 1978 Ça va pas la Tête, Raphaël Del-pard; 1979 Tapage nocturne, Catherine Breillat; 1982 Salut.. . j'arrive! / Sensucht nach dem rosaroten Chaos, Gérard Poteau, France / West Germany; Le Crime d'Amour, Guy Gilles; 1984 Clash, Raphaël Delpard, France / Yugoslavia).

 Filmography

1946 ◘ Nuits de Paris (short)

1949 ◘ Barrages au Maroc (documentary; short)

1953 ◘ Kandahar (documentary; short)

        ◘ Nous autres à Champignol (also co-dialogist)

        ◘ Les Aventuriers du Mékong / USA: Adventures in Indochina (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Gendarme de Champignol (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Certains l'aiment froide (also adapter)

        ◘ Les Tortillards (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1961 ◘ Dynamite Jack / Dinamite Jack (also co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Le Caïd de Champignol (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Réseau secret (also co-adapter; X-rated ver­sion: Les Espionnes du Diable)

        ◘ Et mourir de Désir

        ◘ Les Heures brûlantes du Plaisir