Meynard, Serge

(November 22, 1955, Paris, France-)

   After completing his secondary studies, he carried on several jobs and from those salaries financed his first shorts. He was a member of a club of amateur film­makers, including future professional directors Sylvain Madigan and Gérard Krawczyk. Then he served as an assistant director (1980 Touch' pas à mon Biniou, Bernard Launois; Tusk, Alejandro Jodorowsky; 1981 Quartet, James Ivory, UK / France; 1982 Guy de Mau­passant, Michel Drach, 1983 L'Homme blessé / UK and USA: The Wounded Man, Patrice Chéreau; La Tragédie de Carmen / Die Tragédie der Carmen, Peter Brook, France / UK / West Germany / USA; 1984 Un Amour de Swann / Eine Liebe von Swann / UK and USA: A Love of Swann / Swann in Love, Volker Schlôndorff, France / West Germany; 1985 A View to Kill, John Glenn, UK / USA; 1986 Golden Eighties / USA: Window Shopping, Chantal Akerman, France / Belgium). Other credits (as co-screenwriter): 1997 La Mère de nos Enfants (Jean-Louis Lorenzi); 1998 Quand un Ange passe (Ber­trand Van Effenterre); 2002 Le Pont de l'Aigle (Bertrand Van Effenterre). He authored several novels, including Lapin Dixit (Editions Baleine, 1998), Dans le Doubs absinthe toi (Editions Baleine, 1998), and Le Chant des Couturières (Editions Baleine, 2000).

 Filmography

1976 ◘ Fermé le Mercredi (short)

1979 ◘ Villandry (short; also cinematographer)

1984 ◘ Une Dent contre (short)

        ◘ L'Iguane (short)

        ◘ Perfusion (short)

        ◘ L'œil au Beur(re) noir (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1992 ◘ Sexes faibles! (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1997 ◘ Un Après-Midi au Parc (short)

2000 ◘ Voyous Voyelles / USA: Pretty Devils / US cable TV: The Little Grifters (also screenwriter; shot in 1998-1999)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Le Blé en Herbe (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Parfum de Bébé

        ◘ Sa Dernière Lettre (also co-screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Le Sang du Renard (also screenwriter, produ­cer)

        ◘ Un Après-midi au Parc (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Cri du Corbeau (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Danger d'aimer

2001 ◘ L'Inconnue du Val Perdu (also screenwriter, camera operator)

        ◘ Maïmiti, l'Enfant des Iles

2002 ◘ Hôpital souterrain (also co-screenwriter)

2004 ◘ Caution personnelle (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ La Nuit du Meurtre / Le Secret de Nathalie (also co-screenwriter, camera operator)

2005 ◘ Le Crime des Renards (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Passés troubles (also adapter; France / Belgium)

        ◘ L'Enfant du Secret (also cinematographer; France / Belgium)

        ◘ Miroir, mon beau Miroir (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)