Bastid, Jean-Pierre

(February 4, 1937, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France - )

   Having graduated with a bachelor's degree in litera­ture, he studied cinema at IDHEC and then worked as assistant director (1960 Le Testament d'Orphée ou Ne me demandez pas pourquoi / USA: The Testament of Orpheus, Jean Cocteau) and co-screenwriter (1969 La Main noire / La mano nera, also co-adapter, co-dialogist, Max Pécas, France / Italy; 1972 L'Attentat / L'attentato / Das Attentat / German video: Die Tôdliche Falle (Die Affare Sadiel) / UK: Plot / USA: The French Conspiracy / The Assassination, Yves Boisset, France / Italy / West Germany; 1973 Lo Païs, Gérard Guérin, shot in 1971; 1974 Sous le Signe du Vaudou, Pascal Abikanlou, Dahomey; 1975 Dupont-Lajoie / UK: Rape of Innocence / USA: The Common Man, Yves Boisset; 1983 La Bête noire, Patrick Chaput; 1984 L'Addition / USA: The Bill / The Caged Heart / The Patsy, Denis Amar; 2001 Bandits d'Amour, as co-screenwriter, Pierre Le Bret, shot in 1999). Also a novelist, several of his books were brought to the screen (1986 Série noire, episode Adieu la vie, Maurice Dugowson; 1996 Les Faux Médicaments, also co-dialogist, Alain-Michel Blanc). In 1961, he published an essay on Nicholas Ray (Un Etranger ici-bas, Nicholas Ray, Editions Lettres Modernes / Etudes cinématographiques).

 Filmography

        ◘ Massacre pour une Orgie / Massacre de Plaisir / UK: Massacre of Pleasure / USA: Massacre for an Orgy (as Jean-Loup Grosdard; also adapter; Luxembourg)

        ◘ Salut les Copines (as Jean-Loup Grosdard; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Las de Chrysanthèmes pour la Gluglu (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Teenagers (documentary; co-director with Pierre Roustang)

        ◘ La Belle au Bois mourant

        ◘ Hallucinations sadiques / UK: Sadistic Hallucina­tions (as Roy Kormon)

        ◘ Bartleby (short; also screenwriter)

1970 ◘ Les Petits Enfants d'Attila (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1991 ◘ Le Pénitent (also co-screenwriter)

1998 ◘ Irak, une autre Façon de faire la Guerre (documentary; short)

 Television Filmography

1968 ◘ Dim Dam Dom (documentary; short; episode "Le Marais aujourd'hui")

1977 ◘ Bruits en Fête et Sons de Plaisir (documentary; episode "Faire du Sentiment, faire du Bois")

1981 ◘ Etouffe Grand-Mère (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Caen, la Ville qui chante (documentary)

1982 ◘ Les Folies bourgeoises / Paris sur Mer

        ◘ Les Guetteurs de l'Ombre

        ◘ Néo Polar (episode "La Mariée rouge")

        ◘ Souris noire (12 X 20'; co-director only)

        ◘ Haute Sécurité