Mitrani, Michel

(April 14, 1930, Varna, Bul­garia-November 9, 1996, Paris, France)

   Born in Bulgaria to a French father who managed a firm, he went to France to study literature and law. He finally chose to enroll in the IDHEC and entered films as an assistant director (1957 A la Jamaïque / USA: Love in Jamaica, André Berthomieu; Printemps à Paris, Jean-Claude Roy; 1958 Du Côté de la Côte, short, Agnès Varda) and collaborator with producer Ana­tole Dauman at Argos Film. In 1955, he joined French TV as an assistant director before working on such prestigious programs as Plaisir des Arts (1958-1959) and Cinq Colonnes à la Une (1959-1965). Other credit (as actor): 1976 Le plein de Super (Alain Cavalier).

 Filmography

        ◘ La Cavale

        ◘ La Nuit bulgare (also co-screenwriter, shot in 1969-1970)

1974 ◘ Les Guichets du Louvre / USA: Black Thursday (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1979 ◘ Un Balcon en Forêt (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1985 ◘ Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, actor)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ L'Ecole des Maris

        ◘ Plaisir des Arts (documentary)

        ◘ En votre Âme et Conscience (episode "Le Crime de Madame Achet")

        ◘ Cinq Colonnes à la Une (documentary; episode "Qu'en pense Alger?")

        ◘ Terre des Arts (documentary; episodes "L'Art populaire breton", "L'Art réaliste en France: Courbet", "L'Art abstrait en Question", "Velasquez", "Goya", "Suite baroque", "L'Art du Mexique I & II")

        ◘ Tous ceux qui tombent

        ◘ Cinq Colonnes à la Une (documentary; episode "Printemps à Dachau")

1964 ◘ Sans Merveille

        ◘ La Chambre (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Cinéastes de notre Temps (documentary; epi­sode "Max Ophuls ou Le Plaisir de tourner")

        ◘ Huis clos (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Conversation Dis Joe (short)

        ◘ Les Anges exterminés Bajazet

        ◘ Délire à Deux

        ◘ L'Atelier de Vieira da Silva (short)

        ◘ Oui, non ou indifférent (documentary)

        ◘ Ionesco à Zurich (documentary)

        ◘ Autour de Mortin

        ◘ Reportages sur un Squelette ou Masques et Ber-gamasques (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1975 ◘ Je, sur le Pont Neuf (documentary)

1978 ◘ Le Chien de Munich (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1981 ◘ Une Mère russe (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Washington, Cité fantôme (two-part documentary)

1983 ◘ Par Ordre du Roy (3 X 52': segments "Le Para­vent de la Princesse", "Madame Tiquet", "La Marquise des Anges"; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Scénario défendu (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Meurtre avec Préméditation

1984 ◘ Péchés originaux (episode "J'ai comme une Musique dans la Tête")

        ◘ Le Scénario défendu (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1987 ◘ L'Heure Simenon (episode "Strip-Tease"; France / Switzerland / Germany / Austria / Netherlands)

        ◘ Mémoire en Ricochets (documentary)

        ◘ L'Invitée clandestine (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)