Moreuil, François

(January 24, 1934, Stras­bourg, Bas-Rhin, France - )

   The son of an economist father, he notably studied at Harvard Law School and in the Parisian faculties of letters and law. Having graduated with bachelor's degrees in law and literature and a diploma in public law superior studies, he was a lawyer from 1954 to 1959. He began working on films as an assistant to William Wyler in the USA (1951 Detective Story; Big Country) before appearing as an actor in Jean-Luc Godard's A Bout de Souffle / UK: By a Tether / UK and USA: Breathless and directing his first movie, starring actress Jean Seberg (1938-1979), his wife from 1958 to 1960. A TV director and producer, he collaborated on such programs as Panorama du XXe Siècle (1966-1970), XXe Siècle, Point Contre Point, Les machines et les Hommes, Voilà, Plein Cadre, La Télévision des Autres (1972-1974), and 60 Minutes pour convain­cre. He served as a special assistant to the director (1966 How to Steal a Million, William Wyler, USA) and assistant director (1968 A Flea in Her Ear / La Puce à l'Oreille, Jacques Charon, USA / France).

 Filmography

1961 ◘ La Récréation / US video: Love Play (co-technical director with Fabien Collin; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1967 ◘ Anatomie d'un Mouvement (short)

 Television Filmography

1967 ◘ Malican, Père et Fils (episode "Le Tir aux Pi­geons")

        ◘ Temps réel / Tic-Tac / Tac-Tic

        ◘ Un Roi à Madrid

        ◘ Le Défie européen

        ◘ Orange est vert

1982 ◘ L'Intrus (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1990 ◘ Dessein et Destin de Charles de Gaulle (6 X 60' documentary)

1996 ◘ Staline-Tito, la Règle et l'Exception (documentary)

        ◘ De Gaulle-Adenauer (documentary)