Palud, Hervé

(April 14, 1953, Paris, France - )

   He was an actor for eight years, performing on­stage, in films (1977 Lâche-moi les Valseuses! . . . , Alain Nauroy; Marche pas sur mes Lacets, Max Pécas; 1978 Comment se faire réformer, Philippe Clair; Les Réformés se portent bien, Philippe Clair; 1979 Ces Flics étranges venus d'ailleurs, Philippe Clair; Gros Câlin / Cocco mio, Jean-Pierre Rawson, France / Italy; Rien ne va plus / USA: Out of Whack, Jean-Michel Ribes), and on TV (1978 Au Théâtre ce Soir, play "Un Ménage en Or", Pierre Sabbagh; 1980 Médecins de Nuit, episode "Légitime Défense", Bruno Gantillon; 1988 Palace, TV miniseries, Jean-Michel Ribes). A film director from 1981, he shot mainly comedies. His son is director Xavier Palud. Other credit (as co-screenwriter): 1997 Aventurière malgré lui (TV movie, Marc Rivière).

 Filmography

1981 ◘ Du Blues dans la tête / French video: Bloody Blues (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1984 ◘ Jacques Mesrine: Profession Ennemi public (documentary; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1986 ◘ Les Frères Pétard (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1991 ◘ Les Secrets professionnels du Docteur Appfel-gluck (co-director with Alessandro Capone, Stéphane Clavier, Mathias Ledoux, Thierry Lhermitte)

        ◘ La Gamine

1994 ◘ Un Indien dans la Ville / USA: An Indian in Paris / An Indian in the City / Little Indian, Big City (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1998 ◘ Mookie (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2004 ◘ Albert est méchant (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, executive producer)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Sueurs froides (episodes "Le Chat et la souris", "Dernier Week-End")

        ◘ David Lansky (4 X 90': episodes "Prise d'Otage", "L'Enfant américain", "Le Gang des Limousines", "Hong-Kong sur Seine")