Pollet-Villard, Philippe

(October 30, 1960, Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France - )

   After dropping out of school to be trained as a graphic artist at the Saint-Etienne and Lyon Beaux-Arts schools, he began working in photography and drawing and enrolled in an advertising agency at age nineteen. He directed commercials and video clips and occasionally played in films and TV movies (1998 L'In­terview. short, Xavier Giannoli; 2000 Une Femme d'Ex­térieur, Christophe Blanc; 2005 Nicole et Daniel, short, David Fauche; 2006 Mentir un peu. TV, Agnès Obadia). He authored a novel: 2006 L'Homme qui marchait avec une Balle dans la Tête (Editions Flammarion).

 Filmography

1997 ◘ Ma Place sur le Trottoir (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

2000 ◘ Jacqueline dans ma Vitrine (director with Marc Adjadj; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ La Baguette (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

        ◘ Vigiles (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

        ◘ Le Mozart des pickpockets (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)