Raoul-Duval, François

(October 9, 1935, Paris, France - )

   From 1959 to 1964, he was a reporter and photog­rapher for Dalmas-SIPA agency and notably made reports on movie sets (he met such directors as François Truffaut and John Huston). He entered films in 1964 filming a short. While working for TV prog-ams (Dim Dam Dom: Variance; La France défigurée: Plein Cadre), he began writing books for children (1971 Petali and Gurigoo, Collins, London; 1972 Hum-Hum and Gurigoo, Félix Gluck Press; 1973 Walya et Gurigoo, Félix Gluck Press). He co-wrote a TV series (Permis de construire, 20 X 15', Pierre Bureau) and several plays (1993 La Vallée des Rires; 1995 Sacrée Mémoire; 1997 Doulce Mémoire .. .).

 Filmography

1964 ◘ L'Inattentif (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Stéphane et le Garde-Chasse (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Pétali ou La Couleur des Oiseaux (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1981 ◘ Et pourtant elle tourne . . . (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor)

 Television Filmography

1973 ◘ La Piraterie aérienne (documentary, medium-length)

        ◘ L'Art de la Fugue (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ L'Histoire en Personne (documentary; episode "John Fitzgerald Kennedy")

1974 ◘ Plein Cadre (documentary; episode "Mama Daktari")

        ◘ L'Histoire en Personne (documentary; episode "Winston Churchill")

1975 ◘ Ionisation (documentary)

        ◘ Anne Rochelle (medium-length)

        ◘ Mémoires (documentary; episode "Pierre Leroy")