Ravalec, Vincent

(April I, 1962, Paris, France - )

   He dropped out of school at age fourteen to become an apprentice joiner. In the early 1990s, he began writ­ing novels and short stories. He entered films as an assistant unit manager (1987 Sécurité publique, Gabriel Benattar) and was briefly an assistant director (1991 Atlantis / Atlantis—Le creature del mareL documentary, Luc Besson, France / Italy). He co-adapted one of his novels (1999 Un Pur Moment de Rock N RolL Manuel Boursinhac) and played in a short (2003 La Vie de Garçon, Marie Garel-Weiss).

 Filmography

1994 ◘ Les Mots de l'Amour (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Par-delà l'Ere glaciaire (short; also screenwriter)

1995 ◘ Never Twice (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Portrait des Hommes qui se branlent (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Dur Métier de Policier (short; also screenwriter)

1996 ◘ Joséphine et les Gitans (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Conséquences de la Réalité des Morts (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Masseur (short; also screenwriter)

1998 ◘ Cantique de la Racaille / USA: Melody for a Hustler (also author of original novel, screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Autruches (short; also screenwriter; co-director with Marie Garel-Weiss)

        ◘ Une Prière vers le Ciel (short; also screenwriter; co-director with Marie Garel-Weiss)

1999 ◘ Attirance envers le Vide (short; also screenwriter; co-director with Marie Garel-Weiss)

2002 ◘ La Merveilleuse Odyssée de l'Idiot Toboggan (also screenwriter, voice)

 Television Filmography

2001 ◘ L'Erotisme vu par . . . (co-director only)