Reichenbach, François

(July 3, 1921, Paris, France - February 2, 1993, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France)

   Born into a wealthy family, he worked as a painting broker in the USA. After shooting many amateur films, he became a professional director in 1955 specializing in documentaries. Other credits: (as cinematographer only): 1965 Le Cinquième Soleil (short, Jacqueline Grigaut-Lefèvre); (as actor): 1969 Erotissimo (Gérard Pirès); (as executive producer, cinematographer, actor as himself): 1974 Vérités et Mensonges / F for Fake / F wie Falschung / About Fakes (documentary, Orson Welles, France / Iran / West Germany); (as co-cinematographer): 1982 Forty Deuce (Paul Morrissey, USA).

 Filmography

        ◘ Paris qui ne dort pas (documentary; short; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Encyclopédie No. 3 "Visages de Paris" (documentary; short)

        ◘ Impressions de New York (documentary; short)

        ◘ New York ballade (documentary; short)

        ◘ Symphonie new-yorkaise (documentary; short)

1956 ◘ Albero-Bello au Pays des Trulli (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Grand Sud (documentary; short)

        ◘ Houston (documentary; short)

        ◘ Novembre à Paris (documentary; short)

1957 ◘ Au Pays de Porgy and Bess (documentary; short)

        ◘ L'Eté indien (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Marines (documentary; short; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

1958 ◘ L'Américain se détend (documentary; short; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Visages de Paris (documentary; short)

1960 ◘ L'Amérique insolite (documentary; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Carnaval de la Nouvelle Orléans / Carnaval noir (documentary; short)

1962 ◘ Un Cœur gros comme ça / USA: The Winner (also screenwriter, dialogist, cinematographer)

        ◘ Leu 1 (short; co-director with Dirk Sanders; also adapter)

        ◘ Un bol d'air à louer (documentary; short)

        ◘ Week-End en Mer (documentary; short)

1963 ◘ A la Mémoire du Rock (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ L'Amérique lunaire (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Artifices (documentary; short)

        ◘ Gestes de France (documentary; short)

        ◘ Histoire d'un petit Garçon devenu grand (short; co-director with Guy Gilles)

        ◘ Iluminations (documentary; short; co-director with Jonathan Bates; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Le Paris des Photographes (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Le Petit Café (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Retour à New-York (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

1964 ◘ Les Amoureux du "France" / Il gioco degli innamorati (co-director with Pierre Grimblat; also original idea, cinematographer; France / Italy)

        ◘ La Douceur du Village (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Le Paris des Mannequins (documentary; short)

1965 ◘ Les Anges gardiens (documentary; short; co-director with André Vetusto)

        ◘ Carnaval Nouvelle Orléans (documentary; short)

        ◘ Dunoyer de Ségonzac (documentary, short; co-director with Monique Lepeuve)

        ◘ East African Safari (documentary, short)

        ◘ Lapique (documentary; short)

        ◘ Lomelin (documentary; short)

        ◘ Reportage sur "Paris brûle-t-il?" (documentary; short)

1966 ◘ Aurora (documentary short)

        ◘ Le Professeur de Piano (documentary; short)

1967 ◘ Le Concerto Brandebourgeois (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Herbert Von Karajan—Bach (documentary; short)

        ◘ Houston, Texas, l'Amérique vu par un Français (documentary; short)

        ◘ The City of Paris (documentary; short)

1968 ◘ Mexico-Mexico / Soy Mexico (documentary; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Treize Jours en France / UK: Challenge in the Snow / USA: Grenoble (documentary; also producer)

        ◘ Gromaire (documentary short; also screenwriter, author of commentary, cinematographer, actor)

        ◘ Je vous salue Paris / Paris Dior (documentary; short; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Musique en Méditerranée (documentary; short)

        ◘ Portrait d'Orson Welles / Orson Welles (documentary; short; co-director with Frédéric Rossif; also cinematographer)

        ◘ La Sixième Face du Pentagone (documentary; short; co-director with Chris Marker; also cinematographer)

1969 ◘ Arthur Rubinstein, l'Amour de la Vie / UK: Love of Life / USA: Arthur Rubinstein — The Love of Life (documentary; co-director with Gérard Patris; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Carmen: De Herbert von Karajan (documentary; short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ L'Indiscret (documentary; also cinematogra­pher, actor; France / West Germany)

        ◘ Festival dans le Désert (documentary; short)

        ◘ La Fête des Morts (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Israël / Les Moissons de l'Espoir (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Mains du Futur (documentary; short)

        ◘ Prison à l'Américaine (documentary; short)

        ◘ Vichy 1969 (documentary; short)

1970 ◘ Le Mariage des Dieux (documentary)

        ◘ Yehudi Menuhin Story (documentary)

        ◘ A Fleur d'Eau (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Chasseur (documentary; short)

        ◘ Kill Patrick, un Sheriff pas comme les Autres / Sheriff, Brigade des Mineurs (documentary; short)

        ◘ L'Opéra de Quatre Pesos (documentary; short)

1971 ◘ Yehudi Menuhin, Chemin de Lumière (documentary; co-director with Bernard Gavoty; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Caravane d'Amour / Medicine Ball Caravan / UK: We Have Come for Your Daughters (documentary; also screenwriter, producer; France / USA)

        ◘ La Mort ne tue jamais personne / La Fête des Morts (documentary; short)

1972 ◘ Johnny Days / J'ai tout donné / Johnny Hallyday (documentary; also cinematographer)

        ◘ A Monaco (documentary; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Le Hold-Up au Crayon (documentary; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Paolino, la juste Cause et une bonne Raison (doc­umentary; co-director with Patrice Poiré)

        ◘ Mon Amie Sylvie (documentary; short)

        ◘ Monte-Carlo (documentary; short)

1973 ◘ La Raison du plus fou

1975 ◘ Hildegard Knef und ihre Lieder / UK: Hildegard Knef and Her Songs (documentary; co-director with David Hamilton, Gérard Vandenberg; West Germany)

        ◘ N'entends-tu pas aboyer les Chiens? / No oyes ladrar los perros? / Ignacio (documentary; also screenwriter; France / Mexico)

1976 ◘ Le Roi Pelé (documentary)

        ◘ Sex O'Clock USA (documentary)

        ◘ Un presidente con un pueblo (documentary; short; also producer)

        ◘ La Vie offerte (documentary)

        ◘ México mâgico (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Japon insolite / Le Japon de François Reichen-bach (documentary; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Maurice Ravel / Maurice Ravel, un Homme digne de sa Musique (documentary)

        ◘ Mientras haya ninos habara payasos (documentary; Mexico)

1981 ◘ Houston, Texas (documentary; also screenwriter, cinematographer, actor; shot in 1979)

        ◘ Lacques-Henri Lartigue (documentary; short)

1982 ◘ Maurice Béjart (documentary; short)

1984 ◘ Ourasi Trotteur français (documentary; short)

1986 ◘ Genève (documentary; short)

1990 ◘ Visages suisses (documentary; co-director with Simon Edelstein, Nicolas Gessner, Claude Goretta, Anne-Marie Miéville, Francis Reusser, Jacqueline Veuve)

        ◘ Kulio César Chavez (documentary; short)

1992 ◘ Une Passion mexicaine (documentary; also au­thor of commentary, actor)

        ◘ Michel Legrand (documentary; short)

 Television Filmography

1966 ◘ B.B. in USA

1968 ◘ Spécial Bardot (TV show)

1969 ◘ Rendez-vous avec Mireille Mathieu (TV show; also screenwriter)

1980 ◘ La Maison de Molière