Rohmer, Eric

(Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer / March 20, 1920, Tulle, Corrèze, France - )

   He taught literature for eight years in a high school before co-founding with Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette a short-lived review, La Gazette du Cinéma. From 1957 to 1963, he was editor in chief of the Ca­hiers du Cinéma. He started directing in 1950. While filming his own movies, he wrote the screenplay and dialogue of Tous les Garçons s'appellent Patrick / Charlotte et Véronique (short, Jean-Luc Godard, shot in 1957) and made some appearances in films (1965 Brigitte et Brigitte, Luc Moullet; 1970 Out One: Noli me tangere, Jacques Rivette, unreleased; 1974 Out One Spectre, shortened version of Out One: Noli me tangere, Jacques Rivette; 1980 Justaucoeur, also co-dialogist, Mary Stephen; 1982 Chassé-croisé, medium-length, Arielle Dombasle; 1993 François Truf-faut: Portraits volés / UK and USA: François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits, documentary as himself, Michel Pascal, Serge Toubiana; 1994 Citizen Langlois, documentary as himself, Edgardo Cozarinsky; 2004 Le Fantôme d'Henri Langlois / Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinemath­eque, documentary, as himself, Jacques Richard) and on TV (1974 Histoire du Cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait, documentary, Armand Panigel; 1978 En répétant Perceval, documentary, as himself, Jean Douchet; 1994 Cinéma de notre Temps, episode "Eric Rohmer— Preuves à l'Appui", as himself, Jean Douchet, André S. Labarthe; 2007 Hitchcock et la Nouvelle Vague, documentary, as himself, Jean-Jacques Bernard). He was also a technical adviser (1974 Femmes au Soleil, Liliane Dreyfus; 1999 La Cambrure / USA: The Curve, short, Edwige Shaki). In 1946, he published a novel under the pseudonym of Gilbert Cordier (La Maison d'Elisabeth, reedited in 2007 by Gallimard). He also co-authored with Claude Chabrol the first book ever dedicated to Alfred Hitchcock (Alfred Hitchcock, Editions Uni­versitaires, 1957). Other book: 1977 L'Organisation de l'Espace dans le Faust de Murnau (10 / 18).

 Filmography

1950 ◘ Journal d'un Scélérat (short; also screenwriter)

1952 ◘ Les Petites Filles modèles (unfinished)

1954 ◘ Bérénice (short; also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, actor, editor)

1956 ◘ La Sonate à Kreutzer (short; also dialogist, adapter, actor, editor)

1958 ◘ Véronique et son Cancre / USA: Veronique and Her Dunce (short; also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, editor)

1960 ◘ Présentation ou Charlotte et son Steak / USA: Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak (short; screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 1951)

        ◘ Le Signe du Lion / UK and USA: The Sign of Leo (also screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1959)

        ◘ La Boulangère de Monceau / UK and USA: The Baker of Monceau / The Baker's Girl of Monceau / The Girl at the Monceau Bakery (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)

        ◘ La Carrière de Suzanne / UK and USA: Su­zanne's Career (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)

        ◘ Nadja à Paris / USA: Nadja in Paris (short; also screenwriter, editor)

        ◘ Paris vu par . . . / UK and USA: Six in Paris (segment "Place de l'Etoile"; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Une Etudiante d'aujourd'hui (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Collectionneuse / UK and USA: The Collector (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Fermière à Montfaucon (documentary)

        ◘ Ma Nuit chez Maud / UK: My Night with Maud / USA: My Night at Maud's (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1970 ◘ Le Genou de Claire / USA: Claire's Knee (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1972 ◘ L'Amour l'Après-Midi / UK: Love in the Afternoon / USA: Chloe in the Afternoon (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1976 ◘ Die Marquise von O / La Marquise dO / UK and USA: The Marquise of O (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, actor; West Germany / France)

1979 ◘ Perceval le Gallois / Il fuorilegge / Perceval (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Italy / West Germany)

1981 ◘ La Femme de l'Aviateur / La Femme de l'Aviateur ou "On ne saurait pense à rien" / USA: The Aviator's Wife (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1983 ◘ Pauline à la Plage / UK and USA: Pauline at the Beach (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Loup y es-tu? (short)

1984 ◘ Les Nuits de la pleine Lune / UK and USA: Full Moon in Paris (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1986 ◘ Le Rayon vert / UK: The Green Ray / USA: Summer (also screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Bois ton Café, il va être froid (short)

1987 ◘ Quatre Aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle / USA: Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

        ◘ L'Ami de mon Amie / UK and US festivals: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend / USA: Boyfriends and Girl­friends (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1988 ◘ Le Trio en mi-Bémol (short)

1990 ◘ Conte de Printemps / USA: A Tale of Springtime / Tales of Four Seasons (also screenwriter, di-alogist)

        ◘ Conte d'Hiver / UK: A Winter's Tale / USA: A Tale ofWinter (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Arbre, le Maire et la Médiathèque / LArbre, le maire et les Médiathèques ou Les Sept Hasards (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Rendez-vous de Paris / UK and USA: Ren­dezvous in Paris (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Conte d'Eté / UK and USA: Summer's Tale (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Des Goûts et des Couleurs (short)

1998 ◘ Conte d'Automne / Canada and USA: Autumn Tale (also screenwriter, dialogist)

2001 ◘ L'Anglaise et le Duc / USA: The Lady and the Duke (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

2004 ◘ Triple Agent / Agente speciale / Triple agente / UK and USA: Triple Agent (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Italy / Spain / Russia)

2005 ◘ Le Canapé rouge (also screenwriter, dialogist)

2007 ◘ Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon / Gli amori di Astrea e Celadon / Canada: Romance of Astrea and Celadon / US festival: Romance of Astree and Celadon (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Italy / Spain)

 Television Filmography

1964 ◘ Les Métamorphoses du Paysage / UK: Changing Landscapes (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Cabinets de Physique au XVIIIème Siècle / Les Cabinets de Physique (la Vie de Société au XVIIIème Siècle) (documentary; short)

1965 ◘ Cinéastes de notre Temps (documentary; episodes "Carl Theodor Dreyer", "Le Celluloïd et la Marbre")

        ◘ Perceval ou Le Conte du Graal (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Caractères de La Bruyère (documentary; short; France / Canada)

        ◘ Les Histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe (documentary; short; France / Canada)

        ◘ Entretien sur Pascal / USA: On Pascal (documentary; short)

1966 ◘ Victor Hugo: Les Contemplations (Live V-V) (documentary)

        ◘ Entretien avec Mallarmé (documentary; short)

        ◘ Louis Lumière (documentary)

        ◘ Victor Hugo Architecte (documentary; short; also narrator)

        ◘ Le Béton dans la Ville (documentary)

1975 ◘ Villes nouvelles (documentary; episodes "L'Enfance d'une Ville", "Diversité du Paysage urbain", "La Forme de la Ville", "Le Logement à la Demande")

1980 ◘ Catherine de Heilbronn (also screenwriter)

1989 ◘ Jeux de Société