Roullet, Serge

(July 6, 1926, Bordeaux, Gi­ronde, France - )

   After studying law, he moved to the USA, where he met Robert Flaherty and worked as an assistant to Hans Richter at the City College of New York. In 1948, he published articles in La Revue du Cinéma and then began working as a cameraman for Fox. From 1950 to 1957, he shot many reports for Pathé. He also was an assistant director (1950 Ce Siècle a Cinquante Ans / Hallo, die grosse Weltrevue / Die letzten 60 Jahren / UK: The Century Is Fifty / USA: Days of Our Years, documentary, Werner Malbran, Denise Tual, Roland Tual, France / West Germany; 1962 Le Procès de Jeanne d'Arc / UK and USA: Trial of Joan of Arc, Robert Bresson) and technical adviser (1971 Jupiter, Jean-Pierre Prévost).

 Filmography

1946 ◘ Florence Nightingale (short)

1959 ◘ Viennent les Jours (documentary; short; also screenwriter, co-cinematographer)

1962 ◘ La France à grand Spectacle (documentary, short, also screenwriter, cinematographer; shot in 1959)

        ◘ Sillages (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La France des Ecrivains (episodes "André Chamson", "André Maurois")

1967 ◘ Le Mur / USA: The Wall (also screenwriter, production designer)

1971 ◘ Benito Cereno (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, actor; France / Italy / Brazil; shot in 1968)

1972 ◘ Ariane et Dionysos (documentary; short)

1974 ◘ La Fille à l'Envers (also co-screenwriter, producer)

1992 ◘ Le Voyage étranger (also screenwriter, dialogist)

2005 ◘ Claudia disparue (medium-length; also screenwriter)