Rouquier, Georges

(June 23, 1909, Lunel-Vieil, Hérault, France - December 19, 1989, Paris, France)

   A former worker in printing, he was only twenty years old when he shot his first amateur documentary short. Farrebique, his masterpiece, won prizes at the Cannes and Venice festivals. He played sup­porting roles in several films, including Z (Costa-Gavras, France / Algeria, 1969), Jeff / Addio Jeff (Jean Herman, France / Italy), Nous n'irons plus au Bois (Georges Dumoulin, shot in 1968), and Beau Masque (Bernard Paul).

 Filmography

1929 ◘ Vendanges (short; also screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor)

        ◘ Le Tonnelier (documentary; short; also screenwriter, commentary, narrator)

        ◘ Le Charron (documentary; short; also screenwriter, commentary)

        ◘ L'Economie des Métaux (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Part de l'Enfant (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1947 ◘ Farrebique (documentary; also screenwriter, dialogist, commentary; shot in 1944-1946)

        ◘ L'Oeuvre scientifique de Pasteur / Pasteur (documentary; medium-length; co-director with Jean Painlevé; also screenwriter, commentary)

        ◘ Le Chaudronnier (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Sel de la Terre (short; also screenwriter)

1952 ◘ Les Galeries de Malgovert (short)

        ◘ Le Lycée sur la Colline (short)

        ◘ Un Jour comme les Autres (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Sang et Lumières / Sangre y luces / USA: Love in a Hot Climate (co-director with Ricardo Munoz Suay; France / Spain)

        ◘ Lourdes et ses Miracles (documentary; one short: "Lourdes et ses Miracles imprévus"; two medium-lengths: "Lourdes et ses Miracles Pèlerinages", "Lourdes et ses Miracles Té­moignages"; also screenwriter, commentary, narrator)

        ◘ Arthur Honegger (documentary; short; also screenwriter, narrator)

        ◘ Malgovert (short; co-director with Daniel Lecomte)

        ◘ La Bête noire (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ S.O.S. Noronha (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Une Belle Peur (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Notaire de Trois-Pistoles (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Bouclier (short; also screenwriter)

1965 ◘ Sire, le Roy n'a plus rien dit (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, commentary)

1976 ◘ Le Maréchal-Ferrant (documentary; short; screenwriter, commentary, narrator)

1984 ◘ Biquefarre (also screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1982-1983)