Salfati, Pierre-Henry

(August 20, 1953, France-)

   A former student in architecture, he graduated with a master's degree in philosophy before directing shorts in the early 1980s. He co-wrote films (1996 Ligne de Vie / Liniya zhizni, as co-screenwriter, Pavel Lounguine, France / Switzerland / Italy; 2001 Un Ange, as co-screenwriter, shot in 1999) and TV movies and series (1981 Un Jour sombre dans la Vie de Marine, Josyane Serror; Les Héritiers, episode "Les Femmes du Lac", Bruno Gantillon; 1982 Sans un Mot, Gérard Poitou-Weber; Paris Saint-Lazare, 6 X 52', Marco Pico; 1983 La Dame de Coeur, Jean Sagols; Croquignol, Jean Brard; 1984 La Femme jalouse, Peter Kassovitz; Le Dernier Civil, Laurent Heynemann; La Dictée, Jean-Pierre Marchand; Histoire en Marche, episode "Le Serment", Roger Kahane; 1987 Série Noire, episode "Chantons en Chœur", Maurice Dugowson; 1988 Le Vent des Moissons, 7 X 90', Jean Sagols; 1989 Olympe de nos Amours, Serge Moati; Con-dorcet, 3 X 90', Michel Soutter; 1990 Quattro piccole donne / Piccole donne, 3 X 90', Gianfranco Albano, Italy; 1991 Felipe ha gli occhi azzuri, Gianfranco Albano, Felice Farina, Italy; 1992 Evasion, Jacek Gasiorowski; 1993 Le Château des Oliviers, 8 X 85', Nicolas Gessner; France / Italy; 1994 Assedicquement vôtre, Maurice Frydland; La Couleur du Mensonge, Hugues de Laugardière; 1995 Lettre ouverte à Lili, Jean-Luc Trotignon; L'instit', episode "Le Réveil", Pierre Koralnik; 1996 Crime à l'Altimètre, José Giovanni; 1997 Un amor clar-obscur / Un amor claroscuro / Un Amour Clair-Obscur, Jesûs Garay, Spain / France; 1998 L'Enfant et les Loups, Pierre-Antoine Hiroz; 2000 Sauvetage, episode "Prisonniers sous la Terre", Jacques Malaterre; 2001 Sauvetage, episodes "Momentanément Aveugle", Jean Quaratino; "Grain de Sable", Hugues de Laugardière). Other credit (as actor): 1997 Francorusse (Alexis Miansarow).

 Filmography

1982 ◘ La Fonte de Barlaeus (short; also screenwriter)

1984 ◘ Le Fol de Verre (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Kubyke (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Expert (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Buste (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Tuel (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Opus Market (four shorts: "Le Blaireau de Ravel", "L'Art de la Figue", "La cinquième sera la bonne", "La Flûte en Chantier")

        ◘ Amnésia (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Tolérance (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Oeuf Story (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Albert (short; also screenwriter)

1995 ◘ Zadoc et le Bonheur (also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 1992)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Toute la Mémoire des Sons (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Costume Lady (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Un ballo in maschera (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Azzedine Alaia (documentary; also screenwriter)

1988 ◘ Léonard, mon Ami (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1992 ◘ Institut Mozga (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1999 ◘ Fragments d'un Discours ethnologique (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Animaux et la Guerre (documentary; also screenwriter)

2000 ◘ Mon Trésor (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Jazzman du Goulag (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Rubans, Rosettes et Canapés (documentary; also screenwriter)

2001 ◘ En tout bien tout Honneur (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Passion selon San Antonio (documentary; also screenwriter)

2002 ◘ Golems, Golems (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Loi du Retour (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ San Nicandro (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Toscan (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Une Histoire simple des Téléspectateurs (2 X 52' documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Métamorphoses (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Neuvième (documentary; also screenwriter)

2005 ◘ Touristes, mais pas trop (documentary; also screenwriter)

2007 ◘ Six Jours au Panama (documentary; also screenwriter)