Savignac, Jean-Paul

(May 8, 1936, Versailles, Yvelines, France - )

   The son of a painter, he was educated at Pierre-de-Fermat high school in Toulouse. In 1954, he moved to Paris and spent five years at the Ecole of Arts Dé­coratifs (1954-1959). He began as an assistant pro­duction designer (1960 Le Baron de l'Ecluse / Il barone, Jean Delannoy, France / Italy) before turning a second assistant director (1962 Vivre sa vie: Film en Douze Tab­leaux / UK: It's My Life / USA: My Life to Live, also actor, Jean-Luc Godard; 1963 L'Abominable Homme des Douanes, Marc Allégret) and then first assistant direc­tor (1963 Les Carabiniers / UK: The Soldiers / USA: The Riflemen, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Italy; Rogopag / Ro.Go.Pa.G / USA: Let's Have a Brainwash, segment "Le Nouveau Monde" / "Il nuovo mondo", Jean-Luc Go­dard, France / Italy; 1964 Les Parapluies de Cherbourg / Die Regenschirme von Cherbourg / USA: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Jacques Demy, France / West Germany; Bande à Part / UK: The Outsiders / USA: Band of Out­siders, Jean-Luc Godard; 1965 Alphaville, une étrange Aventure de Lemmy Caution / Alphaville / Agente Lemmy Caution: Missione Alphaville / UK: Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution / Alphaville, a Strange Case of Lemmy Caution / USA: Dick Tracy on Mars, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Italy; Le Bonheur / UK and USA: Hap­piness, Agnès Varda). He also edited Jean-Luc Godard's Week-end (France / Italy, 1967) trailer. After directing a few films, he dedicated himself to painting.

 Filmography

        ◘ Nick Carter et le Trèfle rouge / Nick Carter e il trifoglio rosso (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)

        ◘ Sésame (short; also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 1964)

        ◘ Jean-Luc Godard (documentary)

        ◘ Que s'est-il passé en Mai!? (documentary; short; also producer)

1973 ◘ Député (documentary; also producer, cinematographer)

1975 ◘ Les Liaisons perverses (as Edgar P. Sullivan; also producer, cinematographer, production designer)