Séria, Joël

(April 13, 1936, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France - )

   He began as an actor in 1956 playing onstage, in films (1960 Les Frangines, Jean Gourguet; 1962 Le Dernier Quart-d'Heure, Roger Saltel; 1978 Contes à régler, short, Bernard Nauer), and on TV (1961 Le Massa­cre des Innocents, Bernard-Roland; 1962 L'Inspecteur Leclerc enquête / L'Inspecteur enquête, episode "Les Gangsters", Yannick Andréi;. 1963 Thierry la Fronde, episode "La Route de Calais", Robert Guez). He had to give up acting after a serious accident in the exercise of his profession. A film director since 1969, he founded a production company, Coquelicot Films. He authored novels (1997 Sombres Fantômes, Le Cherche-Midi; 2000 L'Oeil de Vénus, Editions Vauvenargue-Le Cercle; 2005 Les Galettes de Pont-Aven / Pleine Lune à Pont-Aven, Editeur Le Cherche-Midi) and a play (2005 Opus dans un Hôtel borgne).

 Filmography

        ◘ Shadow (short)

        ◘ Comment se servir du Téléphone (short)

        ◘ Mais ne nous délivrez pas du Mal / USA: Don't Deliver Us from Evil (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; shot in 1970)

        ◘ Charlie et ses deux Nénettes / USA: Charlie and His Two Chicks (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Galettes de Pont-Aven / USA: Cookies (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, delegate producer)

        ◘ Marie-Poupée / USA: Mary the Doll (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, delegate producer)

1977 ◘ Comme la Lune (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, delegate producer)

1981 ◘ San Antonio ne pense qu'à ça (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1987 ◘ Les Deux Crocodiles (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1980 ◘ Sam et Sally (episodes "Monsieur Hérédia", "La Malle", "L'avion", "Les Collectionneurs", "La Peau du Lion", "Le Diamant")

1986 ◘ Série Noire (episode "Le Salon du Prêt-à-saigner")

        ◘ Série Noire (episode "Pour venger Pépère")

1989 ◘ Steffie ou La Vie à mi-Temps (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Série Noire (episode "Gueule d'Arnaque"; also co-screenwriter)

1991 ◘ Maxime et Wanda (episode "L'Homme qui n'en savait pas assez")

        ◘ Nestor Burma / Une Aventure de Nestor Burma (episode "Des Kilomètres de Linceuls")

        ◘ Le Raisin d'Or

        ◘ Le J.A.P., Juge d'Application des Peines (episode "Une Petite Fille")

        ◘ Nestor Burma / Une Aventure de Nestor Burma (episodes "Le Cinquième Procédé", "Nestor court la Poupée")

        ◘ Chaudemanche Père et Fils (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Nestor Burma / Une Aventure de Nestor Burma (episode "Drôle d'Epreuve pour Nestor Burma")

2000 ◘ Léopold