Simenon, Marc

(April 19, 1939, Brussels, Belgium-October 25, 1999, Paris, France)

   The son of Belgian novelist Georges Simenon, he was an assistant director for seven years (1959 Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe / UK: Lunch on the Grass / USA: Picnic on the Grass, Jean Renoir; 1960 L'Ours / Daniele nella gabbia d'orso / USA: The Bear, Edmond Séchan, France / Italy; 1961 La Récréation / UK: Playtime / US video: Love Play, François Moreuil, Fabien Collin; Les Menteurs / UK: House of Sin / USA: The Liars / Twisted Lives, Edmond T. Gréville; Amours célèbres / Amori celebri, four segments: "Lauzun", "Jenny de Lacour", "Agnès Bernauer", "Les Comédiennes", Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; 1962 Une Grosse Tête / US TV: A Fat Head, Claude de Givray; 1963 Coup de Bambou, Jean Boyer; 1964 Cherchez l'Idole / Sciarada alla francese, Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; Relaxe-toi, Chérie / Ho una moglie pazza, pazza, pazza, Jean Boyer, France / Italy; Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez / Una ragazza a Saint-Tropez / UK and USA: The Gendarme of St. Tropez, Jean Girault, France / Italy; Les Gorilles / USA: The Gorillas, Jean Girault; 1965 Les Petits Chats / UK and USA: Wild Roots of Love, Jacques R. Villa, shot in 1959; Le Gendarme à New York / Tre gendarme a New York, Jean Girault, France / Italy; 1966 La Longue Marche / USA: Long March, Alexandre Astruc). After this period of apprenticeship, he began directing in 1970. He died at age sixty as a result of an accidental fall. His co-adaptation of Georges Simenon's novel Le Voyageur de la Toussaint was filmed for TV by Philippe Laïk in 2007. He was married to actress Mylène De-mongeot (b. 1935).

 Filmography

        ◘ Le Champignon / L'assassino colpisce all'alba / USA: The Mushroom (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)

        ◘ L'Explosion / L'uomo di Marsiglia / UK: Sex Explosion / USA: The Hideout (France / Italy / Belgium / Canada)

1974 ◘ Par le Sang des Autres / UK and USA: By the Blood of Others (France / Canada)

1981 ◘ Signé Furax (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

 Television Filmography

1968 ◘ Les Dossiers de l'Agence O (12 X 55'; episodes "Le Prisonnier de Lagny", "L'Homme tout nu", "Les Trois Bateaux de la Calanque", "La Cage d'Emile", "Le Docteur Tant-Pis", "Le Club des vieilles Dames", "L'Etrangleur de Montigny", "La Petite Fleuriste de Deauville", "Emile à Cannes", "L'Arrestation du Musicien", "Le Vieillard au Porte-Mine", "La Jeune Fille de La Rochelle")

1980 ◘ Kick, Raoul, la Moto, les Jeunes et les Autres (6 X 52')

1986 ◘ Le Petit Docteur (episodes "Le Flair du pe­tit Docteur", "La Piste de l'Homme roux", "L'Amoureux en Pantoufles")

1992 ◘ Vacances au Purgatoire

1994 ◘ Chien et Chat II

        ◘ Chien et Chat (episode "L'Embrouille")

        ◘ Chien et Chat (episode "La Faute")

        ◘ Chercheurs d'Or / Adventures of Smoke Bellew / Jack London's Wilderness Tales (4 X 95'; France / Canada)

1998 ◘ Micro Climat