Simsolo, Noël

(August 31, 1944, Périgueux, Dordogne, France - )

   A stage actor since the early 1960s, he soon began writing on films, notably publishing articles and re­views in La Revue du Cinéma—Image et Son. From 1973 (La Maman et la Putain / USA: The Mother and the Whore, Jean Eustache) to 2007 (Le Deal, Jean-Pierre Mocky), he played small parts and supporting roles in about forty movies. He collaborated as a co-screenwriter on several of Paul Vecchiali's films (1972 Les Jonquilles, short; 1974 Femmes, Femmes; 1975 Change pas de Main) and wrote the additional dialogue of La Dernière Femme / L'ultima donna / UK and USA: The Last Woman (Marco Ferreri, France / Italy, 1976). He wrote many books, including 1969 Alfred Hitchcock (Seghers), Le Monde de Jerry Lewis (Le Cerf), 1982 Fritz Lang (Edilig), 1984 Howard Hawks (Edilig), 1987 Il était une Fois Samuel Fuller (Cahiers du Cinéma), Conversa­tions avec Sergio Leone (Stock), and 1990 Clint Eastwood (Les Cahiers du Cinéma; reedited and augmented ver­sion in 2007: Clint Eastwood, Le Passeur d'Hollywood).

 Filmography

1970 ◘ L'Enfant de Geneviève et Françoise (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1972 ◘ Un Parti (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Enfant Manon (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Magasin de Lingerie / Tout Bas (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Spasme Opéra / Spasms of the Opera (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Pierre Molinier, 7 Rue des Faussets (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Je m'appelle Marie Merzack et je suis Comédi­enne (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ D'un point l'Autre (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Images de Femmes (short; also screenwriter)

1978 ◘ Location (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Autour de l'Expressionnisme (video documentary)

1979 ◘ Décors (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Ecrivains dans la Révolution (video documentary)

1980 ◘ Cauchemar (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1982 ◘ Pan Pan (documentary; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1991 ◘ La Cabale des Oursins (short; also screenwriter)

1996 ◘ Jean Cocteau, Mensonges et Vérités (documentary; also screenwriter)

2004 ◘ Bâtons d'Encens pour Mizoguchi (video documentary; short)

2006 ◘ Souvenirs autour de Jean-Daniel Pollet (video documentary; medium-length)