Téchiné, André

(March l3, l943, Valence d'Agen, Tarn-et-Garonne, France - )

   A former student at the IDHEC, he failed his final examination and became an assistant on the musical TV show Discorama. In 1964, he joined the staff of the film magazine Les Cahiers du Cinéma, in which he published criticism until 1967. He directed his first short in 1965 and was briefly a stage director in 1969 (Chantage au Théâtre, Dacia Maraini). An assistant di­rector for Jacques Rivette (L'Amour fou, 1969; shot in l967) and Marc'O (Les Idoles, l968), he also co-wrote a few movies filmed by colleagues (Aloise, Liliane de Kermadec, l975; Mauvaise Fille, Régis Franc, l99l; Transatlantique / Transatlantico, Christine Laurent, France / Portugal, l996; Café de la Plage / French TV: L'Homme qui ne savait pas être un Ami, Benoît Graf-fin, 2001). He occasionally played small parts for Luc Moullet (Brigitte et Brigitte, l966), Jean Eustache (La Maman et la Putain / USA: The Mother and the Whore, 1973), and Philippe Garrel (Les Ministères de l'Art, l988). He appeared as himself in Cinématon (Gérard Courant, l985) and in a couple of documentaries on his work (Cinéma de notre Temps: André Téchiné, après la Nouvelle Vague, Laurent Perrin, l995; Kinomagazin: Das Zittern des Lebens—Das Kino des André Téchiné, Gerhard Midding, Germany, l997). He was credited as a technical adviser in A toute Vitesse / USA: Full Speed (Gaël Morel, l996).

 Filmography

1965 ◘ Les Oiseaux anglais (documentary; short)

1971 ◘ Le Banquet (short)

1975 ◘ Paulina s'en va (also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in l967-l969)

        ◘ Souvenirs d'en France / USA: French Provincial (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1976 ◘ Barocco (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, lyricist)

1979 ◘ Les Soeurs Brontë / UK and USA: The Bronte Sisters (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1981 ◘ Hôtel des Amériques (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1983 ◘ La Matiouette ou ^Arrière-Pays (medium-length; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Rendez-vous / US video: André Téchiné's Rendez­Vous (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ L'Atelier (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Le Lieu du Crime / UK: Le Crime / USA: Scene of the Crime (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Les Innocents (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, lyricist)

1991 ◘ J'embrasse pas / Niente baci sulla bocca (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)

        ◘ Ma Saison préférée / USA: My Favorite Season (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Les Roseaux sauvages / UK and USA: The Wild Reeds (originally shot for TV as Le Chêne et le Roseau; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1996 ◘ Les Voleurs / UK: The Child of the Night / USA: Thieves (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1998 ◘ Alice et Martin / Alice y Martin / USA: Alice and Martin (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2001 - Loin / Lajos (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Spain)

        ◘ Les Egarés / Strayed (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / UK)

        ◘ Les Temps changent / USA: Changing Times (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2007 ◘ Les Témoins (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1972 ◘ Michel, l'Enfant-Roi (13 X 13'; co-director only)