Venault, Philippe

(Guy Mollet / April 7, 1947, Paris, France - )

   He studied modern letters and then history at L'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. From 1972 to 1981, he was a member of the redaction committee of the Magazine Littéraire. He also published texts in many reviews and daily newspapers ( L'Arc; Actuel; Zoom; Le Matin de Paris; Libération). He was notably an assistant director to Jean Yanne (1975 Chobizenesse) and co-wrote Maria, Fille de Flandres (Philippe Triboit, 1995).

 Filmography

1972 ◘ Pleine Marge (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Balustrade (short; also screenwriter)

1973 ◘ Antonin Artaud (short; also screenwriter)

1975 ◘ Scènes de la Vie quotidienne pendant la Guerre de Cent Ans (short; also screenwriter)

1979 ◘ Michelet, le Dispositif (short; also screenwriter)

1984 ◘ Une Rebellion à Romans (shot in 1981)

        ◘ Paris vu par . . . Vingt Ans après / UK and USA: Paris Seen by . . . 20 Years After (segment "Canal St Martin")

        ◘ Paris-Laveries (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Boîte bleue (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Archives, Mémoires d'Avenir (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Blancs cassés

        ◘ Artist for Liberty (short)

 Television Filmography

1985 ◘ Néo Polar (episode "Des Choses qui ar­rivent")

1991 ◘ Histoires de voir (documentary)

        ◘ Mort à l'Etage

        ◘ L'Homme empaillé (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Adieu les Roses (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (episode "Massard et l'Affaire du Bois joli"; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Clients d'Avrenos (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Amour à l'Ombre / Quartier libre (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Nestor Burma (episode "Sortie des Artistes")

1998 ◘ Le Horsain

        ◘ Nestor Burma (episodes "Poupée russes", "Les Affaires reprennent", "Burma et la Belle de Paris")

        ◘ L'Envolé

        ◘ La Part de l'Ombre (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; shot in 1998)

        ◘ Le Zoo du Boîteux L'Eté des Hannetons

2001 ◘ Le Parisien du Village

2002 ◘ On n'a plus de Sushis à se faire (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Filles du Calendrier

        ◘ Nestor Burma (episode "Noblesse désoblige")

        ◘ Preuve d'Amour

        ◘ Joséphine Ange gardien (episode "Un Frère pour Ben")

        ◘ Pépé Carvalho / Els mars del Sud (episode "Les Mers du Sud / Ells mars del Sud"; France / Spain)

        ◘ 3 Jours en Juin (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ La Louve (France / Switzerland)

        ◘ Boulevard du Palais (episodes "Rituels bar­bares", "Affaire classée", "L'Affaire Isabelle Duhesmes"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Poussière d'Amour (also co-screenwriter)

2007 ◘ Boulevard du Palais (episode "Un Petit coin sans Histoire"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Enfants d'Orion