Verhaeghe, Jean-Daniel

(July 2, 1944, Ar­ras, Pas-de-Calais, France - )

   A TV director above all, he filmed two literary ad­aptations for cinema. Seen as an actor in Ciné-Girl (Francis Leroi, 1969) and Le Bon Plaisir (Francis Girod, 1984), he also co-wrote a 6 X 55' TV miniseries (1989 L'Or du Diable, Jean-Louis Fournier) and occa­sionally worked as a supervising producer (1990 Chill­ers / UK: Mistress of Suspense, TV series, Nick Lewin, USA) and producer (1990 Formule 1, 13 X 26'; Paul Planchon, Gabôr Varkônuy, Antônio-Pedro Vasconce-los, Nardo Castillo, France / Canada / Portugal). He published a novel in 2002 (Un Goût du Secret, Editions du Rocher).

 Filmography

        ◘ Fragments (four shorts; also screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Araignée d'Eau (also screenwriter, adapter; shot in 1968)

2006 ◘ Le Grand Meaulnes (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1974 ◘ Discorama (TV-show; one episode)

        ◘ Ille aux enfants (TV shows)

        ◘ Y a-t-il un Fantôme dans l'Armure (TV series)

        ◘ Les Longuelune

        ◘ La Métamorphose (also co-adapter)

        ◘ L'Etrange Château du Docteur Lerne

1987 ◘ Les Idiots

1989 ◘ Bouvard et Pécuchet (2 X 90')

        ◘ Le Masque (episode "Un Week-End à tuer")

1990 ◘ La Nuit des Fantômes

1992 ◘ Mes Coquins

        ◘ La Controverse de Valladolid

        ◘ Imogène (episode "Les Légumes maudits")

        ◘ L'Interdiction

        ◘ Je voudrais descendre (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Eugénie Grandet

        ◘ La Règle de l'Homme (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Les Caprices de Marianne

1995 ◘ Un si bel Orage (also actor)

        ◘ Un Orage immobile (also actor; France / Belgium)

        ◘ Associations de Bienfaiteurs (6 X 52'; also actor; France / Netherlands / Portugal / Germany)

        ◘ La Fête des Pères (also co-screenwriter; France / Belgium)

1996 ◘ Le Parfum de Jeannette

        ◘ Les Steenfort, Maîtres des Forges (3 X 100')

        ◘ L'Huile sur le Feu (France / Belgium)

        ◘ Un Siècle d'Ecrivains (episode "Hervé Bazin")

        ◘ Le Rouge et le Noir / Il rosso e il nero / USA: The Red and the Black (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy / Germany)

        ◘ Les Brumes de Manchester (also adapter, actor)

        ◘ Le Destin des Steenfort (3 X 104')

        ◘ Bérénice (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Sans Famille / Das Findelkind / Heimatlos (2 X 100'; France / Germany / Czech Republic)

2001 ◘ Madame de . . . / I gioielli di Madame de (France / Italy)

        ◘ Romance sans Paroles (also adapter)

2002 ◘ La Bataille d'Hernani

        ◘ Romance sans Paroles (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Les Thibault (4 X 90'; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Sissi, l'Impératrice rebelle (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Père Goriot

        ◘ Louis Page (episode "Un Vieil Ami")

2005 ◘ Jaurès, Naissance d'un Géant

        ◘ Galilée ou L'Amour de Dieu

        ◘ Le Clan Pasquier (4 X 90'; also adapter; France / Switzerland)

        ◘ Chez Maupassant (episode "Au Bord du Lit")

        ◘ Raboliot (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Un Long Chemin (2 X 90')

        ◘ L'Abolition (2 X 90')