Vigne, Daniel

(October 12, 1942, Moulins, Allier, France - )

   Having graduated from the IDHEC (cinematography department), he was successively an assistant direc­tor to Claude Lelouch (1968 13 Jours en France / UK: Challenge in the Snow / USA: Grenoble, documentary, co-director with Guy Gilles, Jean Rouch; 1970 Le Voyou / Voyou—La canaglia / UK: Simon the Swiss / USA: The Crook, France / Italy; 1971 Smic Smac Smoc, France / Italy; 1972 L'Aventure, c'est l'Aventure / L'avventura è l'avventura / UK and USA: Money Money Money, France / Italy), assistant camera operator (1970 Cannabis / New York Parigi per una condanna a morte / Cannabis—Engel der Gewalt / USA: French Intrigue / The Mafia Wants Your Blood, Pierre Koralnik, France / Italy / West Germany), and camera opera­tor (1972 What a Flash!, Jean-Michel Barjol) before directing his first movie. He also collaborated on screenplays (1990 La Putain du Roi / La donna del Re / The King's Mistress / USA: The King's Whore, as co-screenwriter, Axel Corti, France / Italy / UK / Austria; 1993 La Société en Fête—Le Temps des Car­navals, documentary, as screenwriter; 1994 Division Street USA en suivant Robert Guinan, documentary, as screenwriter, Frédéric Compain; 2003 La Bête du Gévaudan, dialogist only, Patrick Volson). The Ameri­can film Sommersby (Jon Amiel, 1993) is the remake of his movie Le Retour de Martin Guerre.

 Filmography

1973 ◘ Les Hommes / Regolamenti di conti / UK: Killing in the Sun (also co-dialogist; France / Italy)

1977 ◘ Sept à la Butte (short; also screenwriter)

1979 ◘ Le Dernier des Orients Express (documentary; short)

        ◘ Dialogues (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Centre Pompidou (documentary; short)

        ◘ Un Jour au Hasard (documentary; short)

        ◘ Maux croisés (documentary; short)

        ◘ Une Journée particulière (documentary; short)

1982 ◘ Le Retour de Martin Guerre / UK and USA: The

        ◘ Return of Martin Guerre (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

1985 ◘ Une Femme ou Deux / UK: A Woman or Two / USA: One Woman or Two (also original idea, co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1989 ◘ Comédie d'Eté (also editor)

1994 ◘ 3000 Scénarios contre un Virus (segment "L'Attente")

2007 ◘ Jean de la Fontaine—Le Défi

 Television Filmography

1976 ◘ Histoires peu ordinaires (episode "Le Vieux Paul")

1979 ◘ Les Médecines traditionnelles (6 X 52' documentary)

        ◘ Joe Hamman (documentary)

1980 ◘ Inventaires des Campagnes (6 X 52' documentary)

1987 ◘ The Hitchhiker / Le Voyageur / UK: Deadly Night­mares (episode "Perfect Order"; Canada / France / USA)

        ◘ En un Mot (ten shorts)

        ◘ Strangers (episode "The Last Game"; USA)

        ◘ Scene of the Crime (episode "Curse of the Twins"; USA)

        ◘ The Exile (episode "Birds of a Feather"; USA)

1992 ◘ Highlander (episode "The Beast from Below"; Canada / France)

        ◘ La Peur

        ◘ Noël et après

        ◘ Pêcheur d'Islande

        ◘ Avocat d'Office (episode "Marchands de Rêves")

        ◘ Le Juge est une Femme (episode "Drôle de Jeu")

2000 ◘ La Kiné (episodes "Retour au Sommet", "Le Patient 18")

        ◘ Fatou la Malienne (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Enfant des Lumières (2 X 90'; France / Belgium)

        ◘ Fatou l'Espoir (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Un Fils sans Histoire (France / Belgium)

2006 ◘ Les Aventuriers des Mers du Sud / Les Vagabonds des Mers du Sud (also co-screenwriter)