Wargnier, Régis

(April 18, 1948, Metz, Mo­selle, France - )

   He earned a bachelor's degree in letters and a master's degree in Greek from the University of Nanterre.After briefly working as a photographer, he landed jobs as a trainee assistant director (1971 La Décade prodigieuse / Dieci belli giorno / USA: Ten Days Wonder, Claude Chabrol, France / Italy; 1972 Docteur Popaul / Trappola per un lupo / UK: Scoundrel in White / USA: High Heels / Play Now, Pay Later, Claude Chabrol; 1973 La Femme en bleu, Michel Deville, France / Italy). He remained a second assistant to Claude Chabrol for three years (1973 Les Noces rouges / L'amico di famiglia / UK and USA: Wedding in Blood, France / Italy; 1974 Nada / Sterminate Gruppo Zero / UK and USA: The Nada Gang, France / Italy; Nouvelles de Henry James, TV series, episode "Le Blanc de la Désolation", France / UK; Histoires insolites, TV series, episode "Monsieur Bébé"; 1976 Nouvelles de Henry James, TV series, episode "De Grey", France / UK). He collabo­rated on several films as a location manager (1976 Monsieur Albert, Jacques Renard; 1977 Il deserto dei Tartari / Le Désert des Tartares / Die Tartarenwuste / UK and USA: The Desert of the Tartars, Valerio Zurlini, Italy / France / West Germany / Iran; 1978 L'Etat sauvage / UK and USA: The Savage State, Francis Girod; 1979 L'Esprit de Famille, Jean-Pierre Blanc) and first assistant director (1978 Mon Premier Amour / UK and USA: My First Love, Elie Chouraqui; 1979 L'Ecole est finie, Olivier Nolin; 1980 La Banquière, also second unit director, Francis Girod; 1981 Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une Copine, Patrice Leconte, Die Falschung / Le Faussaire / UK: Circle of Deceit / USA: False Witness, also second unit director, Volker Schlôndorff, West Germany / France; 1982 Le Grand Pardon, Alexandre Arcady; Le Grand Frère, Francis Girod; 1983 Heller Wahn / L'Amie / UK: Friends and Husbands / USA: Sheer Madness, also location manager for scenes shot in France and in Egypt; West Germany / France; 1984 Le Bon Plaisir, Francis Girod; Souvenirs, Souvenirs, also second unit director, Ariel Zeïtoun). He co-produced a feature film (1983 La Palombière, Jean-Pierre Denis) and pro­duced a short (1992 L'Echange, also co-screenwriter, Vincent Perez). He played a small part in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale (2002, USA).

 Filmography

1986 ◘ La Femme de ma Vie / Die Frau meines Lebens (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / West Germany)

1989 ◘ Je suis le Seigneur du Château (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1992 ◘ Indochine / USA: Indochina (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1995 ◘ Une Femme française / Eine franzôsische Frau (also screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Germany / UK)

        ◘ Lumière et Compagnie / Lumiere y compania / Lumiere and Company (co-director only; France / Spain / Denmark / Sweden)

1999 ◘ Est, Ouest / La vida prometida (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Spain / Bulgaria / Russia / Ukraine)

        ◘ Maman les p'tits Bateaux (short)

2005 ◘ Man to Man (also co-screenwriter; France / UK / South Africa)

2007 ◘ Pars vite et reviens tard (also co-screenwriter)

 Television Filmography

1988 ◘ Sueurs froides (episodes "Louis-Charles, mon Amour", "La Résurrection de l'Honorable")

2000 ◘ D'Ouest en Est, Carnets de Route (documentary)

2003 ◘ Cœurs d'Athlètes (documentary; co-director with Patrick Montel)