Wyn, Michel

(August 21, 1931, Paris, France - )

   From 1951 to 1953, he studied filmmaking at the ID-HEC. He also graduated from the Institute of Political Studies. He entered films as an assistant director (1955 La Crise du Logement, documentary, Jean Dewever; 1956 Foreign Intrigue, Sheldon Reynolds, UK; Porte des Lilas / Quartiere dei lillà / UK: Gate of Lilacs / USA: The Gates of Paris, René Clair, France / Italy, 1958 Me and the Colonel, Peter Glenville, UK; Maxime, Henri Verneuil; Le Voyage en Ballon / UK and USA: Stowaway in the Sky, Albert Lamorisse; 1960 L'Affaire d'une Nuit / UK: It Happened at Night / USA: It Happened All Night, Henri Verneuil; 1961 Le Président / Il Presidente / UK: The Presi­dent, Henri Verneuil, France / Italy; Fanny, Joshua Logan, USA; 1963 In the French Style / A la Française, Robert Parrish, USA / France; 1964 La Tulipe noire / Il Tulipano nero / El Tulipan negro / UK: The Black Tulip, also second unit director, Christian-Jaque, France / Italy / Spain; 1965 Up from the Beach / Le Jour d'après, Robert Parr-ish, USA / France; 1966 Paris brûle-t-il? / Is Paris Burning?, René Clément, France / USA; Atout Coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 / OSS 117 a Tokio si muore / UK: Mission to Tokyo / USA: OSS 117—Terror in Tokyo, also second unit director, Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; 1967 Fantômas contre Scotland Yard / Fantomas contra Scotland Yard, as second unit director, André Hunebelle, France / Italy; 1968 Casse-Tête chinois pour le Judoka / Ore violente / Die Sieben Masken des Judoka, Maurice Labro, France / Italy / West Germany; Les Oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou / USA: Birds in Peru, Romain Gary). He collaborated as a production manager on Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (Vincent McEveety, USA). In 1994, he gave up directing to dedicate himself to his true passion: acting. Books: 1956 Initiation aux Techniques du Cinéma (Editions Ey-rolles; 2nd ed., 1982, Editions Eyrolles); 1965 Le Cinéma et ses Techniques (Editions Techniques Européennes); 1983 La Boîte aux Images (co-author with Pascal Wyn, Nouvelles Editions Techniques Européennes); 2005 A la Santé des Frères Lumière (Yris); 2007 Mes Années Lumière ... Nouvelles Aventures (Yris).

 Filmography

1963 ◘ One Day (short)

1974 ◘ Les Suspects / La polizia indaga: siamo tutti sospettati / USA: The Suspects (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)

1976 ◘ Oublie-moi Mandoline

 Television Filmography

1972 ◘ La Demoiselle d'Avignon (6 X 52'; shot in 1970)

        ◘ Le Seize à Kerbriant (25 X 13')

        ◘ L'Homme qui revient de loin (6 X 52')

        ◘ Les Témoins

        ◘ La Cévenne des Cévennes (documentary; short)

1973 ◘ Une Petite Flamme dans la Tourmente (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Cloche tibétaine / Die gelbe Karawane (7 X 52'; co-director with Serge Friedman; France / West Germany)

1975 ◘ Plus amer que la Mort (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Dîner de Famille Lieutenant Karl

        ◘ Madame Ex

        ◘ Histoires de Voyous (episode "La Saison des Voleurs")

        ◘ Allégra (4 X 52')

        ◘ Brigade des Mineurs (episode "La Neige de Noël"; shot in 1976)

        ◘ Le Temps d'une République: Le Bord de la Mer (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1979 ◘ Le Cadran solaire (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Histoire de Voyous (episode "Le Concierge revi­ent tout de Suite"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Visteurs (6 X 52')

        ◘ Le Mythomane (6 X 52')

        ◘ Un Petit Paradis (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1983 ◘ Fabien de la Drôme (7 X 52')

        ◘ Tous Comptes faits

        ◘ Jeu, Set et Match (4 X 52')

        ◘ Félicien Grevêche (8 X 52')

        ◘ Merci Appoline

1988 ◘ L'Affaire Saint-Romans (6 X 52')

        ◘ La Valise en Carton / A mala de Cartôo (6 X 52'; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1986)

1989 ◘ Les Cavaliers aux Yeux verts (3 X 90')

        ◘ Mont Royal (episodes "Passage", "Reunion"; Canada / France)

        ◘ Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin (episodes "Le Canon de Junot", "Lenormand", "Chef de la Sûreté", "La Sorcière aux Deux Visages"; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Coup de Foudre (episodes "Tropical Gamble / Jogo tropical", "Mirage / Miragem"; UK / France / Portugal / Italy / Spain / Belgium / Switzerland)

        ◘ Aldo tous Risques (episodes "La Guigne", "Mas­carade")

        ◘ Mistinguett: Une Histoire d'Amour (short)

        ◘ Edith Piaf: Une brève Rencontre (short)

        ◘ Jenny Marx, la Femme du Diable

        ◘ Un Crime de Guerre

        ◘ L'Avocate (episode "Droit de Visite")