Zonca, Erick

(Eric Robert Louis Zonca / Sep­tember 10, 1956, Orléans, Loiret, France - )

   The son of building contractors, he went to Paris to enroll in a school of dramatic art but soon dropped out and moved to New York, where he paid for his act­ing courses doing small jobs. Back in France, he briefly studied philosophy before writing for sitcoms and working as an assistant director (1989 La Valse des Pi­geons, Michaël Perrotta). His first film was a short (Rives, 1992). He co-wrote Le Secret (Virginie Wagon, 2000).

 Filmography

1992 ◘ Rives (short)

        ◘ Eternelles (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Seule / USA: Alone (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1998 ◘ La Vie rêvée des Anges / USA: The Dreamlife of Angels / US video: The Daydreams of Angels (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2000 ◘ Le Petit Voleur (originally shot for TV; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2007 ◘ Julia (also co-screenwriter; France / USA / Mexico / Belgium)