Bonitzer, Pascal

(February 1, 1946, Paris, France - )

   Having graduated with a bachelor's degree and a master of philosophy, he became a film critic in 1969, writing in Les Cahiers du Cinéma. He made his film de­but as an actor in a short (1967 Vampirisme, Bernard Chaouat, Patrice Duvic) and played in almost thirty movies (from 1978 La Vocation suspendue, Raoul Ruiz, to 2007 La Clef, Guillaume Nicloux). Known mostly as a screenwriter (about fifty films from 1976 Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma Sœur et mon Frère .. ., René Allio, to 2008 36 Vues du Pic Saint-Loup, Jacques Rivette), he directed half a dozen features in ten years. He also is a teacher at the Fémis.

 Filmography

1989 ◘ Les Sirènes (short; also screenwriter; dialogist)

1996 ◘ Encore (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1999 ◘ Rien sur Robert (also screenwriter, dialogist)

2003 ◘ Petites Coupures (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / UK)

2006 ◘ Je pense à vous (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2008 ◘ Le Grand Alibi (also screenwriter, adapter, co-dialogist)