Bontzolakis, Bruno

(February 5, 1964, Neuilly-Plaisance, Seine-Saint-Denis, France - )

   Trained at the ESEC (Ecole Supérieure des Etudes Cinématographiques, 1984-1985), he was an assis­tant director (1985 Le Tiers providentiel, short, Gérard Frot-Coutaz; 1986 Beau Temps, mais orageux en Fin de Journée / USA: Good Weather but Stormy Late This After­noon, Gérard Frot-Coutaz; Qui trop embrasse, Jacques Davila; Lien de Parenté, Willy Rameau) before direct­ing three shorts and a first feature film shot in three weeks. He also filmed institutional films.

 Filmography

1990 ◘ Sans Soleil (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1994 ◘ Des Journées peu ordinaires (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Vacances à Blériot (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Familles je vous hais (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1998 ◘ Chacun pour soi (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)

2003 ◘ Je t'aime, je t'adore (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ L'Amour au Soleil (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Famille d'Accueil (episodes "Emma", "Instinct de Vie")

        ◘ Famille d'Accueil (episodes "Soupçons", "Le Petit du Coucou")

        ◘ Famille d'Accueil (episodes "Le Petit du Cou­cou", "La Mauvaise Pente")

        ◘ Famille d'Accueil (episode "Malentendu")