- Bourdon, Jacques
- (March 3l, l925, Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France - December 1, 1991, Paris, France)Before and after trying his luck as a director, he was an assistant director (1951 Un Grand Patron / UK: Great Man / USA: Perfectionist, Yves Ciampi; 1955 Un Jardin public, short; Paul Paviot; l957 Fumée blonde, Robert Vernay; 1958 C'est la Faute d'Adam / UK: Six Easy Lessons, Jacqueline Audry; Chaque Jour a son Secret, Claude Boissol; Le Tombeur, René Delacroix; 1961 Le Capitaine Fracasse / Capitan Fracassa / El Capitan Fracassa, Pierre Gaspard-Huit; France / Italy / Spain; 1963 Shéhérazade / La schiava di Bagdad / Scherezade / USA: Scheherazade, Pierre Gaspard-Huit, France / Italy / Spain; l967 Les Risques du Métier, André Cayatte; 1969 Le Passager de la Pluie / L'uomo venuto dalla pioggia / USA: Rider on the Rain / US video: Rain, René Clément, France / Italy; 1971 La Folie des Grandeurs / Mania di grandezza / Die dummen Streiche der Reichen / Don Louis der Grôssenwahnsinnige / Delirios de grandeza / UK and USA: Delusions of Grandeur, Gérard Oury; France / Italy / West Germany / Spain; 1977 A Chacun son Enfer /Jedem seine Hôlle, André Cayatte, France / West Germany). He also worked as a production manager for films (1974 Verdict / L'accusa è: Violenza carnale e omicidio / Il testamento / UK and USA: The Verdict / Jury of One, André Cayatte; France / Italy; 1980 La Boum / USA: The Party, Claude Pinoteau; 1984 Le Sang des Autres / USA: The Blood of Others, Claude Chabrol; France / Canada) and TV (1993 Une Image de trop, Jean-Claude Missiaen), technical adviser (1977 La Fille d'Amérique, David Newman, shot in 1974), associate producer (l981 La Chèvre / Mas locos que una cabra / UK: Knock on Wood / USA: The Goat, Francis Veber, France / Mexico), and executive producer (l990 Il sole anche la notte / Le Soleil même la Nuit, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani; Italy / France / West Germany).Filmography1960 ◘ Les Lionceaux (also co-screenwriter)1962 ◘ Le Soleil dans l'oeilTelevision Filmography◘ Don Quijote / Don Quichotte / Don Quijote von la Mancha (13 X 26'; co-director with Louis Grospierre, Carlo-Rim; Spain / France / West Germany)◘ Die Schàtzinsel / L'Île au Trésor (13 X 26'; un-credited director with Wolfgang Liebeneiner, West Germany / France)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.