Amar, Denis

(June 10, 1946, Paris, France - )

   From the mid-1960s to early 1970s, he worked an as­sistant director (1967 Le Soleil des Voyous / Il più grande colpo del secolo / UK: Leather and Nylon / USA: Action Man, Jean Delannoy, France / Italy; 1969 Clérambard, Yves Robert; 1970 The Only Game in Town, George Stevens, USA; La Horse / Il clan degli uominini violenti / Der Erbarmungslose, Pierre Granier-Deferre, France / Italy / West Germany; 1971 La Maison sous les Arbres / Unico indizio: Una sciarpa gialla / UK: Death Scream / The House Under the Trees, René Clément, France / Italy; Chère Louise / La lunga notte di Louise / UK: Louise, Philippe de Broca; Où est passé Tom?, José Giovanni; 1973 Two People, Robert Wise, USA; Paul and Michelle / Paul et Michelle, Lewis Gilbert, UK / France). Then he directed commercials and industrial shorts for five years (1974-1979), including one on the Ariane rocket that won the Special Prize of International Film Festival of Houston.

 Filmography

1981 ◘ Asphalte (also co-screenwriter)

1984 ◘ L'Addition / USA: The Bill / The Caged Heart / The Patsy (also co-screenwriter)

1987 ◘ Instant Justice (as Christopher Bentley; USA)

        ◘ Ennemis intimes (also co-adapter)

1989 ◘ Hiver 54, l'Abbé Pierre (also co-screenwriter)

1991 ◘ Contre l'Oubli / Ecrire contre l'Oubli / Against Oblivion / Lest We Forget (documentary; segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")

1997 ◘ Saraka Bô (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Princesse Alexandra

        ◘ Le Ciel pour Témoin

1995 ◘ Les Boeufs-Carottes (episode "Les Enfants d'abord")

        ◘ Commissaire Moulin (episode "Lady in Blue")

        ◘ Commissaire Moulin (episodes "Présomp­tion d'Innocence", "36 Quai des Ombres, Le Bleu")

        ◘ Avocats & Associés (episodes "Remise en Cause", "Tractations", "Le Bébé de la Finale", "La Preuve par le Vide", "Les Tensions durent", "Des Hommes amoureux")

        ◘ La Crim' (episodes "L'Affaire Caroline", "Ma­nège mortel", "Le Ressuscité", "La Piste aux Etoiles", "L'Epine des Roses", "Education sur­veillée")

        ◘ Marc Eliot (episodes "Un Beau Salaud", "L'Enlèvement de Carmen", "La Rançon de l'Amour", "Mexico", "Terminus")

        ◘ La Crim' (episodes "Contre-Temps", "Le Dernier Convoi", "Le Cadavre introuvable",Conjonction meurtrière", "Post-mortem", "L'Envers du Décor")

        ◘ Lemmes de Loi (episodes "Secret-Défense", "Une Occasion en Or", "Dette d'Amour")

2003 ◘ Sauveur Giordano (episode "Mauvaises Graines")

2005 ◘ La Crim' (episodes "Condamné à Vie", "L'Intoxe", "Taxi de Nuit", "Enquête d'Amour", "Camarade P 38", "Le Jour des Morts")

        ◘ Alex Santana, Négociateur (episode "L'Affaire Bordier")

        ◘ Lemmes de Loi (episodes "Un Criminel sans Nom", "Héritage")

2008 ◘ Duval et Moretti (episodes "Une Odeur de Poudre", "Le Retour de Vanessa", "En Fuite", "Un Sacré Dilemme", "César à deux Doigts de la Mort", "Les Absents ont toujours Tort", "César à Deux Poigts de la Mort", "Paloma en Danger", "Heros d'un Jour")