Cazeneuve, Maurice

(January 4, 1923, Lectoure, Gers, France - )

   He intended to enroll in the Polytechnic School but finally entered the IDHEC in 1943 (the first promo­tion). He gave up his studies to join the French Resist-ance.After the liberation of France, he worked for the RTF "studio d'essai" and adapted for radio Jean-Paul Sartre's La Chambre, Albert Camus's Le Malentendu, and Roger Martin du Gard's Les Thibault. He served as assistant director to Marcel Carné on an unfinished movie, La Fleur de l'Age (1947). Then he worked with Jean Vilar to create the Avignon's theater festival. In 1951, he made his debut in French TV and filmed TV movies and miniseries and many variety shows (1951-1964 L'Ecole des Vedettes, Du Caf'Conc' au Mu­sic-Hall.. .). He directed only one feature film.

 Filmography

1958 ◘ Cette Nuit-là . . . / UK: Night Heat (also co-adapter)

 Television Filmography

1951 ◘ L'Indigent

1953 ◘ Les Dix petits Nègres

        ◘ Mon Cœur est dans les Highlands 1956 Eugénie Grandet (also screenwriter)

1961 ◘ Hors Jeu (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Exécution

1963 ◘ L'Inspecteur Leclerc enquête (episodes "L'Agent double", "Le Passé d'une Femme")

        ◘ Les Complices de l'Aube (TV series)

        ◘ Les Illusions perdues (4 x 100'; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Meurtre dans la Cathédrale

        ◘ Mary de Cork L'Oiseau de Feu

        ◘ La Séparation Manon

1972 ◘ Les Personnages

        ◘ Entre toutes les Femmes

        ◘ Splendeurs et Misères des Courtisanes (6 x 90'; France / Belgium / Switzerland / West Germany)

1981 ◘ Nana (4 x 90'; also screenwriter; France / Belgium / Switzerland)