Centonze, Alain

(June I, 1944, Faverges, Haute-Savoie, France - )

   He graduated with a bachelor's degree in classical let­ters and a superior diploma in letters. From 1965 to 1970, he taught literature before switching to cinema as an assistant director (1972 On n'arrête pas le Print­emps, René Gilson; 1973 Les Yeux fermés, Joël Santoni, shot in 1971; 1975 La Papesse / USA: A Woman Pos­sessed, Mario Mercier, shot in 1973; Le Jeu avec le Feu / Giochi di fuoco, Alain Robbe-Grillet, France / Italy; Mes Petites Amoureuses, Jean Eustache; Les Autres, Hugo San­tiago; Souvenirs d'en France / USA: French Provincial, An­dré Téchiné; 1976 Attention les Yeux / USA: Let's Make a Dirty Movie, Gérard Pires; Duelle (une Quarantaine) / Scènes de la Vie parallèle 2—Duelle / Duelle / UK and USA: A Twilight (A Quarantine) / Women Duelling, Jacques Rivette; L'Ordinateur des Pompes funèbres / Caccia al montone / USA: The Probability Factor, Gérard Pirès, France / Italy; Barocco, André Téchiné; 1977 La Menace / UK and USA: The Threat, Alain Corneau, France / Canada; 1979 Les Soeurs Brontë / UK and USA: The Bronte Sisters, André Téchiné; 1981 Plein Sud / Huida al sur / USA: Heat of Desire, Luc Béraud, France / Spain; Hôtel desAmériques, André Téchiné; 1984 Fort Saganne, Alain Corneau; 1986 Doubles Messieurs, also produc­tion manager, Jean-François Stévenin, shot in 1984; La Photo / I fotografia, Nicos Papatakis, France / Greece; 1987 Un Homme amoureux / Un uomo innamorato / USA: A Man in Love, Diane Kurys, France / Italy). Also an occasional actor (1978 La Tortue sur le Dos / USA: Like a Turtle on Its Back, Luc Béraud), he co-wrote the screenplay and dialogue of Laurent Ferrier's Le Vol du Sphinx (1984). From 1989, he worked mostly as an executive (1989 Bunker Palace Hôtel, Enki Bilal; 1990 La Putain du Roi / La donna del re / The King's Mistress / USA: The King's Whore, Axel Corti, France / Italy / UK; Alberto Express, Arthur Joffé; 1991 J'embrasse pas / Niente baci sulla bocca / UK and USA: I Don't Kiss, André Téchiné, France / Italy; 1993 Tout le Monde n'a pas eu la Chance d'avoir eu des Parents communistes, Jean-Jacques Zilber-mann; 1994 L'Irrésolu, Jean-Pierre Ronssin; 1996 Tykho Moon, Enki Bilal, France / Germany / UK; 1999 Volavé-runt / Volavérunt: la maja desnuda, Bigas Luna, France / Spain) and production manager (1998 La Femme du Cosmonaute, Ça reste entre nous, Martin Lamotte; 2000 Amazone, Philippe de Broca, France / Spain; 2001 Mon Père, il m'a sauvé la Vie, José Giovanni; Chaos, Coline Serreau; 2002 L'Adversaire / El adversario, Nicole Gar­cia, Switzerland / France; 2003 Les Côtelettes, Bertrand Blier; Je reste!, Diane Kurys; 2004 La Confiance règne, Etienne Chatiliez; 2005 Saint-Jacques . . . La Mecque, Coline Serreau; Combien tu m'aimes? / Per sesso o per amore, Bertrand Blier, France / Italy; 2008 Agathe Cléry, Etienne Chatiliez). Other credit (as production super­visor): 1994 Mesmer (Roger Spottiswoode, Austria / Canada / UK / Germany).

 Filmography

        ◘ Faits divers (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Curriculum Vitae (short; also screenwriter)

1996 ◘ C'est jamais loin (also co-screenwriter; shot in 1994)