Chouraqui, Elie

(July 3, 1950, Paris, France - )

   From age sixteen to twenty-three, he was a first-rate sportsman as a member of the national volleyball team of France. He studied literature and started out writing sports articles in France - Soir. After his military service, he became an assistant director (1971 Smic Smac Smoc, Claude Lelouch; 1973 La Bonne Année / Un donna e una canaglia / USA: Happy New Year, also actor, Claude Lelouch, France / Italy; 1974 Toute une Vie / Tutta una vita / USA: And Now My Love, Claude Lelouch, France / Italy; La Gifle / Lo schiaffo / UK and USA: The Slap, Claude Pinoteau, France / Italy; 1975 Un Jour, la Fête / Big Bazar, also co-dialogist, Pierre Sisser; 1976 C'était un Rendez-vous / USA: Rendezvous, short, Claude Lelouch; Un Eléphant ça trompe énormé­ment / UK: An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive / USA: Pardon Mon Affaire, Yves Robert; Si c'était à refaire / UK: Second Chance / USA: If I Had to Do It All Over Again, also actor, Claude Lelouch; 1978 Molière, Ari­ane Mnouchkine, France / Italy). A film director since 1978, he played small parts in several movies (1972 L'Aventure, c'est l'Aventure / L'avventura è l'awentura / UK and USA: Money Money Money, Claude Lelouch, France / Italy; 1982 La Boum 2, Claude Pinoteau; 1988 L'Etudiante, as himself, Claude Pinoteau; 1992 La Belle Histoire, Claude Lelouch; 1993 Coup de Jeune!, Xavier Gélin; 1997 Le Dernier, short, Frédéric J. Tellier). Other credits (as producer): 1998 Les Marmottes (TV series; Jean-Denis Robert); 1999 Ame agaru / Après la Pluie / US festival: When the Rain Lifts (Takashi Koizumi; Japan / France); La Passion assassine (Didier Delaître); 2000 Victoire, ou La Douleur des Femmes (3 X 90'; Nadine Trintignant); (as technical adviser): 1999 J'aurais jamais dû croiser son Regard (Jean-Marc Longval); (as author of earlier screenplay): 2004 Slova I Muzyka (Ivan Solo-vov; Russia).

 Filmography

1978 ◘ Mon Premier Amour (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, co-producer)

1982 ◘ Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1984 ◘ Paroles et Musique / UK and USA: Love Songs (also screenwriter, dialogist, co-producer, actor)

1987 ◘ Man on Fire / Un uomo sotto tiro (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)

1990 ◘ Miss Missouri (also co-screenwriter, camera­man)

1993 ◘ Les Marmottes (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer)

1996 ◘ Les Menteurs (also co-screenwriter)

2001 ◘ Harrison's Flowers (also co-screenwriter, co-producer, cameraman; shot in 1999-2000)

2006 ◘ O Jérusalem / O' Jerusalem (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-producer, actor; France / UK / Italy / Greece / Israel / USA)

2009 ◘ Celle que j'aime (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1980 ◘ Une Page d'Amour (also co-screenwriter)