Clavier, Stéphane

(March 15, 1955, Paris, France - )

   The brother of actor Christian Clavier (b. 1952) and nephew of former film producer Yves Rousset-Rouard (b. 1940), he briefly worked as a ski instruc­tor before making his film debut as a trainee assistant director (1977 Une Fille cousue de Fil blanc, Jean-Baptiste Rossi, shot in 1975; 1978 Les Bronzés / USA: French Fried Vacation, Patrice Leconte). Then he served as second assistant director (1979 Les Bronzés font du Ski, Patrice Leconte; 1980 Je vais craquer!!!, François Leterrier; Le Coup du parapluie, Gérard Oury; 1981 Clara et les chic Types, Jacques Monnet; Pourquoi pas nous?, Michel Berny; Quand tu seras débloqué . . . fais-moi Signe! / Les Babas-Cool, François Leterrier) and then first assistant director (1982 Elle voit des Nains partout!, Jean-Claude Sussfeld; 1983 L'Eté meurtrier / USA: One Deadly Summer, Jean Becker; 1984 Le Léopard, Jean-Claude Sussfeld; Les Ripoux / UK: Le Cop / USA: My New Partner, Claude Zidi; 1985 Les Rois du Gag, Claude Zidi; L'Amour propre, Martin Veyron; Le Mariage du Siècle, also actor, Philippe Galland; 1987 Association de Malfaiteurs, Claude Zidi). He directed more than eighty commercials before shooting his first feature film.

 Filmography

1986 ◘ Le Torero hallucinogène (short; also co-screenwriter)

1991 ◘ Les Secrets professionnels du Docteur Appfel-glùck

1998 ◘ La Voie est libre (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2003 ◘ Lovely Rita, Sainte Patronne des Cas désespérés (also co-screenwriter)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Le Divin Enfant / US DVD: The Holy Child (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Patron sur Mesure

2004 ◘ 3 Garçons, 1 Fille, 2 Mariages (France / Belgium)

        ◘ Si j'étais elle (France / Belgium)

2005 ◘ Merci, les Enfants vont bien! (episodes Ça déménage, Restons Zen!)

        ◘ Alice et Charlie (pilot episode; France / Belgium)

        ◘ Je hais les Vacances (France / Belgium)

        ◘ Merci, les Enfants vont bien! (episodes "Vive les Mariés", "Coup de Foudre", "Système B", "Congés Paternité!")