Clément, Michel

(August 23, 1924, France - )

   Having graduated with a bachelor's dregree in lit­erature and philosophy, he started out as a stage decorator with Douking and Paul Colin, and, parallel to his work as a stage assistant for such great names as Charles Dullin, Gaston Baty, Jean Cocteau, Jean Marchat, Marcel Herrand, Sacha Guitry, and Raymond Rouleau, he successively was a trainee assistant di­rector (1943 L'Escalier sans Fin, Georges Lacombe; Le Secret de Madame Clapain, André Berthomieu; 1945 J'ai dix sept Ans / USA: My First Love, André Bertho­mieu; 1946 Roma città libera / La notte porta consiglio / La Nuit porte Conseil, Marcello Pagliero, Italy / France; 24 Heures de la Vie d'un Clown, short, Jean-Pierre Melville; 1947 Les Amants du Pont Saint-Jean, Henri Decoin), second assistant director (1947 Antoine et Antoinette / UK and USA: Antoine and Antoinette, Jacques Becker; 1948 L'amore / USA: Ways of Love, segments "Il miracolo", "La voce umana", Roberto Rossellini, Italy; Germania, anno zero / USA: Germany Year Zero, Roberto Rossellini, Italy; Les Parents terribles / USA: The Storm Within, Jean Cocteau; 1949 Le Silence de la Mer, Jean-Pierre Melville, shot in 1947; Rendez­vous de Juillet, Jacques Becker; Manon, Henri-Georges Clouzot; 1951 Edouard et Caroline / USA: Edward and Caroline, Jacques Becker; 1952 Casque d'Or / UK: Golden Helmet / USA: Golden Marie, Jacques Becker; 1953 Moulin Rouge, John Huston; USA: Thérèse Raquin / Teresa Raquin / USA: The Adultress, Marcel Carné, France / Italy; 1955 Ça va barder / Silenzio ... si spara! / US TV: Give 'Em Hell / US video: There Goes Barder, John Berry, France / Italy; Chéri Bibi / Il forzato della Guiana, Marcello Pagliero, France / Italy; 1956 Le Pays d'où je viens, Marcel Carné; 1957 Les Sorcières de Salem / Hexenjagd / Die Hexen von salem / UK: The Crucible / USA: The Witches of Salem, Raymond Rouleau, France / East Germany; 1960 Os Bandeirantes, Marcel Camus, France / Brazil), first assistant director (1951 Journal d'un Curé de Campagne / USA: Diary of a Country Priest, Robert Bresson; 1953 Le Salaire de la Peur / Vite ven-dute / Il salario della paura / USA: Wages of Fear, Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy, shot in 1951; Rue de l'Estrapade / UK and USA: Françoise Steps Out, Jacques Becker; 1956 Un Condamné à Mort s'est échappé ou Le Vent souffle où il veut / USA: A Man Escaped or The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth, Robert Bresson; 1959 Pickpocket, Robert Bresson; 1963 Codine / Codin', Henri Colpi, France / Romania; 1966 Addio Africa / UK video: Farewell Africa / USA: Africa, Blood and Guts, Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi, Italy; 1967 Mona, l'Etoile sans Nom / Steaua fara nume, Henri Colpi, France / Romania; Les Pâtres du Désordre / Oi voskoi / Oi voskoiti symforas / USA: Thanos and Despina, also technical adviser, Nikos Papatakis, France / Greece; 1968 Histoires extraordinaires / Tre passi nel delirio / UK: Tales of Mystery and Imagination / USA: Spirits of the Dead, segment "Metzengerstein", Roger Vadim, France / Italy; 1969 Ballade pour un Chien, also technical adviser, Gérard Vergez, shot in 1967-1968; 1970 Darling Lili, Blake Edwards, USA; 1980 Comme une Femme, Christian Dura; 1982 L'Atelier du Diable, medium-length, Euzhan Palcy; 1983 Rue Cases Nègres / UK: Black Shack Alley / USA: Sugar Cane Alley, Euzhan Palcy), and second unit director (1952 O canto do mar / USA: Song of the Sea, Alberto Cavalcant, Brazil). He also was assistant to such TV directors as Jean Prat, Pierre Cardinal, Jean Pignol, Guy Jorré, and Claude Santelli and filmed short subjects for Jacques Martin's TV programs (1975 Le Petit Rapporteur; 1976 La Lor­gnette; 1977 Incroyable, mais vrai).

 Filmography

1953 ◘ Malriff ou L'Aigle blessé (short)

        ◘ Le Bal des Espions / Le schiave bianche / USA: Danger in the Middle East (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Alti plano (Rodolfo Madeiros; Brazil)

1967 ◘ Jérusalem, au Pied du Mur (documentary; short)

 Television Filmography

1975 ◘ Le Petit Rapporteur (TV show; additional se­quences)

1978 ◘ If (medium-length)