Decourt, Jean-Pierre

(February 4, 1927,

   Paris, France - November 27, 2002, Sainte-Maxime, Var, France)

   A former assistant director to Maurice Dekobra, Raymond Bernard, Maurice Cloche, Christian Stengel, and François Campaux, he made his directing film de­but in 1956 and was known mainly as a TV director.

 Filmography

1956 ◘ Le Ciel par-dessus le Toit (short; also screenwriter)

1959 ◘ Le Plein . . . s'il vous plaît (short)

        ◘ Les Aventures de Lagardère

        ◘ Docteur Caraïbe (also adapter)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Rocambole (52 X 15' first season: episode "L'Héritage mystérieux"; 26 X 15' second season: Rocambole chez les Thugs; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Rocambole (third season: episode "La Belle Jar­dinière"; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Théâtre de la Jeunesse (episode "Le Chef-d'œuvre de Vaucanson")

        ◘ Gaspard des Montagnes

1966 ◘ Le Chevalier dHarmental (10 X 13')

        ◘ Une Fille du Régent (10 X 13'; also screenwriter)

1967 ◘ L'Amateur ou S.O.S. Fernand (episodes "Le Somnambule", "La Valise")

        ◘ L agardère / Les Aventures de Lagardère (6 X 52')

        ◘ Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (episode "Voies de Fait")

1968 ◘ Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode "Signé Picpus")

1971 ◘ Schulmeister, Espion de l'Empereur (13 X 52': episodes "Le Maître d'Ecole", "Le Petit Matelot", "Schulmeister contre Schulmeister", "Au Pays de l'Eau tranquille", "Les Lys blancs", "La Conspiration Malet", "Un Village sans Importance", "La Dame de Vienne", "L'Affaire Adams", "Un Coup pour rien", "L'Espion du Tsar", "Avant les Cent Jours", two parts; also original idea)

        ◘ Arsène Lupin (episodes "Le Bouchon de Cris­tal", "Victor de la Brigade mondaine", "Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmes","L'Arrestation d'Arsène Lupin", "L'agence Barnett"; France / Canada / Switzerland / Italy / Austria / Neth­erlands / Belgium / West Germany)

        ◘ Les Evasions célèbres (episodes "Le Comte de la Valette", "Latude ou l'Entêtement de vivre"; France / Italy / Hungary / Austria / Belgium)

        ◘ La Feuille d'Erable (39 X 60'; co-director only; France / Canada / Switzerland / Belgium)

        ◘ Docteur Caraïbes (TV series; also adapter; shot in 1969)

        ◘ Pes Aventures du capitaine Luckner / Cap sur l'Aventure / Trois Mâts pour l'Aventure / Graf Luckner (13 X 26'; co-director only; France / West Germany)

        ◘ Arsène Lupin (episode "Arsène Lupin prend des Vacances"; France / Canada / Switzerland / Italy / Austria / Netherlands / Belgium / West Germany)

        ◘ Les Grands Détectives (episode "Le Signe des Quatre" / "Das Zeichen der Vier"; France / West Germany)

        ◘ Michel Strogoff / Michael Strogoff (4 X 90'; France / Austria / Switzerland / West Germany)

        ◘ Le Loup blanc (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Grandes Conjurations (episode "Le Conné­table de Bourbon")

        ◘ Kidnapped / Les Aventures de David Balfour / Die Abenteuer des David Balfour (13 X 30'; France / West Germany)

1979 ◘ Mathias Sandorf / Sandor Matyas (8 X 45'; France / Hungary)

        ◘ L'Adieu aux As (TV series; France / West Germany / Switzerland / Belgium / Morocco)

        ◘ Julien Fontanes, Magistrat (episode "Perpète")

        ◘ Série Noire (episode "Sa Majesté le Flic"; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy / Switzerland / Luxembourg / Hungary)

        ◘ Opération O.P.E.N. (12 X 52'; co-director only)

1986 ◘ Julien Fontanes, Magistrat (episode "Les Nerfs en Pelote")