Apprederis, Franck

(April 26, 1940, Saint-Georges-des-Côteaux, Charente-Maritime, France - )

   He abandoned a career in advertising in the Havas company to become an assistant director to Ciné­astes Associés (1976 Cours après moi que je t'attrape / USA: Run After Me Until I Catch You, Robert Pouret).

   After taking and succeeding in the ORTF (French TV at the time) competitive examination, he sporadically worked as assistant director on TV movies and TV se­ries. At the same time, he directed institutional shorts before filming motion pictures. He also directed plays (1987 Un Citoyen exemplaire, J. P. Blanc; 1991 Lettres d'une Inconnue, also adapter, Stefan Zweig) and co-wrote an episode from the La Mondaine TV series (1995 "La Madonne de Lisbonne", Maurice Frydland) and a TV movie (1998 Un Camion pour Deux / Eine gefàhrliche Mission, Dominique Trabuteau, France / Germany / Hungary).

 Filmography

1975 ◘ Le Participe absent (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1980 ◘ Le Cœur à l'Envers / Otra mujer / USA: My Heart Is Upside Down (also co-adapter; France / Spain)

1989 ◘ Doux Amer (also co-adapter, co-dialogist; shot in 1987)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Kakemono Hotel (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Du Vent sur la Maison

        ◘ La Falaise aux Corneilles (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Vincendon

        ◘ Gaston Lapouge

        ◘ Non récupérables (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ La Déchirure (also co-adapter)

1985 ◘ Le Passage (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Cadeau de sébastien (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Les cinq dernières Minutes (episode "Claire obscure"; shot in 1985)

 [m2]1990 ◘ The Hitchhiker / Le Voyageur / UK: Deadly

        ◘ Nightmares (episode "Tourist Trap"; Canada / France / USA)

        ◘ Eurocops (episode "Secret-Défense"; Spain / Italy / France / UK / West Germany / Austria / Switzerland)

        ◘ Eurocops (episode "Les Malfaisants"; Spain / Italy / France / UK / West Germany / Austria / Switzerland)

        ◘ Commissaire Moulin (episodes "Non-Assistance à Personne en Danger", "Le Simulateur")

        ◘ Récidive

        ◘ Deux Justiciers dans la Ville (pilot)

        ◘ La Mondaine (episode "La Belle de Varsovie")

        ◘ Le JAP (episodes "Chacun sa Gueule", "Le Dernier Round")

        ◘ Le JAP (episode "Point de Rupture")

        ◘ Passeurs d'Enfants (also executive producer, co-screenwriter; episodes "L'Enfant de Soweto", "L'Enfant de Cuba")

        ◘ Le Juste (episodes "Un Homme debout", "Sonate pour Juliette")

        ◘ Le Juste (episodes "Les Enfants de l'Amour", "Le Quai du Bonheur", "En Transit vers l'Espoir")

        ◘ L'Enfant d'Israël (France / Israel)

        ◘ Lasseur d'Enfants (also executive producer, screenwriter; episode "L'Enfant de la Terre Promise")

        ◘ Un et un font six (episodes "Crise de Confi­ance", "Ca passe ou ça casse")

        ◘ Un et un font six (episodes "Chère Maison", "Très Chère Maison")

        ◘ Un et un font six (episodes "Être Père c'est l'Enfer", "Papa, qui es-tu?")

        ◘ Lasseur d'Enfants (also executive producer; episodes "Passeur d'Enfants à la Nouvelle-Orléans", also screenwriter;"Passeur d'Enfants au Maroc")

        ◘ Passeur d'Enfants (also executive producer; episode "Passeur d'Enfants à Istanbul"; also screenwriter",Passeur d'Enfants à Pondichéry"; also co-screenwriter",Passeur d'Enfants à Lis­bonne", "Passeur d'Enfants en Thaïlande"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Fabien Cosma (episode "Antidote")

        ◘ Fabien Cosma (episode "Le Poids d'une Vie")

        ◘ Malone (episode "Macadam sauvage")

        ◘ Maigret et la Demoiselle de Compagnie

        ◘ Malone (episodes "Ascenseur pour deux", "La Promesse de l'Ours")

2007 ◘ Nous nous sommes tant haïs / Wir sind so verhasst (also co-screenwriter; France / Austria)