Delpard, Raphaël

(Raphaël Delapard / 1942, Paris, France - )

   The son of parents who joined the French Resistance during the occupation of France (his father was shot), he was brought up by poet Louis Aragon for several years. He befriended playwright Jean Anouilh and be­came his assistant. He played in films (1968 La Grande Lessive, Jean-Pierre Mocky; 1970 L'Etalon, as Raphaël Delpar, Jean-Pierre Mocky; 1971 L'Albatros / UK and USA: Love Hate, also co-adapter, Jean-Pierre Mocky; 1974 Géronimo, short, Georges Senechal; Impossible . . . pas français, as Raphaël Delpart, Robert Lamoureux; 1980 Un Amour d'Emmerdeuse, AlainVandercoille; 1981 Une Robe noire pour un Tueur, as Raphaël Delpart, José Giovanni; 1987 Soigne ta Droite, as Monsieur Delpart, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Switzerland; 1990 Nouvelle Vague, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Switzerland) and TV movies (1970 Les Dossiers du Professeur Morgan / Un Mystère par Jour, episode "L'Ombre d'un Doute"; 1972 Le Seize à Kerbriant, 25 X 13', Michel Wyn; 1974 Les Trois Sœurs, Jean Prat; 1976 Journal d'un Prêtre ouvrier, as Raphaël Delpart, Maurice Failevic; 1978 Médecins de Nuit, episode "Christophe"; 1979 Le Journal, 6 X 52', Philippe Lefebvre; 1980 La Vie des Autres, episode "Le Secret de Valincourt", Emmanuel Fonlladosa; 1981 La Guerre des Insectes, 2 X 105', Peter Kassovitz, France / Switzerland; 1982 La Marseillaise, Michel Berny). Also the author of the dialogue of Chut! / Mocky s'moque No. 1, as dialogist only, Jean-Pierre Mocky, 1972), he directed about 100 commercials and produced those shot by Claude Miller, Jean-Jacques Annaud, and Bob Swaim. He wrote an unfilmed script for Sam Peckinpah (Avidosis) and a dozen books, including Les Justes de l'Ombre (Editions Jean-Claude Lattès, 1995), L'Histoire des Pieds-Noirs d'Algérie (Michel Lafon, 2002), Les Rizières de la Souffrance: Combattants français en Indochine (1945-1954) (Michel Lafon, 2004), Les Con­vois de la Honte: Enquête sur la SNCF et la Déportation (1941-1945) (Michel Lafon, 2004), and Les Enfants cachés (Editions Jean-Claude Lattès, 2007).

 Filmography

        ◘ Les Amours difficiles (unreleased)

        ◘ Perversions (as Peter Rafaël; also screenwriter)

1978 ◘ Ça va pas la Tête (also co-adapter, co-dialogist; shot in 1976-1977)

        ◘ La Nuit de la Mort (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, line producer)

        ◘ Les Bidasses aux grandes Manœuvres (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Clash (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Yugoslavia)

        ◘ Vive le Fric! (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)