Delsol, Paula

(Paule Delsol / October 6, 1923, Montagnac, Hérault, France - )

   A beautician, she ran a beauty institute in Montpel­lier when Denys Colomb de Daunant offered her to be his assistant on his short Glamador (1957). She authored novels (1955 Adieu et merci, Editions Julliard; 1959 Pourquoi j'aime Nine, Editions Julliard) and many books on astrology and meteorology. Also a screenwriter, she wrote the shorts directed by her husband, cinematographer Jean Malige (Le Pauvre Pécheur d'Etang; Je t'enverrai des Cartes postales; Le Pâtre Nico­las; Le Nez de Cléopâtre; Dany) and co-wrote a feature film (1959 Chaleurs d'Eté / USA: Heat of the Summer, as co-screenwriter, Louis Félix). She also served as a script supervisor (1957 Les Mistons / UK: The Brats / USA: The Kids, short, François Truffaut). She settled in Paris in 1965. Other credit (as technical adviser): 1991 Oostende (Eric Woreth).

 Filmography

1964 ◘ La Dérive / Une Fille à la Dérive (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; shot in 1962)

1977 ◘ Ben et Bénédict (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1985 ◘ Un Homme comblé (also screenwriter)

1993 ◘ Augusta (medium-length)

1994 ◘ Adieu et merci Tonkin (documentary; co-director with Bernard Malige)